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WFU Field Hockey: 2014 ACC Champs

November 9, 2014  |   Athletics, Campus Life, Top Stories

Wake Forest field hockey defeated Syracuse 2-0 to claim its fourth ACC Championship at Jack Katz Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The victory gives Wake Forest athletics its 47th all-time team ACC Championship.

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Focus on food in the forest

November 5, 2014  |   Campus Life, Events, Faculty, Speakers, Student, Sustainability, Top Stories, Top Stories 2013-2014, Uncategorized

Justice. Politics. Access. Quality. Insecurity. Production. Deserts. Sustainability. One word that connects all of these words is FOOD. At Wake Forest, references to these terms – food justice, food quality, food politics – can be found everywhere, woven into the fabric of students’ lives through their course work, extra-curricular activities and service learning opportunities.

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Project Pumpkin: Carrying on tradition

October 30, 2014  |   Alumni, Campus Life, Community, Philanthropy, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories, Uncategorized

More than 450 student volunteers welcomed children from nearly 25 local agencies to campus Wednesday afternoon for Project Pumpkin, Wake Forest’s annual student-run Halloween festival.

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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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Wake Forest “Hits the Bricks” for cancer

October 3, 2014  |   2014 Highlights, Alumni, Campus Life, Community, Events, Faculty, Staff, Student, Thrive / Wellbeing, Top Stories, Uncategorized, University Announcement

A Wake Forest tradition, Hit the Bricks is an eight-hour relay race along the brick pathways of Hearn Plaza in honor of Brian Piccolo, a Wake Forest alumnus and Chicago Bears running back who died of cancer at age 26.

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Recognized for addressing stress

September 23, 2014  |   2014 Highlights: Wellbeing, Admissions, Campus Life, Faculty, Thrive / Wellbeing, Top Stories

U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges 2015 guidebook, which hits newsstands this week, highlights Wake Forest’s leadership in the national trend of promoting students’ social and emotional wellbeing. The story shows how schools like WFU tackle stress to provide a better environment for students.

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A new home for Campus Kitchen

September 17, 2014  |   2014 Highlights, Campus Life, Community, Events, Staff, Student, Sustainability, Top Stories, Uncategorized

On Friday, Sept. 19, the Campus Kitchen at Wake Forest University will hold a grand opening for its new home in the heart of campus. Officially opening its doors in 2006, the Campus Kitchen at Wake Forest has continued to grow every year since.

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Play shines light on Radium Girls’ history

September 15, 2014  |   Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Faculty, Mentoring, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Uncategorized

Mike Griggs (’15) has been working with theatre professor Cindy Gendrich to hone his skills as a dramaturg. While a little unusual that Griggs auditioned and was cast for smaller roles in the play, “These Shining Lives,” it was important to him to gain professional experience researching, developing and acting in a play.

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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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Seeking higher ground

September 3, 2014  |   Campus Life, Events, School of Divinity, Speakers, Staff, Student, Top Stories

The School of Divinity’s convocation address was given by the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, which was the inaugural event of the Mac Bryan Prophetic Preaching Series that honors the late George McLeod “Mac” Bryan, Sr., who was a professor of religion for 37 years.

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