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The green-conscious consumer
April 22, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, Life on Campus, Sustainability, Top Stories
Are we any closer to finding strategies for combining sustainable principles with everyday decision-making? Starting with simple changes is the first step to tackling more complex challenges.
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Mastering business, quickly
April 21, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, National, School of Business, Top Stories
Wake Forest’s one-year master’s of arts in management, which requires no previous work experience and aims to help students apply their liberal arts and sciences “passion” to business, is on the leading edge of a national movement.
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Godfrey leads tornado relief drive
April 21, 2011 | Athletics, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Senior football player Dennis Godfrey, a native of Sanford, N.C., has helped mobilize the campus to collect food and clothing to donate to the state’s tornado victims. Items can be donated at 5 p.m. today in front of Wait Chapel. Godfrey and friends will deliver the items Friday.
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Mathematics’ Kirkman wins award
April 20, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Recognition, Scholars and Scientists, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
Longtime mathematics professor Ellen Kirkman has received an award for outstanding service from the Mathematical Association of America. She received the MAA’s Southeastern Section Distinguished Service Award for her long service to Wake Forest and to the MAA.
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Creativity and education
April 20, 2011 | Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Creativity studies is a new area of research that is becoming increasingly influential in social, political and business realms. The Program for Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship recently sponsored a conference titled “Teaching Creativity in Higher Education.”
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Family Business of the Year awards
April 19, 2011 | Alumni, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, School of Business, Top Stories
The Schools of Business Family Business Center and Business North Carolina will recognize the community contributions and achievements of four family-owned businesses — Baker Roofing, Stephenson Millwork, Salem Printing and Ruff Housing — during a special event on April 28.
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Benefits of inflation
April 19, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Rising food and gas prices make consumers worry about inflation, but Assistant Professor of Economics Sandeep Mazumder says they should be more concerned about deflation. He predicts little-to-no growth in the inflation rate for 2011-2013. [Video]
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Device can heat home, save money
April 18, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
A new polymer-based solar-thermal device is the first to generate power from both heat and visible sunlight – an advance that could shave the cost of heating a home by as much as 40 percent, according to research done at Wake Forest.
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Cheyenne Woods wins ACC title
April 18, 2011 | Athletics, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories
Wake Forest junior Cheyenne Woods fired a bogey-free 3-under 68 on Sunday to seal her first ACC individual championship. Woods finished the 54-hole event at 5-under par, which was seven shots better than Allie White of North Carolina.
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Songs without instruments
April 15, 2011 | Arts & Culture, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
For 19 years, Chi Rho, Wake Forest’s men’s a cappella group, has been entertaining the community — performing contemporary Christian, pop, rock and traditional hymns using only their voices.
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