MBA program earns high ranking
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. Categories: Awards & Recognition, University Announcements
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.
Wake Forest and Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center are among the 30 organizations statewide to be recognized for conducting outstanding United Way campaigns this year. President Nathan O. Hatch also served as chairman of the United Way of Forsyth County, which exceeded its goal.
In recognition of sustainability efforts, Wake Forest has received a STARS Silver rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. STARS, the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System, is a new program that measures and encourages sustainability in all aspects of higher education.
The Princeton Review included Wake Forest on its annual list of the nation’s 50 “Best Value” private colleges and universities, published today.
The School of Law team won the South Super Regional Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in Houston, Texas. The team now heads to Washington, D.C., for the international round. The Jessup Competition is the largest appellate moot court competition in the world; 500 law schools from more than 80 countries participate every year.
Monica Petrescu, who graduated from Wake Forest in May, is the first Wake Forest student or graduate to be awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Cambridge, England.
Reynolds Professor of American Studies Maya Angelou received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama at the White House on Tuesday. Angelou, a world-renowned poet, author, actress and civil rights activist, joined the Wake Forest faculty in 1982.
The MBA program ranks 41st in the nation, up six spots from 2010, according to the Financial Times of London. Worldwide, the ranking climbed to 78th, and for employment at three months post-graduation, it ranked seventh, tied with Stanford and above Harvard.