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New Faculty Join the Wake Forest School of Business for Fall 2025

08-28-2025

The Wake Forest University School of Business welcomed five new full-time faculty members for the 2025-2026 academic year.

Full-time Faculty:

Aric LaBarr, Ph.D., Associate Teaching Professor, Business Analytics

LaBarr’s research interests include credit modeling, microfinance, and insurance in developing nations. Prior to his appointment at Wake Forest, he served as an Associate Teaching Professor at the Institute for Advanced Analytics at North Carolina State University. LaBarr earned…

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Steve Weinman Named Senior Associate Athletics Director for Analytics at Wake Forest

08-21-2025

NBA front office veteran to lead strategic analytics efforts across Demon Deacons Athletics while also serving as an Executive Affiliate in the Wake Forest School of Business.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Wake Forest Athletics announced today that Steve Weinman, a seasoned NBA front office executive with over a decade of experience in data strategy, scouting and performance analysis, has been appointed as Senior Associate Athletics Director for Analytics. In this role, Weinman will also serve as Ge…

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Business Professor’s 1998 Study Redefined Conservation Strategies, Earns Top Award

07-08-2025

Jeff Camm, a professor at the Wake Forest University School of Business, has received a top award for research that reshaped strategies used in environmental economics and conservation science. Published over 25 years ago in Science, “Species Distributions, Land Values, and Efficient Conservation” remains one of the most highly cited papers in the respective disciplines.
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5 Student Services Online MBA Students Need

(U.S. News & World Report)

Jackie Eib, Associate Director for Integrative Student Services – Online Programs, highlights the personalized guidance and supportive experience online MBA students receive at the Wake Forest School of Business.
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How to Emphasize Academic Strengths On MBA Applications

(U.S. News & World Report)

A good application strategy is to show the connections between seemingly unrelated college courses and explain how those classes shaped career goals, experts say. Kevin Bender, Executive Director for MBA Enrollment Management and Recruiting, says non-business majors who perform well in business courses should highlight that on their application.
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The Grade Debate: Is There a Better Path Forward?

(AACSB)

In this AACSB article, Shannon McKeen and coauthors Michellana Jester and Kerry Laufer assert that instead of relying on traditional letter grades, schools could adopt multidimensional frameworks that assess the essential skills developed through experiential learning.
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