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.

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.

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).

The Wake Forest Ethics Debate Team finished in the top four nationally in its inaugural season. The team, which was formed in the fall of 2011 under the guidance of Charles Lankau of the Schools of Business, also won the N.C. Ethics Bowl.

Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs offered by the Schools of Business are among the nation’s top 10 percent in the U.S. News & World Report rankings. Within three months of graduation, 91 percent of the MBA class of 2011 had accepted jobs, with an average annual salary and starting bonus of $91,504.

Schools of Business students are exemplifying Wake Forest’s motto of Pro Humanitate by applying skills they are learning in their “Dynamics in Organizations” class to support a local non-profit agency.

A team of undergraduate students from Wake Forest finished third in an international case competition at the 22nd Annual Marketing Summit presented by the Wake Forest University Schools of Business Center for Retail Innovation. A team from the University of Pennsylvania finished first, and a University of Chicago Booth School of Business team won the MBA division.

Senior Victoria Osborne writes about Project Nicaragua and her experiences helping local entrepreneurs in and around Managua improve their business skills.

The Financial Times ranked the Schools of Business among the nation’s best full-time MBA programs for Salary Increase, Job Placement and Return on Investment. Overall, the full-time MBA program ranked No. 43 nationally.

Hundreds of Wake Forest students, faculty, staff, alumni and local dignitaries were in attendance to celebrate the grand opening of the University’s new Uptown Charlotte campus during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 26.