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Celebrating 10 years: WFU leads career development into the next decade
January 30, 2020 | Faculty, Personal and Career Development, Staff, Student, Top Stories
Each year, first-year students write their career interests on colorful paper airplanes and launch them in Wait Chapel during a New Deac Week session led by the Office of Personal and Career Development team. The activity marks the end of the career portion of orientation and the beginning of their college-to-career journeys.
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WFU awards and recognitions briefs
January 10, 2020 | Faculty, Recognition, Staff, Student, Top Stories
The WFU Awards and Recognitions briefs celebrate milestones of faculty, staff and students at Wake Forest.
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WFU and WSSU honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with special events
January 10, 2020 | Events, Faculty, Staff, Student, Top Stories, Valuing Diversity
Wake Forest University and Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) are partnering again this year to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with events during the holiday weekend. The collaboration on the keynote speaker is in its 20th year, marking the longest-running partnership between Wake Forest and WSSU.
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A current look into Wake Forest’s past
December 19, 2019 | Community in Progress, Faculty, School of Divinity, Student, Top Stories
During a November bus trip to Wake Forest University’s original campus, Professor Derek Hicks took 21 students to a nondescript cemetery where many of the tombstones had carvings but no names. He wanted his African American Religious Experience class to visit the cemetery because of its ties to a chapel where enslaved people who helped build the original campus once worshipped.
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$3.4 M Lilly Endowment Inc. grant supports leadership and character
December 17, 2019 | Faculty, Research, Student, Top Stories
Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded Wake Forest University a $3.4 million grant to develop and expand its Program for Leadership and Character. The three-year grant will support student programming, faculty engagement and academic research.
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Senior Dylan King awarded 2020 Marshall Scholarship
December 10, 2019 | Admissions, Scholars, Student, Top Stories
Senior Dylan King, a senior mathematics and computer science major from Walnut Cove, N.C., has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship.
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2019 Turkeypalooza video highlights
November 23, 2019 | Community, Events, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories
Beginning Nov. 17, Wake Forest volunteers will prepare about 350 traditional Thanksgiving meals in Campus Kitchen and deliver them to food-insecure Winston-Salem residents during Turkeypalooza.
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WFU ranks fourth in percentage of students studying abroad
November 18, 2019 | Admissions, Student, Top Stories
Wake Forest University ranks fourth among doctoral U.S. colleges and universities in the percentage of students studying abroad, according to the Open Doors 2019 report published today by the Institute of International Education (IIE).
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Turkeypalooza 2019 to feed about 350
November 15, 2019 | Community, Events, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories
Beginning Nov. 17, Wake Forest volunteers will prepare about 350 traditional Thanksgiving meals in Campus Kitchen and deliver them to food-insecure Winston-Salem residents during Turkeypalooza.
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Wake Forest’s Magnolia Scholars program celebrates 10th anniversary
November 8, 2019 | Admissions, Community, Community in Progress, Faculty, Student, Top Stories
On Nov. 8, Magnolia Scholars at Wake Forest University gathered at Tribble Hall to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of a prestigious program that provides scholarships, academic support, study abroad opportunities and counseling for 120 first-generation students.
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