Accounting graduates tops in nation
For the fifth consecutive year, graduates of the Schools of Business accountancy program have achieved the highest passing rates in the nation on the Certified Public Accountant exam.
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Khalid Griggs, imam of the Community Mosque of Winston-Salem, has been named Wake Forest's first Muslim chaplain. Imam Griggs will serve as a part-time associate chaplain to provide religious leadership for the University's growing Muslim community.
When Zahir Rahman addresses the Founders' Day Convocation audience on Feb. 18 his topic will be, appropriately enough, "We are Wake Forest." Rahman is one of three finalists in the 2010 Senior Colloquium who will read their essays at convocation. Provost Emeritus Ed Wilson ('43) will speak on the history of senior orations at the event, which begins at 4 p.m. in Wait Chapel.
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.
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.