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Update on Wake Forest student diagnosed with meningitis
March 17, 2017 | Faculty, Staff, Student
Wake Forest University Student Health Service has received updated information about the student who was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis on March 16. The student is in stable condition and expected to make a full recovery.
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WFU student tested positive for meningitis
March 16, 2017 | Faculty, Staff, Student
Wake Forest University Student Health Service has been informed that an undergraduate student tested positive for bacterial meningitis this morning. The student is currently being treated for this condition at a local hospital. No other recent cases of meningitis have been reported at Wake Forest.
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Students purchase art during WFU’s one-of-a-kind New York art acquisition trip
March 15, 2017 | Arts & Culture, Faculty, Staff, Student, Top Stories
Once every four years since 1963, Wake Forest students have traveled to New York City over spring break on a Student Union Art Acquisition Trip to purchase art on behalf of the University. They are asked to choose contemporary artwork that reflects the times.
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Founders’ Day program honors seniors and faculty
February 17, 2017 | Events, Faculty, Recognition, Staff, Student, Top Stories
The Wake Forest community commemorated 183 years since the University’s founding at Founders’ Day Convocation in Wait Chapel on Feb. 16. The celebration recognizes student leaders and honors faculty for teaching, research and service.
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WFU named to Princeton Review’s list of ‘Colleges That Pay You Back’
January 31, 2017 | Admissions, Faculty, Staff, Student
Wake Forest University has been named to The Princeton Review’s 2017 edition of “Colleges That Pay You Back: The 200 Schools That Give You the Best Bang for Your Tuition Buck” (Penguin Random House / Princeton Review Books).
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Gender diversity in STEM: ‘Let’s change the world together’
January 24, 2017 | Faculty, Research, Staff, Student, Top Stories, Valuing Diversity
Universities across the U.S. have developed programs to attract women and under-represented minorities to the STEM disciplines. So why aren’t more of these students declaring a major in science, technology, engineering and math – and seeing it through to a career in research or academia? At Wake Forest University, students, faculty and administrators are tackling that question through formal research, departmental evaluations and innovative outreach.
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WFU taps NSF’s Olga Pierrakos as founding engineering chair
January 24, 2017 | Admissions, Faculty, Research, Staff, Student, Top Stories
Wake Forest University has appointed Olga Pierrakos as founding chair of the Department of Engineering, one of Wake Downtown’s new anchoring academic programs, which will begin offering classes this fall.
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Wake Forest students to attend Inauguration and Women’s March
January 18, 2017 | Faculty, Staff, Student
Several dozen Wake Forest University students plan to travel to Washington, D.C., this week for the Presidential Inauguration and Women’s March.
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WFU 2017 MLK ‘Building the Dream’ award winners named
January 17, 2017 | Faculty, Staff, Student, Top Stories
Religion professor Derek Hicks and two students Rose O’Brien and Cazandra Rebollar have been named Wake Forest University’s 2017 Martin Luther King Jr. “Building the Dream” award winners.
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Classes begin at Wake Downtown, Wake Forest’s urban campus
January 10, 2017 | Faculty, Staff, Student, Top Stories
The start of classes marks a historic moment in the life of the University where for the first time medical school and undergraduate student education will occur together under one roof, enhancing closer collaboration and deeper engagement for students and faculty alike.
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