Mission Statement

To advance the greater good through developing passionate ethical business leaders who get results with integrity and through thought leadership that positively impacts the practice of business.

Ignite the power of your potential.

The Wake Forest University Schools of Business deliver a truly distinctive experience that focuses on a set of core philosophies and practices – each working together to help ignite and fuel the fires of imagination, creativity, passion, and excellence among our students, faculty, staff, and alumni.

Finding Your Fire
Challenge students to follow their passion so that their life’s work has significance to them, as well as to society.

Moral Compass
Develop leaders who give weight to personal and societal well-being along with the bottom line.

Educational Rigor
Prepare students for personal and professional challenges by developing problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.

Diversity
Help our students understand, appreciate, and thrive in a classroom and community that reflect many differences and backgrounds.

Global Perspectives
Provide our students with a curriculum that emphasizes global perspectives and world culture.

Rigorous, Relevant Scholarship
Encourage faculty to make original contributions to knowledge and incorporate the highest caliber of teaching standards.

Lifetime Skills
Provide the foundation of lifetime skills and habits that lead to success and opportunity.

Read more about the core philosophies in a past issue of the Wake Forest Business magazine.