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More than 460 Wake Forest University School of Business graduate students in the management, accountancy, business analytics, and business administration programs celebrated the culmination of their academic pursuits on Saturday, May 18 during a hooding ceremony at Wait Chapel on the Universitys Reynolda Campus. The hooding ceremony signifies the completion of an advanced degree. Masters degree recipients are recognized and hooded by the dean or associate dean of their respective program. Graduate business students who...

The Wake Forest University School of Business Master of Business Administration (MBA) program is once again recognized among the best programs in the country, ranking at No. 21 among part time programs nationwide and No. 1 among North Carolina programs, according to U.S. News & World Reports 2024 Best Graduate Schools list. For 15 consecutive years, Wake Forest has held the highest statewide ranking among part time MBA programs in North Carolina business schools. The...

The Wake Forest University School of Business recently welcomed more than 700 incoming graduate and undergraduate students for the 2023 2024 academic year. This year marks a triple celebration for the School as it honors 75 years of business education being established at Wake Forest University. Additionally, it commemorates two significant milestones; the 50th anniversary of the first graduating class of MBA students, the Class of 1973, and the 10th anniversary of the opening of...

The Wake Forest University School of Business Master of Business Administration (MBA) program is among the top 10 percent of programs in the country, ranking at No. 28 among part time programs nationwide and No. 1 among North Carolina programs, according to U.S. News & World Reports 2023 2024 Best Graduate Schools list . For 14 consecutive years, Wake Forest has held the highest statewide ranking among part time MBA programs in North Carolina business...

Nine teams in the Charlotte Saturday MBA program were challenged to analyze data and develop a marketing plan for Junior Achievement Worldwide as a class assignment. Alan Kelly, retired president of ExxonMobil fuels, lubricants, and specialties marketing, is an adjunct professor in the School of Business, who also sits on the organizations board. He brought the challenge to his students in the Charlotte Saturday program. The teams presented their recommendations to Junior Achievement Worldwides executive...

Wake Forest University School of Business students who performed at the highest academic level in 2017 18 were inducted into the national Beta Gamma Sigma honor society on April 17 in a ceremony in Farrell Halls Broyhill Auditorium on campus. Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest recognition a business student can receive in a business program accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International. The Wake Forest University chapter...

School remains #1 part time MBA program in North Carolina WINSTON SALEM, N.C. For the 5 th consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has ranked the Wake Forest University School of Business Part time Master of Business Administration (MBA) in the Top 20 programs in the nation. At No. 17 in this years national survey, Wake Forest continues to hold the top spot among North Carolina business schools. The Wake Forest School of Business...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. After completing a two year evening program in Charlotte, 56 working professionals earned their MBA degrees from Wake Forest University School of Business. A graduation celebration at Bank of America and WFU Charlotte Center was held to honor them on Sept. 22, 2017. Our graduates balanced a rigorous academic program, including extra curricular activities such as global immersion courses and case competitions, while maintaining their careers and meeting the needs of their families...

WINSTON SALEM, N.C. After completing a two year evening program, 53 Triad area working professionals earned their MBA degrees from Wake Forest University School of Business. A graduation celebration at Forsyth Country Club was held to honor them on Sept. 15, 2017. For many of the recent graduates of the School of Business Winston Salem Evening MBA program, the diploma benefited their careers. During the two years of the MBA program, 54 percent of our...

Chris Arline (MBA 11) returned to the WFU Charlotte Center to lead a training session for current Charlotte MBA students on Saturday, June 24. Arline, who is now director of client engagement for Dale Carnegie Training, defined employee engagement as the emotional and intellectual commitment of employees to deliver high performance. Arline suggested that the workplace holds three types of engaged employees: fully engaged, partially engaged, and disengaged. He said almost half of employees are...

In a story by Kelsey Gee, the Wall Street Journal looks at the rise in specialized masters programs, like the Schools Master of Arts in Management, Master of Science in Accountancy, and Master of Science in Business Analytics. To court a generation of M.B.A. skeptics, business schools are creating narrowly tailored degree programs designed to help young professionals hone their skills for specific industries and job functions, Gee writes. Students want a deeper expertise in...

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...

WINSTON SALEM, NC (April 11, 2017) Wake Forest University School of Business students who performed at the highest academic level in 2016 17 were inducted into the national Beta Gamma Sigma honor society on April 11 in a ceremony in Farrell Halls Broyhill Auditorium on campus. Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest recognition a business student can receive in a business program accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)...

WINSTON SALEM, N.C. For the second consecutive year, a Wake Forest University School of Business MBA team won first place in the Marketing Analytics Summit, hosted by the Schools Center for Retail Innovation. Eight graduate and six undergraduate teams from around the globe competed in a case competition for total prizes of $56,000. The event was held at the School of Business April 7 8, 2017. The longest running student led event at the School...

School rises six positions in a five year upward trend in Part time MBA rankings WINSTON SALEM, N.C. U.S. News & World Report has ranked the Wake Forest University School of Business Part time Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs #13 in the nation. Rising six places, Wake Forest continues to hold the top spot among North Carolina business schools. It is the 8th consecutive year the School of Business MBA program has been #1...

WINSTON SALEM, N.C. Whats the benefit of earning your MBA degree? For the recent graduates of the Wake Forest University School of Business Winston Salem Evening MBA program, the value came with promotions. Lots of them. Seventy percent of our class received promotions during the two years they earned their MBAs, said Kevin Bender, executive director of the program. And 18 percent received two or more promotions in that time period. After completing a two...

The 50 students who attend our Winston Salem Evening classes, arrived for networking and headshots in Farrell Hall on August 26 . This class comes from 34 colleges and universities, with 27 majors represented. Five companies have two or more students in the program. We asked some of those new students why they sought an MBA from Wake Forest: You may also view the photo gallery from orientation on Flickr .

Student team named a finalist in the Nanotechnology Startup Challenge WINSTON SALEM, N.C. Accelerated NanoTech, a startup medical device company founded by a team of Wake Forest School of Business MBA students, has proposed a new, faster and more reliable test for non small cell lung cancer. This sharply reduces both costs to patients from hundreds of dollars to $10 and diagnosis time from days to hours. For their innovation, the Wake Forest team was...