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Take a guess or skip the question
November 18, 2013 | Admissions, Faculty, For Parents, Research, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Wake Forest College
If you’re taking the SAT and you’re not positive you know the correct answer, do you skip or guess? Previous studies suggest that your strategy may be very different from that of the student sitting next to you. A faculty-student research team in economics is looking for answers.
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When writing goes to war
November 11, 2013 | Humanities, Humanities Highlights 2013-2014, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
English professor Sharon Raynor’s students sift through acid-free folders looking at letters that soldiers sent home during the Civil War and World War I and II. Pulling out folders. Reading the words. It’s an experience unlike looking at a digitized copy.
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An attitude of gratitude
October 25, 2013 | Campus Life, Faculty, Humanities, Mentoring, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Top Stories 2013-2014, Wake Forest College
To celebrate Wake Forest’s ranking 11th in U.S. News and World Report for commitment to undergraduate teaching, Volunteer Service Corps (VSC) partnered with the Office of the Dean of the College to launch the “11 Days of Teaching Appreciation” social media campaign.
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Empowering the voiceless
October 17, 2013 | For Alumni, For Parents, Mentoring, Pro Humanitate, Research, Scholars and Scientists, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
A new kind of hands-free communication device developed by Wake Forest could help people with speech impediments and poor motor control interact with the world around them.
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From waste to energy
October 16, 2013 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Sustainability, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
Wake Forest researchers recently developed a sugar-based compound that makes it cheaper and easier to turn low-quality fats and oils into affordable biodiesel.
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Building stronger bones one runner at a time
October 7, 2013 | Athletics, Graduate School, Research, School of Medicine, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
A first-of-a-kind study by Wake Forest researchers will address why long distance runners, particularly women, are more likely than athletes in other sports to develop osteoporosis later in life.
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Bringing classroom vibrancy to the residence halls
August 23, 2013 | Campus Life, Campus Life Highlights, Faculty, Life on Campus, Mentoring, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
Nineteen professors taking part in the new Faculty Fellows program will become familiar faces in the first-year residence halls. Each residence hall will have at least three faculty members assigned within this partnership program between the Provost’s Office and the Office of Residence Life and Housing.
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Engineering at the atomic scale
July 29, 2013 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Mentoring, Research, Student, Sustainability, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Senior Brian Shoemaker is helping a national team of scientists answer a million-dollar question: Could a substance that resembles baby powder curb global carbon emissions?
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Spouse’s attitude affecting your job?
July 12, 2013 | Audiences, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Scholars and Scientists, School of Business, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
A School of Business professor studies how organizations that don’t support family life may end up causing more turnover among employees. The secret might just be to gaining the spouse’s support.
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Teaching and mentoring moments
July 8, 2013 | Campus Life, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, Mentoring, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
U.S. News and World Report’s 2013 Best Colleges guide ranked Wake Forest 13th among national universities with the best undergraduate teaching. But, the nearly magical interaction between professors and bright students is not limited to classroom, studio, stage or laboratory. Many faculty become mentors for students as they explore academic and extracurricular interests.
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