The legendary ‘Peahead’ Walker
When Wake Forest and Elon square off at BB&T Field on Saturday night, the ghost of legendary coach D.C. “Peahead” Walker may be haunting the sidelines.
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Inquiring minds and open hearts: Wake Forest and public engagement
Professor of Law Suzanne Reynolds encouraged students and others at Opening Convocation on Thursday to bring inquiring minds and open hearts to bear in serving others in the community.Categories: University Announcements
Eric Wilson finds ‘the light in winter’
The challenges of life should push us to explore life with more honesty and to discover useful truths unavailable in more contented moments, writes Professor of English Eric Wilson in The New York Times.
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Opening Convocation 2009
Wake Forest will celebrate the University’s 175th anniversary and its long tradition of service to humanity during Opening Convocation on Sept. 17. Professor of Law Suzanne Reynolds (JD ‘77) will deliver the address.Categories: University Announcements
New appointments
A number of administrative appointments were made over the summer, including most recently Ladd P. Flock, who was named director of Career Services.
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WFU School of Law hosts ‘Sports Update: Title IX’
Experts in law and athletics — including the School of Law’s Timothy Davis, one of the country’s best known sports law scholars — will address the impact of Title IX on athletics during a forum at the School of Law.
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Marketing vaccines
Three years after the FDA approved the drug Gardasil as a vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV), only one in four women have been vaccinated; assistant professor Michelle Steward may have found a reason why.Categories: Research & Discovery
The financial meltdown
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Mary Dalton’s Top 10 teacher TV shows
With students and teachers back in school and a new television season beginning soon, professor Mary Dalton takes a look at her top 10 teacher TV shows and what they say about society and education.Categories: Arts & Culture
Accounting program highly ranked
Wake Forest’s undergraduate accounting program moved up four spots to 17th in the nation in the latest edition of U.S. News & World Report’s guide to “America’s Best Colleges.”
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