Family Business Center and Business North Carolina accepting nominations for the N.C. Family Business Awards

10.2.2008 Article, General, School News

The Wake Forest University Babcock Graduate School of Management’s Family Business Center and Business North Carolina are looking for the best family businesses within the state.
Nominations are currently being accepted for the North Carolina Family Business Awards.
The winners will be honored at a ceremony on June 3 at the Deacon Tower on the Wake Forest University campus and will be promoted in the June issue of Business North Carolina.
The North Carolina Family Business Awards are designed to recognize the achievements of family-owned businesses and their contributions to their communities. Awards will be given in up to four categories: Small (fewer than 50 employees), Medium (50 – 250 employees), Large (over 250 employees), as well as a special Century Award category for family businesses that are at least 100 years old.
Nomination and application forms may be submitted online at www.mba.wfu.edu/fbc/award.
“The N.C. Family Business awards are designed to recognize the achievements of family-owned businesses and their contributions to their communities,” said Family Business Center Director Kathy Baker. “I hope that family businesses across the state will take advantage of this opportunity.”
The Family Business Center, established in 1999 under the Angell Center for Entrepreneurship at Wake Forest's Babcock School, addresses issues faced by closely held and family firms. The member-based organization uses the capabilities and educational resources at Wake Forest, in the community and beyond to provide closely held and family firms the assistance they need to grow and succeed from generation to generation.
Member dues and corporate sponsors BB&T, RSM McGladrey, SMSi, and Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice fund the Family Business Center ~ Triad. Member dues and corporate sponsors Poyner & Spruill LLP and RSM McGladrey, the official accounting, tax and business consulting firm of the PGA of America, fund the Family Business Center ~ Charlotte Metro, which was established in 2003.