Stories this week at Wake Forest
WAKE FOREST 28TH BEST NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Wake Forest University ranks 28th for the second consecutive year among national universities in the new edition of U.S. News & World Report’s guide, “America’s Best Colleges.” The annual guide gives Wake Forest high marks for its small classes, low student-faculty ratio, high graduation and retention rates, financial resources and alumni giving. The 2001 edition of “America’s Best Colleges” ranked Wake Forest 28th among 228 national universities-147 public and 81 private. The guide notes that 60 percent of Wake Forest’s undergraduate classes have fewer than 20 students.
SPECIAL ADVISORY TO EDITORS
Wake Forest will host an information session for the news media on Wednesday, Sept. 6, regarding the presidential debate scheduled for Oct. 11 in Wait Chapel. The meeting will be held on campus from 1-2 p.m. in Benson University Center, Room 401. Representatives of the Commission on Presidential Debates will make a presentation to the media. Afterward, the commission will take questions from the media. The Wake News Service staff will be present for the program.
LAW SCHOOL RECEIVES $150,000 GRANT
Wake Forest University School of Law School graduates now have extra incentive to work in public service. The law school has received a $150,000 grant from the Jessie Ball duPont Charitable and Educational Fund to benefit Wake Forest law students who pursue work in public interest. Graduates meeting certain guidelines, including being a member of the State Bar and being employed as a public interest lawyer, will be eligible to receive an award equal to 10 percent of their indebtedness. The Jessie Ball duPont Religious, Charitable and Educational Fund is a national foundation named for the wife of Alfred I. duPont. About 15 percent of Wake Forest law students choose work in public interest law each year.
WOMEN VOTE! SERIES KICKS OFF
A panel discussion featuring two Wake Forest faculty members and a senior student will tackle the issue of reproductive rights on Sept. 5 at 7 p.m. in the Scales Fine Arts Center, Room A9. Simone Caron, associate professor of history; Mary Dalton, visiting assistant professor of communication; and Jessi Posner, a Wake Forest Truman Scholar, are members of the panel. LeeAnne Quattrucci, a student in the Women’s Studies program, will moderate the forum. This forum is first in a series whose mission is to create awareness of the issues important to women and encourage them to vote.
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