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Helping hands

November 8, 2010  |   Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

Senior Lisa Northrop was one of 34 college students from across North Carolina to receive the Community Impact Student Award and a volunteer recognition certificate of appreciation from Governor Beverly Perdue.

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iPad more than a gadget

November 7, 2010  |   Faculty, For Alumni, Research, Top Stories, Working Together

Education professor Kristin Redington Bennett knows iPads can revolutionize the K-12 classroom – bringing Internet connectivity to every student and ridding desks and worktables of textbooks, notebooks and binders.

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A vast history

November 4, 2010  |   Arts & Culture, For Alumni, For Parents, Life on Campus, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

In recognition of Native American Heritage Month, Wake Forest and the Wake Forest Native American Student Association (NASA) have planned several events this November.

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Paperless debate

November 1, 2010  |   For Alumni, For Parents, Life on Campus, National, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

Wake Forest’s nationally competitive debate team moved from paper evidence files to digital this year, allowing it to become the first top-tier debate team in the country to go “open source” and share all its evidence and arguments online.

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Mixing it up

November 1, 2010  |   For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Wake Forest College, Working Together

Junior Brandon Turner’s research integrates multiple fields and comes under the mentoring eye of Jacque Fetrow, dean of the college. He received the 2010-2011 American Physical Society Scholarship for Minority Undergraduate Physics Majors.

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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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Lighting takes shape

October 21, 2010  |   Research, Scholars and Scientists, Top Stories

Researchers at Wake Forest’s Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials have developed an inexpensive new light source that’s cool to the touch, won’t break if dropped, and can be molded into any shape.

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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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The sounds of music

October 15, 2010  |   Arts & Culture, Engaging in the Arts, Top Stories

From flutes to piano and jazz to classical, the Department of Music offers concerts and recitals throughout the fall season. Listen to the sounds of music on the Reynolda campus and plan to attend an event.

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Thoughtful about food

October 13, 2010  |   Life on Campus, Student, Sustainability, Top Stories

The Office of Sustainability is experimenting with ways to reduce food waste. One possible solution is an organic waste recycling system that works as a dehydrator.

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