Wake Forest accounting team earns top five position in national competition
February 3, 2006 | School of Business, University Announcement
A team of three sophomores and two juniors from Wake Forest University’s Calloway School of Business and Accountancy was named one of five national winning teams in the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) 3rd Annual xTREME Accounting (xACT) Competition in New York City, Jan. 19-20. The Wake Forest […]
Wake Forest University develops innovative entrepreneurship minor
February 2, 2006 | School of Business, University Announcement
Wake Forest University has developed a new, interdisciplinary minor in entrepreneurship that is among the first of its kind in the country. The minor in entrepreneurship and social enterprise was approved by Wake Forest’s faculty in November 2005 and is being offered to students for […]
Reznick Group pledges $250,000 to WFU accounting program
May 12, 2005 | School of Business, University Announcement
Reznick Group, a national accounting, tax and business advisory firm, has pledged $250,000 to the accounting program at Wake Forest University’s Calloway School of Business and Accountancy. Established in 1977, Reznick Group is ranked among the top 20 accounting firms in the United States. The […]
Scottish Re pledges $500,000 to WFU Calloway School program
April 14, 2005 | School of Business, University Announcement
Scottish Holdings Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Re Group Limited, has pledged $500,000 to the enterprise risk management program at Wake Forest University’s Calloway School of Business and Accountancy. Scottish Re is a global life reinsurance specialist with subsidiaries around the world, including […]
Acting director of admissions named at WFU Divinity School
February 24, 2005 | Faculty, School of Business, School of Divinity, University Announcement
Ginny Bridges Ireland was recently named acting director of admissions and student services in the Wake Forest University Divinity School. Ireland was previously the staff assistant to Katherine Amos, Divinity School associate dean of academic affairs. In her new role, Ireland will be responsible for […]
WFU expert comments on Sarbanes-Oxley
December 8, 2004 | Faculty, Research, School of Business
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act intends to protect investors by making the financial reporting practices of public companies more transparent, but Wake Forest University accounting expert Jon Duchac says the act could create unintended consequences for some businesses. “A number of provisions have generated unanticipated effects that […]
WFU names Combes director of development for Calloway, Babcock schools
December 8, 2004 | Faculty, School of Business, University Announcement
Wake Forest University has named Melissa Combes the director of development for the Babcock Graduate School of Management and the Calloway School of Business and Accountancy. Combes has served as director of development for the Babcock School since 1996. Recently, her responsibilities were expanded when […]
Ajay Patel named new dean of Wake Forest’s Babcock School
April 6, 2004 | School of Business, University Announcement
Wake Forest University has appointed Ajay Patel as dean of the Babcock Graduate School of Management. Wake Forest Provost and Acting President William C. Gordon announced Patel’s appointment April 6 during a press briefing at the University. Since August 2003, Patel has served as interim […]
WFU to announce new dean of Babcock School at news briefing
April 5, 2004 | Media Advisory, School of Business, University Announcement
A news briefing announcing the new dean of Wake Forest University’s Babcock Graduate School of Management will be held at 1:30 p.m. April 6. The briefing will take place in the university’s Reynolda Hall in room 204 (Provost’s Conference Room). Wake Forest Provost and Acting […]
Wake Forest Calloway School’s Kirby Hall to be dedicated April 1
March 26, 2004 | School of Business, University Announcement
Wake Forest University’s Calloway School of Business and Accountancy will dedicate its new, $14 million building during a 4:30 p.m. ceremony April 1 in the building’s atrium. Kirby Hall, named after a $5 million donation from the F.M. Kirby Foundation, opened in August. The ceremony […]
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