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Bzdelik settles in at Wake Forest

Since he was named men’s basketball coach last month, Jeff Bzdelik has hit the ground running: retaining the five-man incoming recruiting class, meeting the returning players and retaining assistant coaches Rusty LaRue and Jeff Battle.

Categories: Athletics

D.E.S.K. project a hit with students

Hundreds of Wake Forest students and students from Old Town Elementary School got together recently to custom-paint desks for the elementary students to take home with them so they would have a place to do their homework, during the annual D.E.S.K. project.

Categories: Experiential Learning

‘Why Do People Laugh?’

Cindy Gendrich will use a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop a first-year seminar on comedy and humor. Cindy Gendrich is one of those people who can't stop herself from laughing, sometimes too loudly and at inappropriate times. A professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance, Gendrich has received a $24,800 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for her proposal, “Why do people laugh?”, to study the complexities of humor and to develop a first-year seminar.

Categories: Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery

Deacon golfers tie for third at ACC

The men’s golf team finished tied for third at the ACC Men’s Golf Championship on Sunday, led by senior Brendan Gielow, who posted his best career finish at the ACC tournament to finish sixth overall.

Categories: Athletics

Fellowship and scholarship: Program supports top students through mentoring and guidance

Tom Phillips (’74, MA ’78), director of the Wake Forest Scholars program, helps students like Rhodes Scholarship national finalist Patrick Nelli (’09) find paths to success. The Wake Forest Scholars program, launched in 2003, coordinates efforts to encourage and assist students in post-graduate scholarship and fellowship competitions. As its director, Tom Phillips (’74, MA ’78) guides students through the painstaking process of completing applications, writing essays and securing references. He’s also there to offer alternatives and ease anxieties—knowing that post-graduation awards are just one path to success.

Categories: Experiential Learning, Mentorship, University Announcements

Golfers win second ACC Championship

The ninth-ranked women’s golf team won the ACC Women’s Golf Championship for the second year in a row, sparked by freshman Michelle Shin, who won the individual title, and sophomore Cheyenne Woods.

Categories: Athletics

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