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LinkedIn to the liberal arts
April 9, 2012 | Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, Personal and Career Development, School of Law, Staff, Top Stories, Wake Forest College, Working Together
Students at Wake Forest University learn ways the professional business network LinkedIn can help them prepare for their careers after college.
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A clothesline for human rights
April 5, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Life on Campus, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories
Though junior Ariella Akeza was born in the U.S., her family’s experiences during the civil war in Burundi have inspired her to help educate others that human rights are imperative for global peace.
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Advertising the liberal arts
April 4, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Humanities, For Alumni, For Parents, Personal and Career Development, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
How is senior Ally Landuyt distinguishing herself from other job candidates in advertising? By strategically marketing her liberal arts education to potential employers, she believes the intersection of her double major in economics and anthropology is truly an advantage.
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More exercise can help older diabetics
April 4, 2012 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Scholars and Scientists, School of Medicine, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Professor Jack Rejeski finds that weight loss and exercise for older adults with type 2 diabetes will help prevent them from becoming physically disabled. The research makes the case for patients to not rely solely on support and education.
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Preparing for life after college
April 3, 2012 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Staff, Top Stories
In a recent Washington Post guest column, Andy Chan, the vice president of the Office of Personal and Career Development, and Jacquelyn S. Fetrow, the Dean of Wake Forest College, advocate for personal and career development to be a central part of the liberal arts experience.
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Ergen to speak at commencement
April 3, 2012 | Alumni, Commencement, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Speakers, Top Stories, University Announcement
Charlie Ergen, the chairman of satellite broadcaster Dish Network Corporation and EchoStar Communications Corporation, will deliver the commencement address on May 21. Jonathan T.M. Reckford, the CEO of Habitat for Humanity International, will deliver the baccalaureate address.
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Borrow Me Pretty
April 2, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Entrepreneurship, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories
A conversation on a summer’s night at Wrightsville Beach, N.C., doesn’t always change the course of your life. But for Caroline Hales (’13), that chance conversation led to the founding of her business, Borrow Me Pretty.
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Combating issues with collaboration
April 2, 2012 | For Alumni, For Parents, School of Medicine, Student, Top Stories
Two School of Medicine students used role playing to illustrate the health disparities of rural residents and won the first Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity Bowl. The competition encouraged collaboration among fields of study as a way to solve complex health disparity problems.
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Lyons named Truman Scholar
March 30, 2012 | Recognition, Scholars, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Wake Forest junior J’Taime Lyons of Whitakers, N.C., is among a distinguished group of undergraduate students nationwide who have been named 2012 Truman Scholars by the Washington-based Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation.
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Student Storyteller: Fashion and the liberal arts
March 30, 2012 | For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Wake Forest helped junior Chakayla Taylor find her voice around her passion for fashion. “I have been encouraged to remain outside the box,” she says.
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