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B-school keeps business hours
March 6, 2013 | For Alumni, For Parents, School of Business, Top Stories
For many, the eight-hour workday is a marker of landing your first “real” job, but MA in Management students at the Schools of Business will be getting a taste of 9-to-5 ahead of schedule. Beginning next year, they will be required to be on campus and dressed in business casual attire from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., whether they’re in class, doing group work or participating in a campus activity.
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Add it up: Accountancy program remains No. 1
February 1, 2013 | For Alumni, For Parents, Recognition, School of Business, Student, Top Stories
The Wake Forest Schools of Business Master of Science in Accountancy (MSA) program continues to boast a 100 percent job placement rate and attract candidates from across the country and around the world.
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Design thinking
December 17, 2012 | For Alumni, For Parents, School of Business, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Top Stories, Wake Forest College, Working Together
In the quest to build a better mousetrap, the usual approach would include schematics, engineering and experimentation – generally following the scientific method. But if you put on your “design thinking” cap, you might ponder these questions: What attracts mice? Is catching them the solution?
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Accounting grads rank tops in nation
December 4, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: University News, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Recognition, School of Business, Top Stories
Students in the Master of Science in Accountancy program at the Schools of Business achieved the top pass rate in the nation on the Certified Public Accountant exam for the 10th time since 1997, more than any other university during the same time period.
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On the shoulders of giants
October 22, 2012 | Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, School of Business, Top Stories, University Announcement
With great sadness and appreciation, Wake Forest acknowledges the passing of two giants in the University’s history: Weston Hatfield (’41) and Michael Farrell (P ’10). While these extraordinary leaders from different backgrounds and different eras may not have met, they shared a love for Wake Forest. Through their gifts and talents, each leaves an important and long-lasting legacy.
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Student Storyteller: Business Abroad
September 24, 2012 | Faculty, For Parents, International, School of Business, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
This past summer Amy DeSalvo enrolled in ACC 221. What made this accounting class different than a regular semester-long class was the chance to study abroad and fulfill a degree requirement in one summer term.
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Schools of Business wins award
June 14, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: University News, For Alumni, For Parents, Recognition, School of Business, Top Stories
The Schools of Business won the Connected Campus Award at the AMX Innovation Awards ceremony. The awards recognize innovative higher education institutions and best practices of the use of technology. AMX will provide school with $50,000 worth of new technology.
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Business students win challenge
April 16, 2012 | For Alumni, For Parents, Recognition, School of Business, Student, Top Stories
A team of Schools of Business Master of Arts in Management (MA) students took home the grand prize in Yum! Brands’ “Taking People With You” Case Study Challenge. Students developed proposals on the issue of global hunger as part of the company’s World Hunger Relief efforts.
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WFU team wins Elevator Competition
March 25, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Entrepreneurship, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Recognition, School of Business, Top Stories
A company founded by a Wake Forest student and professor that developed a monitoring device to reduce back pain and promote good posture received a $10,000 boost for winning the grand prize in the 13th annual Elevator Competition hosted by the Schools of Business.
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Business ranks No. 1 again
March 22, 2012 | For Alumni, For Parents, Recognition, School of Business, Top Stories
Bloomberg Businessweek ranked the undergraduate business program No. 1 in the nation for academic quality and among the top 20 programs overall for the fourth consecutive year. Wake Forest ranked No. 8 for the percent of students with internships (92 percent).
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