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Conference addresses ‘pay for play’
April 15, 2011 | Alumni, Athletics, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Speakers, Top Stories
When it comes to inequities concerning race and college sports, you can talk about changing rules or paying players, but in the end, the most important reform is providing players – even the at-risk ones – with a useful education, according to experts convened at Wake Forest’s “Losing to Win” conference.
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Wake Forest to use WebEx solutions
April 15, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories, University Announcement
Wake Forest will be the first university in the world to unite every member of the extended campus community with a site-wide license for Cisco WebEx Meeting Center. The tools will roll out campus-wide over the rest of the spring semester, and by the fall, WebEx tools will be fully accessible and supported.
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Sounds like imagination
April 15, 2011 | Alumni, Arts & Culture, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, Top Stories
Stowe Nelson (’08) provides the sounds behind “Eurydice,” a play directed by Brook Davis (‘90), which opens today in the Ring Theatre and runs through April 23.
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Rogers still a survivor
April 15, 2011 | Alumni, Athletics, For Alumni, For Parents, Speakers, Top Stories
Though now in a wheelchair, former Wake Forest and NBA basketball star Rodney Rogers still has his familiar broad smile and an ability to engage an audience, as he did during an appearance on campus during the ‘Losing to Win” conference.
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The real inside couple of D.C.
April 14, 2011 | Alumni, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, National, President, Speakers, Top Stories
In a wide-ranging conversation, journalists Al Hunt (’65) and Judy Woodruff talked about politics and government, working and raising a family in Washington, D.C., the rise of social media and the decline of traditional journalism, and the increasingly partisan, bitter style of politics, during an appearance at Wake Forest.
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Hot topics in college athletics
April 14, 2011 | Athletics, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Speakers, Top Stories
In the race to have the best team, win the most games and make the most money, college sports programs have exploited student-athletes for university gains, according to some of the nation’s leading experts on race and intercollegiate sports. Those experts were gathered at Wake Forest as part of the “Losing to Win” conference.
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Working toward a ‘green’ planet
April 14, 2011 | Arts & Culture, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Sustainability, Top Stories
At Wake Forest, one day to celebrate the Earth is not enough. From April 14-26, 13 Days of Celebrating the Earth will offer nearly two weeks of activities, and informational and motivational events around Earth Day.
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Building on classroom learning
April 12, 2011 | Arts & Culture, Events, For Parents, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
How do you increase attendance at an international film festival for the most difficult demographic to attract — young adults? Ask junior communication major Mandi Yohn. She took on the challenge when she accepted an internship position with RiverRun International Film Festival.
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Join the conversation
April 12, 2011 | Athletics, Events, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, National, School of Law, Speakers, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
An increasingly vocal group of experts is calling attention to the growing divide between the big business of NCAA sports and the well-being of student athletes who are generating record revenues for their universities.
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Inside scoop from D.C. journalists
April 12, 2011 | Events, For Alumni, For Parents, President, Speakers, Top Stories
Two prominent Washington D.C. journalists, Al Hunt and Judy Woodruff, will speak at Wake Forest at 6 p.m. April 13 in Wait Chapel as part of the University’s Voices of Our Time series.
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