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Tax time
March 21, 2011 | Community, Faculty, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, School of Business, School of Law, Student, Top Stories
More than 50 Wake Forest accountancy and law students are preparing tax returns for free at the Goodwill Industries in Winston-Salem through April 16. The VITA program helps lower-to-moderate-income, elderly, disabled or non-English-speaking taxpayers get their refunds faster.
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Charlotte campus moves to Uptown
March 15, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, School of Business, Top Stories, University Announcement
Wake Forest has signed a lease for space in the former International Trade Center building at 200 North College Street in Charlotte. The building will be renamed the Wake Forest University Charlotte Center and house all current and future executive education programs.
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MBA program earns high ranking
March 15, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, Recognition, School of Business, Top Stories
The Schools of Business full-time MBA program placed 11th in the nation in job placement, according to the U.S. News & World Report rankings released March 15. Within three months of graduation, 92 percent of the 2010 full-time MBA graduates secured employment. In the overall program rankings, the Schools of Business again placed in the top 50.
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Fieldwork: Fair trade, free trade
March 9, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, International, School of Business, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
To better understand barriers to Fair Trade and the limitations of free trade, Wake Forest anthropology and business students are visiting Chiapas, Mexico, during spring break. Learn more about the class, “Free Trade, Fair Trade: Independent Entrepreneurs in the Global Market” and follow their adventures in the field by visiting their blog.
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Examining the Federal Reserve
March 8, 2011 | Events, Faculty, National, School of Business, Speakers, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
As the Federal Reserve System approaches its 100th anniversary, some of the nation’s leading economists who study the Fed converged on Wake Forest to debate the success, failures and relevancy of the central bank and its monetary and regulatory policies.
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Business school ranks No. 1
March 4, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, Recognition, School of Business, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Bloomberg BusinessWeek ranks Wake Forest’s Undergraduate Business program No. 1 in the nation for academic quality and among the top 20 programs overall for the third consecutive year in its “The Best Undergraduate Business Schools” ranking report released on March 3.
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Founders’ Day Convocation 2011
February 17, 2011 | Arts & Culture, Events, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, School of Business, School of Divinity, School of Law, School of Medicine, Speakers, Staff, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Students, faculty and alumni were honored during the annual Founders’ Day Convocation, celebrating Wake Forest’s founding, on Feb. 17. The program featured seniors Catherine Berenato, Ashley Gedraitis and Ava Petrash presenting their senior orations.
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Dear friend of WFU, F.M. Kirby, passes
February 10, 2011 | For Alumni, School of Business, Top Stories, University Announcement, Wake Forest College
Philanthropist Fred M. Kirby II, past president of the F.M. Kirby Foundation and a longtime supporter of Wake Forest, has died. Kirby, who lived in New Vernon, N.J., died Feb. 8 at the age of 91.
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Team wins national championship
February 6, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, National, School of Business, Student, Top Stories
A team of four Schools of Business students took first place in the national round of the KPMG International Case Competition on Feb. 4 in New York, earning the honor to represent the United States in a global competition April 6-8 in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Marketing Summit kicks off
February 2, 2011 | Events, For Alumni, For Parents, National, School of Business, Speakers, Top Stories
The Schools of Business will kick off the 21st Annual Marketing Summit on Feb. 3, a three-day, student-run event featuring a case study competition between eight MBA teams and six undergraduate teams for $103,000 in prizes. Marilyn Carlson Nelson will deliver the keynote address.
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