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The scary new American cemetery
October 27, 2010 | For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Top Stories
Legal scholar Tanya Marsh examines 60 years of cemetery law and finds commercialization has replaced individual choice, family custom and religious belief in burial decisions.
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Hatch addresses campus
October 26, 2010 | For Alumni, For Parents, President, Speakers, Top Stories
In his State of the University address, President Nathan O. Hatch recognized the faculty for being committed to Wake Forest’s tradition of educating the whole person.
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African adventure
October 26, 2010 | For Alumni, For Parents, International, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories
Junior Ashley Millhouse was so inspired by her first trip to Africa that she returned this fall. She’s spending fall 2010 in Accra, Ghana, after traveling to Zinkwazi, South Africa, with the University’s Volunteer Service Corps in May.
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Dressing the part
October 24, 2010 | Arts & Culture, Engaging in the Arts, For Parents, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
When senior Caroline Dignes designs costumes for a play, she helps create a world for actors and audience alike. Her latest project is Moliere’s “Imaginary Cuckold,” which opens this week in the Mainstage Theatre.
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CEO shares some secrets
October 22, 2010 | For Alumni, For Parents, Speakers, Top Stories
A group of Schools of Business students received advice on how to be an effective leader from Susan Ivey, who became one of corporate America’s most prominent female executives during her time at Reynolds American Inc.
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Expressions of humanity
October 21, 2010 | Community, For Parents, International, Life on Campus, National, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Patricia Willis, activist-in-residency with the women’s and gender studies program, and students in her human rights class organized the Human Rights Clothesline Project. Members of the community painted T-shirts with messages about human rights violations, then hung them on 60-foot clotheslines.
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Students take fall service trip
October 21, 2010 | Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories
Ten students spent fall break on a service trip to Cove Creek Farm, a residential retreat for at-risk young men and their families near Boone, N.C. Wake Forest has traditionally offered spring break service trips, but this was the first fall break service trip offered by the university.
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Symposium celebrates A.R. Ammons
October 19, 2010 | Arts & Culture, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, Provost, Top Stories
“Single Threads Unbraided,” a celebration of the poetry, art and letters of A.R. Ammons will be held Nov. 15–16 at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library.
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Insights on college interviews
October 19, 2010 | Admissions, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories
As high school students apply to college this fall, Wake Forest’s Director of Admissions Martha Allman offers interviewing tips.
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Giving back to the community
October 18, 2010 | Community, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Staff, Student, Top Stories
More than 100 faculty and staff members and about 75 students have joined forces to help build a house for Habitat for Humanity this fall. Groups have been working on the house in the Smith Farm neighborhood, near Kernersville.
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