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A roadmap to success
May 15, 2013 | Campus Life, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Personal and Career Development, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Wake Forest has been at the forefront of transforming the traditional, outdated concept of “career services” into a holistic, four-year approach to personal and career development. Now Andy Chan, the vice president for personal and career development, is building upon the success of our students to help colleges and universities nationwide do the same.
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Eleven chosen as Fulbright scholars
May 14, 2013 | For Alumni, For Parents, International, Recognition, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
From researching regenerative medicine in Sweden to teaching in Vietnam, 11 Wake Forest students and recent graduates have been awarded Fulbright scholarships to go abroad during the 2013-1014 academic year.
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BioBook to bring new generation of e-learning
May 9, 2013 | Community, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Developed by WFU researchers, BioBook turns lengthy, complex topics into small, manageable chunks of knowledge that can be changed as educators see fit. Within three years, BioBook (about $30) is expected to replace paper textbooks ($200+) for students taking general biology at Wake Forest and Forsyth Technical Community College.
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Options in the world of work
May 7, 2013 | Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, Mentoring, Personal and Career Development, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
When Rahel Tafese spent a day job shadowing a sales representative for BioRx, she learned about treatments for immune deficiency, but more important, she made connections that will help her as she figures out her career path. Forty alumni offered an insider’s view of their work to current students as part of the new program.
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Not just for art majors
May 3, 2013 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Student artists spent hours in the studios in Scales Fine Arts Center, creating pieces this semester. Thirty-four of these works will be on display through May 20 as part of the Student Art Exhibition in the Hanes Gallery.
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Telling the world’s stories
May 1, 2013 | Campus Life, For Alumni, For Parents, International, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
The 2014 World Cup in Rio de Janeiro is just over one year away. But while fan excitement builds, 170,000 Brazilians may be relocated from their homes. It’s a story filmmaker Jawad Wahabzada will be covering as a fellow with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
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Sharing the joy of theatre
April 23, 2013 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Senior theatre major Dean Guerra knows the power of bringing stories to life on stage from his participation in 43 productions as actor, director, sound designer, light designer and stage manager. He also shares this love of theatre by teaching children in a local school.
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Bringing new life to a ‘dead’ language
April 19, 2013 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
In Ted Gellar-Goad’s class, each student chooses a character from Graeco-Roman myth, writes spells, maps dungeons and earns experience points to gain levels while they learn to write Latin. It’s all part of a semester-long journey based on game theory.
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Painting desks for local children
April 18, 2013 | Admissions, Campus Life, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Rows of brightly colored desks lined the Magnolia Quad on April 16 as Wake Forest students painted more than 60 of them for Old Town Elementary School students. Some children even grabbed a brush to help.
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Chemistry major named Goldwater Scholar
April 16, 2013 | For Alumni, For Parents, National, Recognition, Scholars, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Alec Christian, a junior from Salem, Conn., who studies organic chemistry, was recently awarded a Goldwater Scholarship. Christian was selected as one of 271 math, science and engineering students from around the country to receive the award for the 2013-2014 school year.
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