ULV appoints new dean for School of Business

by Dimitri Watson
Staff Writer

Gordon Badovick has been appointed dean of the School of Business and Global studies at the University of La Verne. Badovick, who currently serves as dean of school of management at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., will start here July 1.

Before his stint at Marist, Badovick was at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, where he was responsible for one of the largest Master of Business Administration programs accredited by the American Association of Collegiate School of Business.

There he also played a major role in the development of a successful undergraduate evening/weekend business program for non-traditional students.

And he initiated the use of distance-learning technology, using both interactive video and Web-based instructions.

Badovick joined Marist College as Dean of the school of Management in 1997.

His teaching experience includes a faculty position at Northern Illinois University.

His business experience is also vast and varied, having held positions in sales and marketing from coast to coast.

He was director of marketing for a Citicorp subsidiary in New York, where he was responsible for the development and nationwide marketing of technology-based products for financial institutions.

He also held positions of regional sales manager and director of product planning for a Bank of America subsidiary in San Francisco and worked as an account manager and sales representative for NCR Corporations in both Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Badovick received his undergraduate degree in marketing at Cal State , Los Angeles, and his Ph.D. in marketing from the University of Oregon.

Currently, as Dean of the School of Management, Badovick supervises 24 faculty members.

He is primarily responsible for developing the online MBA and MPA program.

Verne Orr, the ULV business school's current dean will be retiring in June.

"(Badovick) has been an outstanding dean, and has done an exceptional job," said Ahmed Ispahani, professor of business administration and economics.

"He brought a lot of status and prestige to our school of business and to the university as a whole," Ispahani said.

"The University of La Verne is a school very similar to where I'm at as far as interest, values and concerns," Badovick said. La Verne is much larger in students, as well as types of business programs it offers, so it's a step up for me."

Ispahani, who has been associated with the ULV business program since 1964, was on the committee that interviewed and hired Badovick.

"I was very impressed with him. Badovick has an excellent academic background in business. He will bring new prospective and new dimensions to our university," Ispahani said.

Badovick said he is excited to work with La Verne's staff and faculty and is ready to take it to the next level.

Badovick called La Verne a "well-kept secret that is not recognized enough."

"I'm joining a School of Business that has tremendous potential and opportunity," Badovick said.

"Badovick was very successful in getting AACSB accreditation for Marist College. We are looking forward to applying for the AACSB accreditation as well as being excited to have him," Ispahani said.

"I am very much looking forward to joining the faculty and staff of La Verne, and taking advantage of the opportunity to grow in the development of their School of Business and Global Studies," Badovick said.