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Wake Forest names Annette L. Ranft as Dean of the School of Business
March 3, 2022 | For Alumni, For Parents, School of Business, Top Stories, University Announcement
Wake Forest University has named Annette L. Ranft as the next Dean of the School of Business. Ranft comes to Wake Forest from Auburn University, where she serves as Dean and Wells Fargo Professor at the Harbert College of Business.
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WFU announces plans for new School of Professional Studies led by Business School Dean
December 3, 2020 | School of Business, Top Stories, University Announcement
Wake Forest University’s Board of Trustees has approved plans to establish a School of Professional Studies in Charlotte. Pending completion of a full market analysis and business plan, the proposed school will house innovative degree and non-degree programs, including certificates and other credentials, for working professionals. Wake Forest University president Nathan O. Hatch has tapped Charles Iacovou, Dean of the School of Business, to establish the new school, Wake Forest’s first since establishing the School of Divinity, which began offering classes in 1999.
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WFU Law and Business schools highly ranked by U.S. News
March 20, 2018 | Recognition, School of Business, School of Law, Top Stories
Wake Forest’s School of Business and School of Law both placed highly in U.S. News & World Report’s national rankings of graduate schools released March 20.
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Distinguished scholar Dierdre McCloskey to speak at WFU April 20
April 12, 2017 | Events, School of Business, Speakers
Dierdre McCloskey, Distinguished Professor Emerita of Economics, History, English, and of Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago, will speak in Wake Forest University’s Broyhill Auditorium on Thursday, April 20 at 7 p.m.
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WFU School of Business and School of Law gain in U.S. News & World Report rankings
March 14, 2017 | Recognition, School of Business, School of Law, Top Stories
Wake Forest’s School of Business and School of Law both placed highly in U.S. News & World Report’s national rankings of graduate schools released March 14.
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WFU students achieve No. 1 CPA pass rate among U.S. schools with accounting programs
February 10, 2017 | Recognition, School of Business, Schools, Student, Top Stories
The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy has reported Wake Forest University School of Business students in the Master of Science in Accountancy (MSA) program have once again achieved the No. 1 pass rate in the nation on the Certified Public Accounting exam, among all U.S. universities with accounting programs.
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WFU School of Business nationally recognized for undergraduate education
December 12, 2016 | School of Business, Schools, Top Stories
A new ranking of undergraduate business programs by Poets & Quants for Undergrads positions Wake Forest University School of Business No. 14 among the nation’s top 50 business programs. The ranking was released this week, as Poets & Quants’ Best Undergraduate Business Programs of 2016.
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Coming soon: Student inventions to benefit your health
November 16, 2016 | School of Business, Staff, Top Stories
The next imaginative idea to benefit consumers, patients, or healthcare professionals might be born in the creative concepts presented at the Fourth Annual Retail & Health Innovation Challenge, hosted by Wake Forest University School of Business and its Center for Retail Innovation. This year, Wake Forest School of Business teams took two of the top four spots as selected by the industry experts.
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M.S. in Business Analytics: Our first class begins
August 12, 2016 | School of Business, Student, Top Stories
As our interconnected world and innovative technology create massive amounts of data, a recent McKinsey study predicts there will be twice as many analytics jobs as there are qualified workers to fill them by 2018 in the United States.
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Big data, big news: M.S. in Business Analytics
February 3, 2016 | Admissions, Faculty, School of Business, Schools, Student, Top Stories
A new Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) program in the Wake Forest University School of Business is designed to educate professionals in the high-demand field of business analytics and will welcome its first class in July 2016.
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