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Students gain insights into the lives of others through service trips

February 7, 2010

Wake Forest students with some of the children they helped in Brazil.

In Santarem, one of the poorest regions of Brazil, children go to school for only half the day; the rest of the day, many have no place to go but the streets. Wake Forest students spent two weeks over winter break helping construct a community center to give these children a safe place.

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Annual Marketing Summit attracts top business schools from around the world

February 3, 2010

Some of the world's most gifted marketing students will be at the top of their game as they compete for sizable awards and prestige in the Schools of Business 2010 Marketing Summit, a premier annual case competition to be held Thursday, Feb. 4 through Saturday, Feb. 6.

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MBA summit to have international flavor

January 30, 2010

This week’s Wake Forest Marketing Summit will feature three international teams as well as six graduate and five undergraduate teams from across the U.S. Wake Forest’s MBA program among the best in world.

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MBA program among best in the world

January 30, 2010

The Schools of Business MBA program has been ranked among the top 100 programs in the world and among the top 50 in the U.S., according to the Financial Times of London.

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Students learn about MSA program

January 21, 2010

Students from universities throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico attended the Ernst & Young Accounting Diversity Consortium at the Schools of Business recently to learn more about the Master of Science in Accountancy program.

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Junior Teddy Aronson studies culture and cuisine in the Middle East

December 4, 2009

Teddy Aronson has gained a greater understanding of the people, culture and food of the Middle East while studying in Jordan.

Teddy Aronson, a junior English major from Essex Falls, N.J., is studying in Amman, Jordan, this semester at the University of Jordan. In addition to his coursework, he is spending the semester improving his Arabic and keeping a food journal for Campus Kitchen.

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Putting Pro Humanitate in action

December 2, 2009

Mary Martin Niepold has received a national award for social entrepreneurs over 60 who use their experience and passion to take on society's biggest challenges.

Journalist instructor Mary Martin Niepold has received a national award for social entrepreneurs who take on society’s biggest challenges for her project supporting grandmothers in Africa.

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Wake Forest ranks fourth in study abroad in national report

November 22, 2009

Wake Forest ranks fourth among doctoral universities with the highest percentage of undergraduates studying abroad, according to a recent report published by the Institute of International Education.

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Senior Andrew Collins studies global health issues

November 11, 2009

Andrew Collins’ classroom for studying global health issues this semester is Switzerland, where he is conducting research on environmental health issues with international health and development organizations.