Welcome from the Dean

Dr. William Tallon,
Dean, Gordon Ford
College of Business

I take great pleasure in introducing you to the nationally recognized Gordon Ford College of Business at Western Kentucky University. At the Gordon Ford College, we take pride in preparing our students for productive and rewarding careers in a wide variety of business and nonprofit organizations. Students are not only exposed to the latest theories and technologies of all the business disciplines, but they learn how to actually apply them to the competitive advantage of the organization. Many Ford College students work on actual business issues under the guidance of experienced professors, most of whom have significant business experience themselves. It is the unique combination of classroom and real-life application that makes the Gordon Ford College of Business so different than other business schools. Our graduates are highly recruited by international business organizations and have stated that their education has prepared them well for the challenges of the real world. There is no greater measure of success for today’s business schools than the success of its graduates.

I invite you to contact the Gordon Ford College of Business if you would like to find out more about our specialized undergraduate programs or our master in business administration program, designed for the working adult. I am sure that as you discover the uniqueness of the Gordon Ford degree, you will begin to understand why it is regarded as one of the “up and coming” business schools in the South.

I wish you great success in your academic endeavors and I hope that we will have the opportunity to meet one day at the Gordon Ford College of Business.

Best regards,

William J. Tallon
Dean