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A voice of hope
December 3, 2010 | Athletics, For Alumni, For Parents, National, School of Law, Student, Top Stories
Jason Benetti, a third-year law student, hasn’t let cerebral palsy derail his dream of being a sports announcer. Vision problems cause him to see the field separately in each eye, but he’s overcome that to win praise for his work.
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Lighting up the holiday season
December 3, 2010 | Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
Members of the Wake Forest community started the holiday season with ceremonies to light up the Quad, including a 12-foot Frasier Fir in the front of Reynolda Hall, and light a menorah on Manchester Plaza.
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Making the China connection
December 1, 2010 | Admissions, For Alumni, International, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Colleges and universities nationwide are recruiting highly-qualified Chinese candidates to apply for admission. Some institutions, such as Wake Forest, are forming partnerships with each other and with Chinese organizations to help open doors between the two countries.
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Lovefeast: A Wake Forest tradition
December 1, 2010 | Arts & Culture, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, School of Divinity, Top Stories
The 46th annual Christmas Lovefeast and Candlelight Service — the largest single lovefeast in North America — will be held Sunday in Wait Chapel. The service is free and open to the public. The service will include a message by Gail R. O’Day, dean of the School of Divinity.
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Last-second victory
November 30, 2010 | Athletics, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
Freshman J.T. Terrell had 32 points, including the winning three-pointer with 2.7 seconds left, to lead Wake Forest to a 76-73 win over Iowa in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The Demon Deacons rallied from 18 points down, their largest comeback win in more than 15 years.
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Delivering a winning pitch
November 30, 2010 | For Alumni, For Parents, School of Business, Student, Top Stories
Jackie Swoyer, a junior and a Business and Enterprise Management (BEM) major, won the first National State Farm Marketing and Sales Competition. The competition required students to develop a detailed written marketing and sales plan targeted at the 18-25 year-old demographic.
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Running research
November 30, 2010 | Community, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Graduate School, Research, Scholars and Scientists, School of Medicine, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Up to 65 percent of runners sustain an overuse injury each year. Wake Forest researchers, funded by a $600,000 grant from the U. S. Army, plan to find out why.
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Students to celebrate Hanukkah
November 30, 2010 | For Parents, Staff, Student, Top Stories
Jewish students, faculty and staff will celebrate the Jewish Festival of Lights, more commonly known as Hanukkah, from Dec. 1–8. Each night, students and others will gather at the stage on Manchester Plaza to light a six-foot menorah.
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Senior wins Marshall Scholarship
November 30, 2010 | Audiences, For Alumni, For Parents, International, Pro Humanitate, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Senior Bo-Shan Xiang, who is on a mission to build American interest in the study of philosophy, has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship. Xiang plans to study metaethics at the University of St. Andrews.
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A professor of many worlds
November 28, 2010 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, International, Research, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
David Weinstein, a professor of political science and one of Wake Forest’s most prolific scholars in the humanities, often inhabits two intellectual worlds. As he moves between them, he’s extending Wake Forest’s academic reach to Israel, Germany, Italy and England.
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