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WFU team wins Elevator Competition
March 25, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Entrepreneurship, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Recognition, School of Business, Top Stories
A company founded by a Wake Forest student and professor that developed a monitoring device to reduce back pain and promote good posture received a $10,000 boost for winning the grand prize in the 13th annual Elevator Competition hosted by the Schools of Business.
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Global issues on a local scale
March 22, 2012 | Community, For Alumni, For Parents, International, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Political science majors Kathryne Doria (’13) and Tamara Guillen (’12) witnessed first-hand how global issues shape local communities in Winston-Salem when they took Latino Political Behavior and Public Opinion, taught by assistant professor Betina Wilkinson.
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Where are you from?
March 22, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Humanities, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
“We all have our own stories to tell whether we’ve been U.S. citizens for our whole lives or we just moved here,” said professor Alessandra Beasley Von Burg. She is leading a project that asks one burning question: Where are you from?
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Business ranks No. 1 again
March 22, 2012 | For Alumni, For Parents, Recognition, School of Business, Top Stories
Bloomberg Businessweek ranked the undergraduate business program No. 1 in the nation for academic quality and among the top 20 programs overall for the fourth consecutive year. Wake Forest ranked No. 8 for the percent of students with internships (92 percent).
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Student Storyteller: Art and chemistry
March 21, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Student Storytellers, Arts & Culture, For Alumni, For Parents, Speakers, Student, Top Stories
As I listened to Roald Hoffmann’s introduction, I was mesmerized by his ability to excel in chemistry, poetry and philosophy. In Hoffmann’s hour-long address as part of the Oakley R. Vail Lecture Series, I learned how these different fields, and really any fields, can intertwine.
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Ethics team caps strong 1st season
March 20, 2012 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, School of Business, Student, Top Stories
The Wake Forest Ethics Debate Team finished in the top four nationally in its inaugural season. The team, which was formed in the fall of 2011 under the guidance of Charles Lankau of the Schools of Business, also won the N.C. Ethics Bowl.
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Campus hosts Latino Awareness Week
March 19, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Diversity, Community, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
The Latin American and Latino Studies Program and the Organization of Latin American Students are co-sponsoring Wake Forest’s first-ever Latino Awareness Week. Events cover the challenges and problems faced by the Latino community worldwide.
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Reynolda Film Festival 2012
March 19, 2012 | Community, Engaging in the Arts, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Speakers, Student, Top Stories
The student-run festival includes a free week-long series of film screenings and workshops and ends on March 23 with a keynote address by Morgan Spurlock, the director of “Super Size Me.”
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Irish poetry for St. Patrick’s Day
March 16, 2012 | Arts & Culture, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, International, Staff, Top Stories
On St. Patrick’s Day, Jeff Holdridge, director of the Wake Forest University Press — the premier publisher of Irish poetry in North America — discusses the future of Irish poetry after “The Troubles” and shares his five favorite Irish poems.
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Speaking up for people with disabilities
March 16, 2012 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Victor Pauca is well known among the Wake Forest community. Now, thanks to the work of a young journalist, others around the country will soon learn of his inspiring story about finding his voice.
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