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Campus post office to replace UPS
October 13, 2010 | For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories, University Announcement
Wake Forest is planning to merge mail services on the Reynolda and Bowman Gray campuses to save money by creating a single university mail system. Read the story on Inside WFU, Wake Forest’s new faculty and staff website.
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Professor receives federal appointment
October 13, 2010 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Top Stories
School of Law Professor Mark Hall has been appointed to the membership of one of the federal advisory boards that is implementing a part of the new health care reform law. Hall is one of the nation’s leading scholars in the areas of health care law and policy and medical and bioethics.
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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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Dean awarded for service leadership
October 12, 2010 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Top Stories
School of Law Dean Blake D. Morant has won the Equal Justice Works’ John R. Kramer Outstanding Law School Dean Award. The award honors a law school dean who has demonstrated leadership in building an institution that nurtures and fortifies a spirit of public service.
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Being true to yourself
October 11, 2010 | Faculty, Graduate School, Research, Scholars and Scientists, Top Stories
“Authenticity” or not changing your personality to fit different situations is valued in Western culture. But, in a new study, psychologist William Fleeson found “being true to yourself” often means acting counter to your personality.
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Say yes to Wake Forest in 12 languages
October 10, 2010 | Admissions, For Parents, International, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Admissions information about Wake Forest can now be read in 12 languages, thanks to a campus-wide translation project led by Olgierda Furmanek, the head of the Translation and Interpreting Program.
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Undergraduates show off research
October 7, 2010 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
The work of 127 Wake Forest students was displayed at the fourth annual Undergraduate Research Day. Students earned funding for their projects, then executed them on campus or internationally with guidance from a faculty mentor.
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Jay Bilas: Time to reform the NCAA
October 7, 2010 | Alumni, Athletics, For Alumni, For Parents, President, Top Stories
Jay Bilas, a former Duke basketball star and current television analyst, told a Wake Forest audience that college athletics’ governing body, the NCAA, needs to be reformed. Bilas was speaking as part of the “Voices of our Time” series.
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Wake Forest to receive $10 million gift
October 7, 2010 | Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, Graduate School, Top Stories, University Announcement
Mike and Mary Farrell, parents of Michael Edward Farrell, a 2010 Wake Forest graduate, have pledged to give $10 million to Wake Forest toward the construction of a new building for the Schools of Business.
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Peace Haven
October 6, 2010 | Alumni, Community, For Alumni, Sustainability, Top Stories
Buck Cochran (’82) found his calling — and his own inner peace — in a community where sustainability is about more than farming.
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