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).Categories: Awards & Recognition, University Announcements
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.Categories: Awards & Recognition, University Announcements
As head of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Barbee Myers Oakes long has been known in the Wake Forest community for selflessly going above and beyond. Now she has received national recognition for her personal interest in and steadfast commitment to initiatives that promote pluralism and foster community.
Categories: Awards & Recognition, University Announcements
The Peace Corps ranks Wake Forest among the Top 25 Top Peace Corps Volunteer Producing Colleges and Universities – an annual list of the schools which provide volunteers to the organization. This year, Wake Forest is ranked 20th among small colleges and universities.
Categories: Awards & Recognition, Global Wake Forest, Pro Humanitate
Wake Forest was included in The Princeton Review’s annual list of “Best Value Colleges." The list “identifies America's top undergraduate schools offering excellent academics, generous financial aid, and/or relatively low cost of attendance.”
For the fifth year in a row, the University has received the Spirit of North Carolina Award in recognition of Wake Forester's efforts to help others in the local community.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Community Impact
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.Categories: Awards & Recognition, University Announcements
The Schools of Business full-time MBA program is once again ranked among the Top 50 Business Schools in the U.S. by Poets&Quants. Wake Forest broke into the top 40 this year by climbing up three positions to No. 38. Categories: Awards & Recognition, University Announcements
For the ninth time, Schools of Business students achieved the top pass rate in the nation on the Certified Public Accountant Exam among candidates with and without advanced degrees from nearly 2,000 colleges and universities. Categories: Awards & Recognition, University Announcements
Brandon Turner, a Wake Forest senior who studies biophysics and plays rugby, has been named a Rhodes Scholar. Turner, who is from Fontana, Calif., conducts research on the molecular structure of proteins.
Categories: Awards & Recognition, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, University Announcements