Gatton College of Business and Economics
Coordinates: 38°02′17″N 84°30′23″W / 38.038056°N 84.506525°W Gatton College of Business and Economics is a college of the University of Kentucky. Founded in 1925 as the College of Commerce, the college was created from the Department of Economics and was given full accreditation by the AACSB International. Initially the college occupied a single room in White Hall. In 1995, the Board of Trustees renamed the college in honor of Mr. Carol Martin "Bill" Gatton, '54, in recognition of his $14 million pledge. The donation was the largest in the history of the university. The current dean is David W. Blackwell.
The college is located in central campus along South Limestone.
LINKS International Center for Social Network Research is a center for the study of social networks within and between organizations.
Gatton College of Business and Economics houses the Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER).
The Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship is also housed within Gatton College of Business and Economics.
Constructed in the 1960s as the Commerce Building, it was renovated and expanded with a new wing for classrooms in 1992. The original 1960s wing contains graduate and faculty offices for the accounting and economic departments and includes the MBA center. It also features one large auditorium. The 1992 extension added a new three-floor atrium, a new computer laboratory, and 24 classrooms.
The facility has been well maintained, but, as with most facilities of its age, some of the basic mechanical and electrical components have reached the end of their useful lives. None of the current classrooms support modern technology and the current structure of the facility allows only limited renovations or expansions of smaller classrooms. Further, the existing building's limited floor-to-floor heights will not allow classrooms to be outfitted with modern learning technology.
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