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By Elizabeth Dam Regier, Alumni Engagement For the second year, and in conjunction with Professor Roger Beahms Asia Global Immersion Course, the School of Business hosted An Evening with the School of Business at the Crowne Plaza Shanghai Fudan hotel, next to Fudan University in Shanghai May 14. Prior to the event, The Global Immersion group, including three faculty members and 28 MBA students, spent two weeks experiencing the sights and sounds of Russia, India,...

By Stephanie Skordas, Sr. Associate Director, Communications The 2019 Gaidar Forum, one of the most significant political and economic events in Russia, invited Dean Charles Iacovou to present during a roundtable discussion. The Forum brings together leading Russian and foreign experts, politicians, business leaders, political analysts, economists, and academics. A major role at this, the 10th Gaidar Forum, was devoted to education and the prospects for its development. The session focused on how leading business...

By Stephanie Skordas, Sr. Associate Director, Communications Sean Hannah, the Tylee Wilson Chair in business ethics and professor of management at the Wake Forest University School of Business has been inducted as a Fellow in the Association for Psychological Science (APS) and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). The APS awards fellow status to members who have made sustained outstanding contributions to the science of psychology in the areas of research, teaching, service,...

By Stephanie Skordas, Sr. Associate Director, Communications We are here to celebrate the contributions that five of our very best colleagues have made over their tenure at Wake Forest, said Charles Iacovou, dean of the School of Business at a reception on May 8, 2018. We recognize them for great teaching, great research and great service. They not only changed our School, but they changed our School into a community. Iacovou spoke in front of...

The International Student Association of the Wake Forest University School of Business held a combination potluck dinner and games night in the Bern Beatty Colloquium on October 26. Students from our Masters in Management, Master of Science in Business Analytics, and Master of Science in Accounting programs joined forces for an evening of fellowship and gamesmanship combined with a taste of international cuisine. Students made their favorite international dishes and competed for prizes as well...

By Katie Dickens, Communications Intern

By Katie Dickens, Communications Intern Wake Forest University School of Business hosted a real time, virtual session with the founder of Lean in Latinas, Anna Dapelo Garcia on September 21. A group of students gathered in Farrell Hall to participate in the interactive presentation and learn more about the Lean In Latina movement that has spread across the country in the past two years. Dapelo Garcia, a healthcare administrator at Stanford Health Care as well...

By Stephanie Skordas, Sr. Associate Director, Communications The School of Business welcomed a new class of students for the Master of Science in Business Analytics program, nearly double the size of the first cohort which graduated in May. The 67 students who began orientation on July 10 represent 46 undergraduate universities and 17 undergraduate majors. Im excited about meeting people from all over the world, said Lauren Formica (16, MSBA 18). The diverse student population...

The Economist launches its inaugural ranking of pre experience Masters in Management programs WINSTON SALEM, N.C., MAY 25, 2017 The Economist has ranked the Wake Forest University School of Business Master of Arts in Management program #4 in the U.S. and #21 in the world. In this global ranking, The Economist placed the School #8 for the diversity of recruiters, a measure reflecting the breadth of industries that seek Wake Forest MA in Management talent....

Student awards, hooding ceremony and Commencement held May 13 15, 2017 WINSTON SALEM, N.C., MAY 15, 2017 Wake Forest University School of Business congratulates the 459 masters and 260 bachelors degree recipients recognized during the Wake Forest University Commencement on May 15, 2017. This is the first year that graduates have received an M.S. in Business Analytics degree. The School launched the 10 month pre experience program in July 2016. School of Business masters degree...

By Stephanie Skordas, Sr. Associate Director, Communications For an evening of spoken word, poetry, and other performances to celebrate Black History Month, the Business Students of Color (BSOC) organization reached beyond the Wake Forest campus. Students from North Carolina A&T University, UNC Greensboro, UNC Chapel Hill, and Wake Forest came to Farrell Hall on February 21 to share their creativity and passion. I think this event provided the opportunity for people from different cultures and...

By Jamie Lichtenstein, Communications Intern Junior Business and Enterprise Management major Lorenzo Soo knows the business world is global, so hes taking his education on the road. Studying in Barcelona, Spain for the fall semester, Lorenzo has enriched his academic experience, traveled to new and exciting places, and learned how he can make an impact on a worldwide workplace because of this Wake Forest education. Lorenzo said decided to study abroad because he saw this...

By Jamie Lichtenstein, Communications Intern For junior Business and Enterprise Management (BEM) major Richard Eiseman, studying abroad made the most sense if he chose a country where English is the primary language. I wanted to better integrate myself into the local culture and experience the most authentic abroad semester possible. But he didnt choose Canada or England. Instead, he flew 9,548 miles to Sydney, Australia to the University of New South Wales (UNSW). I wanted...

The BB&T Center for the Study of Capitalism invited Fernando Teson to campus on November 8 for a talk on global justice. Teson, a legal scholar and political philosopher, shared his thoughts about how to achieve global justice by liberalizing trade and immigration, ending tyranny and corruption, and privatizing aid. An audience of about 100 students, faculty, and staff members attended his talk in Broyhill Auditorium.

By Jamie Lichtenstein, Communications Intern Kurt Swartz (BS 18) had never been outside the United States until he landed in Barcelona, Spain for a semester abroad. I was incredibly eager to begin exploring cultures, Swartz said. I chose the Wake Forest Barcelona program because of the academic options available for business students as well as the incredible reputation Barcelona has as a historical and social hub of Western Europe. The program is based at the...

By Jamie Lichtenstein, Communications Intern For junior accounting major Madison Hoff, international financial reporting standards (IFRS) have become something more than a theory in a textbook or the subject of a lecture at the Wake Forest University School of Business this semester. Thats because she is taking business courses in London during the fall semester. Not only that, she is networking on a global scale. One of my professors at Syracuse University London is a...

By Stephanie Skordas, Sr. Associate Director, Communications Young professionals gathered in Farrell Hall at the School of Business on July 7 to meet their classmates, professors and other support staff of the Master of Arts in Management (MA) program. The Class of 2017 represents 75 colleges and universities with 45 liberal arts, science and engineering majors in the mix. This year more than half the incoming class had an international learning experience, such as a...

Lessons from Replacements, LTD CFO Kelly Smith on leadership, values and success By Stephanie Skordas, School of Business How did I choose accounting? When I got to school at Wake Forest, I decided I would try the hardest major there and I thought that was accounting. Trying the hardest major at the hardest school that prepared me not only for the CPA exam but for life in the business world. Replacements, LTD Senior Vice President...

Wake Forest School of Business Marketing Summit More than a Case Competition Students challenged to translate real world data to leverage mobile technology for shoppers in store experiences WINSTON SALEM, N.C. During many business case competitions, students present ideas to a panel of judges usually just a handful of faces staring back at them. But at the Wake Forest University School of Business Marketing Analytics Summit, finalist teams from North Americas top business schools faced...

Robin Ganzert (87, MBA 91) is president and CEO of the American Humane Association. Her column Retired military dogs deserve a new leash on life, has appeared on FoxNews.com, and was also featured on Wake Forest Magazines Facebook page . Ganzert writes that military working dogs perform critical and lifesaving service overseas, that they should be brought home to the United States before being retired, and that their handlers should have the first choice to...