Media Advisory: Wake Forest University celebrates leadership gift for athletics, wellness
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A new home for alumni
The newly renamed Alumni Hall was dedicated Thursday with a hope that it will become as hallowed as its namesake on the Old Campus. “Rather than put a single person’s name on the building, we are naming it for all alumni who love and support this University,” President Nathan O. Hatch said at the dedication.Categories: University Announcements
Gift champions wellness
Ben Sutton Jr. has given Wake Forest a leadership gift that will renovate and expand Reynolds Gym, creating a facility with more than 250,000 square feet of space dedicated to fitness and well-being. The facility will bring the elements of campus life, student health, academics, student recreation and NCAA Division I athletics under one roof.Categories: Alumni, University Announcements
An artist comes home
Wake Forest's Student Art Gallery (START) been showcasing works by Anderson Williams in an exhibit entitled "(Re)Generations." This Homecoming, the 1999 graduate visits his alma mater and shares his thoughts about what it means to be an artist.Categories: Arts & Culture, University Announcements
Focus on wrongful executions
One year after the execution of Troy Davis, whom many believe was innocent of shooting a police officer, several Wake Forest groups will discuss whether wrongful executions occur. Events on Sept. 20-21 include a documentary screening and a news conference at the School of Law's Innocence & Justice Clinic.Categories: Community Impact, Happening at Wake, University Announcements
Pauca named Top 20 Innovator
For Hispanic Heritage Month, NBC Latino is featuring people who have not only made incredible strides in their careers but also pioneered change in the country. Wake Forest's Paul Pauca was honored for developing Verbal Victor, an app to help children with communication challenges. Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Talking Tech in Winston-Salem
Daniel Kim-Shapiro, physicist and director of Wake Forest’s Translational Science Center, will offer beet juice samples after his talk at the upcoming Technology Briefing, which highlights innovative local companies and institutions. Three others with WFU ties also will present. Categories: Community Impact, Happening at Wake, Mentorship, Research & Discovery
Media Advisory: Wake Forest marks 50th anniversary of integration
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Media Advisory: Wake Forest University Theatre presents ‘Marisol’
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Conservation liberal-arts style
Forty years from now, the world's rainforests may be gone and with them our chance for a stable environment. Wake Forest's JAMAZON celebrates that creative minds from biology to music to history to English can join together to find the answers. Categories: Arts & Culture, Environment & Sustainability, Global Wake Forest, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery