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Wake Forest one of ‘50 Colleges That Create Futures’
September 8, 2015 | Admissions, Mentoring, Personal and Career Development, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
Wake Forest University is featured in “Colleges That Create Futures: 50 Schools That Launch Careers by Going Beyond the Classroom” — a new Princeton Review book highlighting the nation’s best institutions.
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World ambassadors
May 6, 2015 | Faculty, International, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
Studying in Venice and conducting research with health and exercise science professors Peter Brubaker and Anthony Marsh set Robert Musci (’12) on a course toward winning a Fulbright research grant for the 2015-2016 academic year. He was among nine seniors and recent graduates to receive grants.
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The biology behind mental health
May 6, 2015 | Faculty, Research, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
In an unusual first-year seminar, students learn that, just as there’s a physical science behind the healing of broken bones, the correction of blood sugar levels and the repairing of blocked arteries. There’s also a physical science to improving mental health.
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Presidential Chairs announced
April 8, 2015 | Faculty, Recognition, School of Business, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, University Announcement, Wake Will
Five new Presidential Chairs to recruit, retain and reward outstanding faculty who embody the teacher-scholar ideal have been announced by Wake Forest University.
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Founders’ Day marks 181 years
February 20, 2015 | Events, Faculty, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
The Wake Forest community commemorated 181 years since the University’s founding at Founders’ Day Convocation in Wait Chapel on Feb. 19. The celebration recognizes student leaders and honors faculty for teaching, research and service.
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WFU had an unforgettable 2014
December 29, 2014 | 2014 Highlights, Admissions, Campus Life, Events, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
From a commencement speech that the entire country watched to celebrating world-class rankings to honoring new and old traditions, Wake Forest had an unforgettable 2014.
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Ted Gellar-Goad and the secret of the Sphinx
October 7, 2014 | For Alumni, For Parents, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Don’t gasp when you hear that Ted Gellar-Goad teaches naked. The young Latin scholar is always appropriately clothed in suit and tie. It’s his teaching style that bares all in a classroom stripped of laptops and other electronic devices, leaving students and teacher exposed to face-to-face learning.
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What can religion teach us about Jay-Z?
September 22, 2014 | Admissions, Faculty, Speakers, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
Students in professor Ron Neal’s religion class explore the connections between hip hop and the stories we’ve all grown up with as Americans — the idea of the self-made man, the achievement of the American dream and the belief that hard work will lead to the good life.
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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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Faculty Fellows, transitioning WFU18 to college life
August 11, 2014 | 2014 Highlights, Campus Life, Faculty, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Thrive / Wellbeing, Top Stories
Wake Forest prioritizes engagement inside and outside of the classroom. With an 11:1 student-faculty ratio, the Faculty Fellows program is an extension of the University’s teacher-scholar model.
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