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MBA program offers strong ROI

February 1, 2012

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

Hatch elected chair of NAICU

February 1, 2012

Today, members of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) elected Wake Forest President Nathan O. Hatch as chair of its board of directors. NAICU represents private, nonprofit colleges and universities on policy issues with the federal government.

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Invitation to lead

January 31, 2012

An invitation from the White House sent to the Office of Multicultural Affairs invited five Wake Forest students to join nearly 200 delegates from across the country for the first Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Youth Leadership Briefing.

Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, University Announcements

Focus on: Mentoring

January 29, 2012

In a speech in 2010, Provost Emeritus Edwin G. Wilson (’43) recalled the friendliness between professors and students that defined the Wake Forest of his college days. “Beyond the Monday, Wednesday and Friday classes and the Tuesday and Thursday afternoon laboratories, where teaching and learning officially took place, there were frequent encounters between students and teachers here and there, on the campus or in town, which opened eyes and inspired confidence and led to new insights about one’s life and career.” That fabric of friendliness remains at Wake Forest, although it goes by a more formal name today — mentoring.

Categories: Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements

Wake Forest appoints new provost

January 27, 2012

Wake Forest has appointed Rogan Kersh as the University’s new provost and professor of political science. A Wake Forest alumnus, Kersh currently serves as the associate dean of academic affairs and professor of public policy at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.

Categories: Alumni, University Announcements

WFU launches Charlotte Center

January 26, 2012

Hundreds of Wake Forest students, faculty, staff, alumni and local dignitaries were in attendance to celebrate the grand opening of the University’s new Uptown Charlotte campus during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 26.

Categories: Happening at Wake, University Announcements

Media Advisory: Perdue’s decision not to run for reelection makes 2012 governor election more competitive, says Wake Forest University political analyst

January 26, 2012

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Immersed in the nonprofit world

January 26, 2012

Junior Yasmin Bendaas found a transformative summer experience -- and turned an internship into a job -- through the Institute for Public Engagement’s Summer Nonprofit Immersion Program. Learn more about her experience and how to get involved.

Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, University Announcements

Convocation celebrates Dunn Chair

January 25, 2012

Noted Harvard theologian Harvey G. Cox. Jr. spoke Tuesday at the School of Divinity’s Spring Convocation and joined in Wake Forest’s celebration of the establishment of the School of Divinity’s first endowed chair, the James and Marilyn Dunn Chair of Baptist Studies.