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Wake Forest celebrates birthday

January 30, 2012  |   Alumni, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories

This week will mark the 178th birthday of Wake Forest. A group of young alumni have planned a week-long celebration, culminating on Friday, Feb. 3, the day on which Wake Forest admitted its first students.

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Wake Forest appoints new provost

January 27, 2012  |   2012 Highlights: University News, Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, President, Provost, Top Stories, University Announcement

Wake Forest has appointed Rogan Kersh as the University’s new provost and professor of political science.  A Wake Forest alumnus, Kersh currently serves as the associate dean of academic affairs and professor of public policy at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.

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WFU launches Charlotte Center

January 26, 2012  |   2012 Highlights: University News, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, President, School of Business, Top Stories

Hundreds of Wake Forest students, faculty, staff, alumni and local dignitaries were in attendance to celebrate the grand opening of the University’s new Uptown Charlotte campus during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 26.

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Immersed in the nonprofit world

January 26, 2012  |   Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

Junior Yasmin Bendaas found a transformative summer experience — and turned an internship into a job — through the Institute for Public Engagement’s Summer Nonprofit Immersion Program. Learn more about her experience and how to get involved.

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Convocation celebrates Dunn Chair

January 25, 2012  |   For Alumni, For Parents, School of Divinity, Speakers, Top Stories

Noted Harvard theologian Harvey G. Cox. Jr. spoke Tuesday at the School of Divinity’s Spring Convocation and joined in Wake Forest’s celebration of the establishment of the School of Divinity’s first endowed chair, the James and Marilyn Dunn Chair of Baptist Studies.

Students named to Wake Forest University Dean’s List

January 25, 2012  |   For Alumni, For Parents, Media Advisory, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

The following Wake Forest University students have been named to the university’s Dean’s List for the 2011 spring semester. Students who achieve a 3.4 and no grade below a C were named to the list.

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Each of us can make a difference

January 24, 2012  |   Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Life on Campus, Speakers, Student, Top Stories

CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien delivered the keynote address for the 12th annual Wake Forest/Winston-Salem State Martin Luther King Jr. celebration. O’Brien told stories of the early days of her career, when she faced overt racial prejudice — comparing her experiences to today’s often more subtle forms of racism.

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WFU documentary goes global

January 24, 2012  |   2012 Highlights: Arts, Arts & Culture, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Graduate School, Humanities, International, Top Stories

A new Documentary Film Program movie, “The Last Flight of Petr Ginz,” has caught the attention of the United Nations, which will produce a study guide and send copies of the film to its information centers in 63 countries for special screenings and educational programs.

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Service shapes Liang’s future

January 23, 2012  |   Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

Spending her Saturdays with Winston-Salem’s homeless has led to Amy Liang creating a documentary film, doing research and building countless relationships. Perhaps most important, it has focused her on studying public health and finding solutions.

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Teaching teachers

January 20, 2012  |   Alumni, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

Part pep-rally, part continuing education opportunity, the Emerging Teachers Leadership Network conference this weekend is a way to show alumni teachers that the education department’s commitment to them didn’t end when they graduated.