Students Taking the Lead Archive

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A new Old Gold and Black

August 29, 2012  |   For Alumni, For Parents, Life on Campus, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Top Stories

When students picked up the freshman issue of the campus newspaper, “The Old Gold and Black,” on move-in day, they might not have realized the substantial ways the editorial staff is reinventing its coverage, both in print and online.

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Wake the Himalayas

July 26, 2012  |   Admissions, For Alumni, For Parents, International, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

High in the Himalayan mountains, nine undergraduate students enrolled in a summer course on culture and communication in India are working with local schools to improve students’ English literacy. Carrie Stokes and Kendall Hack are updating their blogs with news and photos from India. Click to follow their adventures.

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What if the UK had joined the EMU?

July 25, 2012  |   Alumni, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

In 2002, euro notes and coins began circulating in the European Community, and for the 10 years since, economists have asked if the monetary union was a good decision. One intensely debated question: What if the United Kingdom had adopted the euro? A student/faculty team answer the question.

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Juggling it all with a soldier’s discipline

June 29, 2012  |   For Alumni, For Parents, Life on Campus, Pro Humanitate, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Top Stories, Uncategorized, Wake Forest College

As the 4th of July approaches, members of the Wake Forest community reflect upon the hard work, discipline and self-sacrifice that were integral to our nation’s founding. Senior Alexis Lauria embodies these values. Lauria is a resident advisor, aspiring doctor and one of only 15 women in the Demon Deacon ROTC Battalion.

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Student co-authors radiology study

May 15, 2012  |   For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Scholars and Scientists, School of Medicine, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

Wake Forest senior Roman Nelson co-authored a study from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center that was published in the Journal of American College of Radiology.

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Taking journalism overseas

May 11, 2012  |   For Alumni, For Parents, International, Recognition, Research, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

A Wake Forest junior receives the school’s first grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Using multimedia, Yasmin Bendaas will document a vanishing tradition in Northern Algeria as a foreign correspondent. It’s a role journalists say is vanishing as well.

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Media Advisory: Pulitzer Center Awards Fellowship to Wake Forest Student

April 26, 2012  |   Media Advisory, Recognition, Student, Students Taking the Lead

Yasmin Bendaas, an anthropology major with a double minor in journalism and Middle East and South Asia studies from Winston-Salem, N.C., will use video to help her research the facial tattoos of elderly women of the Chaouia, an indigenous group and tell their stories — an interest sparked by three family visits to Algeria during her childhood.

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Inspiring ideas at TEDxWakeForestU

February 27, 2012  |   2012 Highlights: Entrepreneurship, Community, Events, Scholars and Scientists, Speakers, Staff, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Top Stories

For senior Mariama Holman, the creative director for TEDxWakeForestU, planning the visual design themes with her team required late nights, Skype and a sense of humor. But when all the planning came together Saturday, an audience of 1,400 walked away inspired and exhilarated.

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Enterprising minds

May 9, 2011  |   Events, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Recognition, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

The Excellence in Entrepreneurship Awards recognize students and faculty who have exhibited extraordinary achievements in entrepreneurship over the past year. Nominated by their peers, these individuals embody the entrepreneurial spirit in thought and action.

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Science and social entrepreneurship

April 7, 2011  |   Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

For as long as he can remember, senior biology major William Oelsner wanted to be a physician. Then he discovered that by joining science know-how and business savvy, he could improve lives more than one patient at a time.

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