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Economic recovery ahead?

June 21, 2011  |   Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, School of Business, Top Stories

Each month, information on employment numbers, retail sales and consumer prices makes headline news, but what do these reports tell us about economic recovery? As a finance and economics professor, Sherry Jarrell teaches business school students the fundamentals about economics so they can develop their own opinions about what the data mean.

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MBA in job-hunting?

June 14, 2011  |   For Alumni, For Parents, School of Business, Top Stories

Schools of Business dean Steve Reinemund has made improving job placement rates a top priority. He has hired career counselors, integrated “career management” into the curriculum and sought out mentors to work with students. The school’s job placement rate jumped from about 77 percent to about 92 percent in three years.

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Advertising disclaimers

June 2, 2011  |   Faculty, School of Business, Top Stories

Do those lightning-fast disclaimers at the end of radio and television advertisements influence purchasing decisions? Assistant Professor of Marketing Kenny Herbst’s research shows they may.

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Tips for building a business

April 29, 2011  |   Alumni, For Alumni, School of Business, Top Stories

The Schools of Business Family Business Center and Business North Carolina magazine presented the N.C. Family Business of the Year Awards. Honorees include Prentiss Baker III (’65), Russ Stephenson (’60), Philip Kelley Sr. (MBA ’77, P ’11) and Roger Vaughn (’74).

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Mastering business, quickly

April 21, 2011  |   For Alumni, For Parents, National, School of Business, Top Stories

Wake Forest’s one-year master’s of arts in management, which requires no previous work experience and aims to help students apply their liberal arts and sciences “passion” to business, is on the leading edge of a national movement.

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Family Business of the Year awards

April 19, 2011  |   Alumni, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, School of Business, Top Stories

The Schools of Business Family Business Center and Business North Carolina will recognize the community contributions and achievements of four family-owned businesses — Baker Roofing, Stephenson Millwork, Salem Printing and Ruff Housing — during a special event on April 28.

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Students win world championship

April 10, 2011  |   For Alumni, For Parents, Recognition, School of Business, Student, Top Stories

A team of undergraduate students from the Schools of Business won the world championship title on April 8 at the KPMG International Case Competition in Istanbul, Turkey. Wake Forest, representing the U.S., defeated the Czech Republic, Russia and Sweden in the final round.

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Breaking ground on Farrell Hall

April 8, 2011  |   Events, For Alumni, For Parents, President, School of Business, Top Stories

More than 200 faculty, staff, students and guests gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking for Farrell Hall, a new home for the Schools of Business, on Friday at the building site across from Poteat Field, near the Polo Road entrance to campus.

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Alumnus shares LEGO journey

March 30, 2011  |   Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, School of Business, Speakers, Top Stories

With a tower of LEGO Architecture building block sets at his side, Colin Gillespie (MBA ’00) returned “home” during the Schools of Business Elevator Competition to share his journey around the world with the LEGO company.

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Two-minute pitch

March 24, 2011  |   Events, For Parents, Research, School of Business, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

Entrepreneurs from universities in the U.S., Canada and Thailand will compete for cash to help turn their ideas into innovations during the 12th Annual Wake Forest University Elevator Competition on March 25 and 26.

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