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Career begins at ‘Mother, So Dear’
May 17, 2012 | Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
This year, 10 seniors have been chosen for the Wake Forest Fellows Program, a highly competitive yearlong position that pairs recent graduates with key administrators.
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Learning outside the classroom
May 16, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Mentoring, For Alumni, For Parents, Life on Campus, Mentoring, Personal and Career Development, Staff, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Almost every university has a mentoring program — independent initiatives hosted by campus life or student development. Wake Forest is one of the first higher education institutions in the nation to adopt a campus-wide model.
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WFU kicks off 1-year law program
May 15, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: University News, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, School of Law, Top Stories
Have you thought about studying law as a way to continue your liberal education and cross a bridge into the professional world? The Wake Forest School of Law plans to offer a one-year Master of Studies in Law (MSL) program beginning in the Fall 2012 semester. There will be an informational session for prospective students at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 15, in Room 1134 of the Worrell Professional Center.
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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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WFU’s Kemper qualifies for Olympics
May 15, 2012 | Alumni, Athletics, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Top Stories
Former Wake Forest track & field standout and Hall of Famer Hunter Kemper qualified for his fourth consecutive trip to the Olympic Games after finishing fifth in the ITU World Triathlon Championship Series. Kemper earned the automatic bid to the London Olympics as the first American to cross the finish line.
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Making bioethics personal
May 14, 2012 | Arts & Culture, Engaging in the Arts, Humanities, School of Medicine, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Wake Forest College, Working Together
The undergraduate and graduate students in Comm 370 spent the spring semester pondering a bioethics case study surrounding organ transplants and patient selection while also enhancing their communications skills by learning how to perform the material as a radio play.
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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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Summer study in Haiti and Mexico
May 10, 2012 | Admissions, For Alumni, For Parents, International, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Political science major Frank de Waegh and biology major Matthew Sechler will be conducting research abroad this summer as the first recipients of the Latin American and Latino Studies program’s Chauvenet Award.
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Stress relief during exam week
May 9, 2012 | Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Life on Campus, Student, Top Stories
This semester’s exam week Wake the Library features beach-themed decorations to provide inspiration amid hours of serious final exam studying.
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Mentors guide students beyond the books
May 9, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Mentoring, For Alumni, For Parents, Mentoring, Personal and Career Development, Staff, Student, Top Stories, Working Together
Wake Forest University students and alumni usually have stories to tell about the close relationships they develop with faculty and staff members during their time on campus. Is it our low teacher-student ratio? Our devotion to Pro Humanitate? Decide for yourself as you look beyond the books.
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