We’re coming off the high of Homecoming weekend and the kickoff of Wake Will, our capital campaign, and starting you off on Monday with an opportunity for your students. As I hope many of you know by now, we have a very robust
Happy Monday, Deac families! It is sunny and beautiful this morning. Right now it is cool – mid 60s – but will reach nearly 80 today. This kind of day is perfect. Yesterday was a pretty great day too. Weatherwise, we had similar (if a […]
For those of you who might have missed the Daily Deac’s mentions of ZSRx Parents and Families: Deacon Development 101, we have been hard at work all summer developing a free, online course – with LOTS of help from campus partners who are subject […]
Five or six years ago, Wake Forest created the Wake Forest Fellows program, which is designed to give graduating seniors who might want to have a career in university work a one-year appointment to work in one of the main offices at Wake Forest; in […]
I just ran across an article today entitled “Get a Job! 6 tips for helping your recent graduate get hired,” which is featured on a website called The Real Deal by RetailMeNot. The article begins with this frightening line: “A survey of 300 moms […]
Today’s Daily Deac is an invitation for New York City Wake Forest parents and families. One of my colleagues in Employer Relations is sponsoring an event in NYC and wants all area Deac families to know they are welcome – encouraged, even! – to attend. […]
Wake Forest is full of talent, and today we are fortunate to have one of our alumni return to share his perspective with current students. Curt Beech (’94), who has been profiled in the Wake Forest Magazine, will be on campus to talk about […]
Our office received an email this weekend from Mercy Eyadiel, Executive Director, Employer Relations, about the most recent BusinessWeek rankings for undergraduate business schools. There is much to be happy about here. Wake Forest came in at #18 (one spot up from the last two years) […]
While the average college has slashed its career office budget by 16% (source: NACE), Wake Forest’s Office of Personal and Career Development is bucking the trend – and it’s paying off. Of WFU’s Class of 2012, 95% of survey respondents were employed or in graduate […]
We are glad to have your students back on campus following Spring Break! We hope they had fun, but it sure felt empty here without them. Andy Chan, Vice President for Personal and Career Development, posted a new blog entry on his Heart of […]
