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Wake Forest Advantage
April 24, 2013 | Admissions, For Alumni, For Parents, International, Top Stories, University Announcement
To help bridge the academic and cultural differences between educational experiences in their home country and those in the U.S., Wake Forest is introducing the Wake Forest Advantage program. The initiative is designed to help international students prepare for higher education in the U.S. before they arrive on campus.
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Year of the Snake
February 19, 2013 | Alumni, Arts & Culture, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, International, Student, Top Stories
Lion dancers, drummers, and kung fu performers joined Wake Forest students and the community to celebrate the “Year of the Snake” at The Chinese New Year Festival on Feb. 16.
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Student Storyteller: Life lessons from the City of Joy
February 5, 2013 | Campus Life, For Alumni, For Parents, International, Pro Humanitate, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Top Stories
Danielle Gallant, a senior sociology major, traveled to India to lead a group of 10 students volunteering in the University’s City of Joy program. She shares her reasons for going and what she learned from working with the late Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity.
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Ready, set, speak — Spanish
January 31, 2013 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, International, Research, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
With funding from The National Endowment for the Humanities, Jerid Francom has been collecting data on word usage in film subtitles that may someday change the way language courses are taught.
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Social status and mental health
December 6, 2012 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, International, Research, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
That Steve Folmar’s research in Nepal has been funded by the National Science Foundation’s cultural anthropology program is reason to celebrate. For students, however, the best news is that the support brings additional opportunities to be a part of the project.
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New website asks ‘Where are you from?’
November 20, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Diversity, Community, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, International, Top Stories, Valuing Diversity
Communication professor Alessandra Von Burg’s vision was born of the idea that everyone has stories to tell whether they are lifelong U.S. citizens or recent immigrants.
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Doors open wider for overseas travel
November 14, 2012 | For Alumni, For Parents, International, Top Stories
Wake Forest ranks third among doctoral U.S. colleges and universities in number of students studying abroad, according to the Open Doors report recently published by the Institute of International Education.
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Student Storyteller: Learning goes viral Down Under
October 25, 2012 | International, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
With her Richter Scholarship, junior Lauren Edgar traveled to the lab of Nobel Laureate Peter Doherty in Melbourne, Australia, to work on T-cell immunity and help develop a universal influenza vaccine. Her experiences redefined the way she thought about science and medicine.
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Muslims as minorities
October 18, 2012 | Events, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, International, Research, Speakers, Top Stories
Nearly one-third of the world’s Muslims live as minorities in 149 countries, facing diverse, complex challenges as they attempt to maintain their Islamic identity. Two professors have brought together a group of international scholars to explore why the issues confronting them are so important in today’s world.
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Weaving education, entertainment
October 16, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Mentoring, Arts & Culture, Engaging in the Arts, For Alumni, For Parents, International, Mentoring, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Jawad Wahabzada (’14) finds balancing schoolwork and the global promotion of his documentary “Children of Kabul” a challenge, but says taking courses you love and connecting with a good mentor can make a difference.
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