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“From day one, you are given the resources to help support your job search. My career coach supported me the entire way. There is always a network to support you.”
Drawing on skills she learned as a volleyball team captain, Hailey Brooke Weiss built “Power Move Marketing,” a successful digital marketing agency with 25 full-time employees.
Dedicated to building community and education around exercise, Virginia Wooten developed “Dawn,” a fitness app for women on college campuses.
As a Solutions Product Manager at Apple, Will Harkins is focused on improving product efficiency and coherence.
When Tom Canace interviewed to join the faculty at Wake Forest School of Business 15 years ago, he was asked about his teaching and research philosophies. Canace’s answer: “Going above and beyond the textbook.” For Canace, that means drawing on his research findings and his professional experiences in the business world when he’s in the…
As part of her email signature, Tilan Tang includes a quote from Miguel de Cervantes’s “Adventures of Don Quixote.” It reads: “To be prepared is half the victory.” As an associate teaching professor of finance, Tilan thinks the quote speaks to an underlying principle of finance — “the time value of money”. It also serves…
From using information technology to combat the horrors of human trafficking to creating a framework for understanding why some groups are targeted on social media, Stacie Petter studies how people use and manage IT in organizational settings or in broader society. If the particulars of the research sound beyond the bounds of typical business school…
As global economic shifts continue to impact everything from the stock market to the supermarket, the role governments play in business and finance can change drastically. For Dr. Rob Nash, that intersection between government and private sector has fueled his research for nearly three decades. Nash, who came to Wake Forest in 1997 and currently…
As an undergrad at Wake Forest, Dr. Lauren Reid never intended to pursue business. She had aspirations to study medicine or perhaps law, but her father encouraged her to take some prerequisite courses for the School of Business, just to explore her options. “I took my first accounting class, and I just got it,” she says.…
Wake Forest business professor Julie Wayne teaches her organization behavior class to undergraduate Business and Enterprise Management students in Farrell Hall on Tuesday, February 11, 2014. Julie Wayne’s groundbreaking research into the interplay between work life and personal life helped define the idea of work-family enrichment, where multiple roles can enhance both realms. The throughline…
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of e-commerce within the retail marketplace dramatically expanded. Consumers confined to their homes turned to their computers, tablets, and smartphones to purchase everything from fitness equipment to office furniture, encompassing items traditionally not bought online, such as groceries. This surge in online grocery shopping particularly intrigued…
Each year, NASA allocates millions of dollars in grant funding to small businesses across the United States that supply the agency with innovative technology. These partnerships—which are supported by the federal government’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs—allow agencies such as NASA to tap into cutting-edge innovations that drive…
Dr. Norma R. Montague loves being in the classroom. Though she began her career specializing in auditing at an accounting firm, she felt a calling to teach almost immediately. “Within a year, I realized that I really enjoyed teaching at the firm,” she says. “We had lunch-and-learns, and I was often the one raising my…
As a decision scientist, Jeff Camm approaches his research with pragmatism. “I always start with a problem that industry has a hard time solving, and I help them solve those business problems by making better-informed decisions using data and mathematical models,” says Camm, the Inmar Presidential Chair in Analytics at the Wake Forest School of…
School of Business staff and faculty engaged with the REACH Women’s Network during a brainstorming session to discuss leveraging a shared commitment to women’s equity in the workplace to make a greater impact.
The Center for Analytics Impact at the Wake Forest School of Business recently held two AI events to address the growing need for data, computer and human infrastructure in the wake of booming Artificial Intelligence technology and application across industry. Hosted in conjunction with MichaelBest, a Raleigh Law Firm, and the Defense Alliance of North…
Christina Elson, Executive Director of the Wake Forest University Center for the Study of Capitalism, has been invited to join the Fast Company Impact Council. The invitation-only collective meets several times a year for live events, roundtable discussions, and virtual sessions on some of the most promising opportunities and most pressing challenges of our time. Known…
Ashley Wilcox, Director of Sustainability Initiatives at the Wake Forest School of Business, recently appeared as one of the coaches on Roku’s new docu-follow series Side Hustlers. With mentorship from investors Emma Grede and Ashley Graham, the show follows ambitious female entrepreneurs as they build their side hustles in the hopes of quitting their day jobs…
Each year, NASA allocates millions of dollars in grant funding to small businesses across the United States that supply the agency with innovative technology. These partnerships—which are supported by the federal government’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs—allow agencies such as NASA to tap into cutting-edge innovations that drive…
From using information technology to combat the horrors of human trafficking to creating a framework for understanding why some groups are targeted on social media, Stacie Petter studies how people use and manage IT in organizational settings or in broader society. If the particulars of the research sound beyond the bounds of typical business school…
