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Residence hall construction to begin

Suite-style housing will provide space for 480

To provide more space for juniors and seniors to live on campus, Wake Forest University will begin construction in late February on two new residence halls on the north side of campus.

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Printmaking exhibition opens

START Gallery's 'Lightening Strikes' features work by student artists

Hannah Whitaker, Untitled, 2011, linoleum print, 12 x 18” (detail)

START Gallery's first spring exhibition, “Lightening Strikes: The Illumination of the Self,” runs through Feb. 25. The show features works by 18 students who studied in art professor David Faber’s introductory, intermediate or advanced printmaking classes.

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Student Storyteller: Project Nicaragua

Business school students traveled to Nicaragua to provide business seminars to local business owners.

Senior Victoria Osborne writes about Project Nicaragua and her experiences helping local entrepreneurs in and around Managua improve their business skills.

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Interfaith pilgrimage

Building connections in Israel and at home

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School of Divinity and undergraduate students led by Associate Professor Neal Walls and Associate Chaplain for Muslim Life Khalid Griggs spent two weeks exploring the history and religious traditions of Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities during Wake Forest’s Interfaith Pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

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Small groups, big issues

Campus book club brings together faculty and students

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The campus book club brings together faculty and students for valuable conversations outside the classroom. This time, the topic was globalization, as the campus prepares for a visit from Pietra Rivoli, author of “The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy."

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Invitation to lead

5 students attend Asian American, Pacific Islander (AAPI) Youth Leadership Briefing

Five Wake Forest students attended the first White House Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Youth Leadership Briefing. Left to right: Xixin (Stephanie) Zhang, Xin Nie (Lily Proctor), Jim Le, Xizi Liao and Roth Prom.

An invitation from the White House sent to the Office of Multicultural Affairs invited five Wake Forest students to join nearly 200 delegates from across the country for the first Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Youth Leadership Briefing.

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Wake Forest appoints new provost

Rogan Kersh

Wake Forest has appointed Rogan Kersh as the University’s new provost and professor of political science.  A Wake Forest alumnus, Kersh currently serves as the associate dean of academic affairs and professor of public policy at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.

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