Part pep-rally, part continuing education opportunity, the Emerging Teachers Leadership Network conference this weekend is a way to show alumni teachers that the education department’s commitment to them didn’t end when they graduated.
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For more than 25 years, Timothy Lam has been building his collection of Chinese pottery — around 550 pieces that date back more than a thousand years. Now Lam, a 1960 graduate, has given his treasures a new home at Wake Forest.
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After 16 years in Charlotte’s South Park area, Wake Forest Schools of Business now have a prominent presence in the heart of Uptown Charlotte. A dedication ceremony for the new Charlotte Center will be held January 26.
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Professor Peter Kairoff is winning acclaim for his recording work. But he also loves teaching a diverse group of music students: "Some of our most gifted students are also gifted young scientists, philosophers, etc., so they have rich inner lives that bring an added dimension to their music-making."
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Kevin Dias (’06) planned to open a real mini-golf course in Japan. But when he couldn’t secure enough financing, he changed course and developed a mini-golf app for the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android. It's a finalist in the annual Best App Ever contest.
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Western amnesia encourages atrocity in Sudan, writes Political Science Professor Sarah Lischer in the Huffington Post, but the situation is not without hope. Lischer, an expert in humanitarian crises, military intervention, genocide and forced migration, studies the causes of these complex and controversial events, as well as the long-term consequences.
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