Because Calloway gets everything
From the news service:
NEW CENTER HELPS BUSINESS MAJORS SHARPEN IMAGE — The Ernst & Young Professional Development Center has opened in Kirby Hall to help all business majors in the Calloway School of Business and Accountancy sharpen job-readiness skills in such areas as business etiquette, professional presence, time management, team-building and networking. The center was established this summer through the generosity of the Ernst & Young Foundation, as well as that of the partners and employees of Ernst & Young. Sam Leonard Beck, who received her undergraduate and master’s degrees from Wake Forest, has been appointed as the first director of the new center and brings to the task more than 20 years of experience in career development in higher education.
Isn’t this a great addition to that fantastic wooden swan? Hooray, Calloway has yet another fancy thing that ices out people who are acutally here for a liberal arts education.
It’s not like our job fairs are not coated in banks or audit firms anyway…
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Posted by: Kara on September 04, 2008 9:50 pmKeep in mind that the funds for this were very likely donated specifically for such a program or directly to the Calloway school. Also, keep in mind, that more people graduate from Calloway than from other departments.
Posted by: Tim on September 05, 2008 2:00 pmIt was a donation by E&Y;who has continually supported the Business school. They took a space in Kirby that wasn’t being used and made it into a useful resource. No one would be jealous if someone made donations to the Philosophy department or renovated parts of Tribble.
Posted by: Kyle on September 05, 2008 3:28 pm“No one would be jealous if someone made donations to the Philosophy department or renovated parts of Tribble”... perhaps. However we’ll never know if this is true because unfortunately this never happens; nobody seems to give a crap about departments other than the Almighty Calloway.
Posted by: Nick on September 07, 2008 8:45 pmYou’re right Nick, no one does.
Posted by: Phillip on September 10, 2008 7:29 pmWhat do you want the administration to do? Turn down E&Y;‘s money or tell them they only take donations for the liberal arts program? Really this hostility is ridiculous. Yes, this is a liberal arts school, but in order for it to be a nationally recognized school it has to offer more than that, it has to offer an undergrad education that people can actually make a comfortable living off of without having to spend years in graduate school. Just be happy that Wake has an undergrad business school, some schools just have a MBA program without the undergrad component, specifically to bring in money.
Posted by: Tim on September 20, 2008 2:17 amNo Tim, it’s not a liberal arts school anymore, that’s the problem. If you haven’t noticed, incoming freshman have to take less divisionals than people who are graduating this year. I’m sure that within the next decade, the number of required divisionals will be reduced again.
Maybe what should matter isn’t being a nationally recognized school, but one that gives a good education. If you wanted national recognition, you could just pour millions into struggling sports programs, oh wait we’re already doing that. Or maybe you could get recognition by being one of the least diverse schools (not including athletes of course) in the ACC. Or maybe the least diverse university which is in the top 50 colleges in the nation.
If you want an undergrad education that will enable you to make a comfortable living, I’m sure there are plenty of business schools at other places that don’t charge $42,000/year JUST FOR TUITION. You talk about about schools with an MBA program that brings in money. Name one and tell me how much it costs compared to 5 years as an undergrad at Wake. I bet Wake costs more! Damn that makes your point look pretty stupid doesn’t it?
Business schools are not special. If you go to a half-decent one, you can get an ok job. But hey, maybe people came to Wake Forced for a liberal arts education? They’re becoming more sparse because of the fact that Calloway is taking over the campus like a goddamn fungus.
I pity you, may you one day find something in life more important than money.
-syst
Posted by: Pete on September 28, 2008 9:50 am