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Professor elected to Institute of Medicine
October 19, 2014 | Faculty, For Alumni, School of Law, School of Medicine, Top Stories
Wake Forest University Law and School of Medicine Public Health Sciences Professor Mark Hall has been elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM), a subset of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences.
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Building community
October 10, 2014 | Admissions, Alumni, Campus Life, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Staff, Student, Thrive / Wellbeing, Top Stories
More than 50 years after Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at Wake Forest, universities across the country are making headlines related to race and identity. At a time when Wake Forest has a more diverse study body than ever, the campus community is addressing these challenges together.
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Law school launches Criminal Justice Program
October 9, 2014 | Admissions, For Alumni, For Parents, Mentoring, Top Stories
The new program provides opportunities for law students interested in criminal justice careers to research law enforcement through scholarly engagement, real world experiences and alumni mentoring.
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Ted Gellar-Goad and the secret of the Sphinx
October 7, 2014 | For Alumni, For Parents, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Don’t gasp when you hear that Ted Gellar-Goad teaches naked. The young Latin scholar is always appropriately clothed in suit and tie. It’s his teaching style that bares all in a classroom stripped of laptops and other electronic devices, leaving students and teacher exposed to face-to-face learning.
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Wake Forest’s World Cultural Festival
September 29, 2014 | Admissions, Arts & Culture, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories
You might not expect to be able to see a dance performance in West Africa, stop in China for a snack, and then finish up the evening in Italy for a quick game of bocce ball. But thanks to the World Cultural Festival, it is all possible.
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Wake Forest launches ‘Thrive’
September 5, 2014 | 2014 Highlights: Wellbeing, Admissions, Alumni, Campus Life, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Thrive / Wellbeing, Top Stories, University Announcement
Today’s campus-wide introduction of “Thrive,” the University’s comprehensive approach to wellbeing, features fun activities to get people thinking and talking about serious topics such as financial planning, work satisfaction, intellectual engagement, emotional health and spirituality.
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An investment in wellbeing
August 26, 2014 | 2014 Highlights: Wellbeing, Admissions, Campus Life, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Thrive / Wellbeing, Top Stories, Wake Forest College, Wake Will
John Marbach found that accepting a $100,000 entrepreneurship grant to skip college and start a business took an unexpected toll on his wellbeing. He returned to Wake Forest with a deep appreciation for the University’s efforts to double down on transforming wellbeing for the entire campus community.
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A dynamic hub for wellbeing
August 26, 2014 | 2014 Highlights: Wellbeing, Admissions, Alumni, Campus Life, For Alumni, For Parents, Staff, Student, Thrive / Wellbeing, Top Stories, Wake Will
On Sept. 5, Wake Forest will break ground on The Sutton Center, a two-story addition to Reynolds Gym that marks the first of three planned phases to transform the historic building into a dynamic hub for campus-wide wellbeing.
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Learning to listen deeply
August 19, 2014 | Admissions, Campus Life, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories
A delegation of Wake Forest students participated in the inaugural PULSE Institute — a new college retreat program designed to explore identity, leadership and inclusion. Wake Forest was one of 14 colleges and universities to participate.
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Wake Forest goes Hollywood
August 6, 2014 | 2014 Highlights, For Alumni, Student, Top Stories
Crews with 20th Century Fox spent the day Monday on Wake Forest University’s Reynolda Campus filming scenes for an adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ bestselling novel, “The Longest Ride,” to be released this spring.
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