Business College Receives a Grant to Incorporate Virtual Reality Into Its Student Success Initiatives - WKU News

The Gordon Ford College of Business (GFCB) has been chosen for the Immersive Soft Skills Grant from Bodyswap and Meta. GFCB volition person 2 Meta Quest 2 headsets and entree to the Bodyswaps Library of brushed skills grooming simulations. The virtual world headsets and modules volition alteration students to acquisition realistic workplace scenarios and grooming successful connection & nationalist speaking, employability & occupation interview, diversity, equity, & inclusion, absorption & leadership, and lawsuit experience.

 "We precocious added vocation mentation classes to our concern requirements," said Dr. Evelyn Thrasher, Senior Associate Dean Gordon Ford College of Business. "We volition incorporated the virtual world grooming crossed those courses. As students implicit Bodyswaps training, we volition travel up with  in-person assignments to measure students' progress."

In the Fall of 2022, GFCB underwent a concern program revision. This revision has allowed GFCB to integrate professionalism and pupil occurrence into a student's full world experience.

For much accusation connected the Gordon Ford College Business Student Success Center, delight visit www.wku.edu/business. 

Contact: Liz Fogle, liz.fogle@wku.edu