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Events open the gates
July 23, 2012 | Events, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Scholars and Scientists, Speakers, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
A look back at events on campus last year includes a conference for higher education administrators to contemplate what success means for college graduates, writers sharing their craft, and technological and entrepreneurial innovation through a variety of speakers.
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‘Bat whisperer’ featured on National Geographic Channel
June 15, 2012 | For Alumni, For Parents, Graduate School, National, Research, Student, Top Stories
For four years, graduate student Aaron Corcoran has studied how tiger moths use sonar-jamming to evade bats. With Corcoran’s help, the event has been captured on camera for National Geographic Television’s “Untamed Americas.” The program will be shown again at 9 p.m., Saturday, June 16.
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Wall Street Journal features WFU
June 8, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Mentoring, Admissions, Alumni, Commencement, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Mentoring, National, Personal and Career Development, President, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
The Wall Street Journal prominently featured Wake Forest for its national leadership in making personal and career development a mission-critical component of the college experience. The article, “Colleges Get Career-Minded”, appeared the day after commencement.
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WFU’s Kemper qualifies for Olympics
May 15, 2012 | Alumni, Athletics, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Top Stories
Former Wake Forest track & field standout and Hall of Famer Hunter Kemper qualified for his fourth consecutive trip to the Olympic Games after finishing fifth in the ITU World Triathlon Championship Series. Kemper earned the automatic bid to the London Olympics as the first American to cross the finish line.
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Action following Rethinking Success
April 16, 2012 | Events, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Student, Top Stories
Over three dynamic days, presidents, career office directors, liberal arts deans, and faculty from more than more than 70 colleges and universities came to Wake Forest to share ideas on how to prepare students more effectively for life and work after college.
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MBA programs ranked highly
March 14, 2012 | For Alumni, For Parents, National, Recognition, School of Business, Top Stories
Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs offered by the Schools of Business are among the nation’s top 10 percent in the U.S. News & World Report rankings. Within three months of graduation, 91 percent of the MBA class of 2011 had accepted jobs, with an average annual salary and starting bonus of $91,504.
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Thomas visits School of Law
March 7, 2012 | For Alumni, For Parents, National, School of Law, Speakers, Top Stories
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas visited the School of Law, meeting with students, faculty and alumni, visiting a class and lecturing on professional responsibility. He was interviewed by Marc Rigsby (JD ’12) in front of a 350-plus audience in the Worrell Professional Center.
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Research with an impact
February 23, 2012 | For Alumni, For Parents, National, Research, Top Stories
This week’s announcement by Virginia Tech and Wake Forest researchers is generating serious discussions about the future of football in America. The two schools released the first study that measures head impacts among youth football players.
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WFU on ‘Best Value Colleges’ list
February 8, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: University News, Admissions, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Recognition, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Wake Forest was included in The Princeton Review’s annual list of “Best Value Colleges.” The list “identifies America’s top undergraduate schools offering excellent academics, generous financial aid, and/or relatively low cost of attendance.”
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Hatch elected chair of NAICU
February 1, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: University News, For Alumni, For Parents, National, President, Top Stories
Today, members of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) elected Wake Forest President Nathan O. Hatch as chair of its board of directors. NAICU represents private, nonprofit colleges and universities on policy issues with the federal government.
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Wake Forest in the News
Wake Forest regularly appears in media outlets around the world.