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WFU honored for community service
July 1, 2011 | Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Recognition, Top Stories
Wake Forest has been selected to The President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for 2010. The award is designed to recognize the depth and breadth of activities that schools employ to successfully partner with communities. Wake Forest has been honored each year since the awards began in 2006.
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Is the American Dream dying?
June 30, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
As the Fourth of July approaches, David Coates, professor of political science and Worrell Chair of Anglo-American Studies, suggests the ongoing financial crisis has put the American dream of independence beyond the reach of many of our nation’s citizens.
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Physics student wins award
June 29, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, Graduate School, International, Recognition, Research, Student, Top Stories
Yuan Li, a physics graduate student who conducts research at Wake Forest’s Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials, has been awarded the “Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Chinese Students Study Abroad” by the China Scholarship Council.
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Woods takes medalist honors
June 29, 2011 | Athletics, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Student, Top Stories
Cheyenne Woods, a rising senior and the niece of Tiger Woods, shot a 2-under 69 to finish first in stroke-play qualifying at the Women’s U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship. Woods, who won the ACC championship last month, was the only player to break par.
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Musical world premiere
June 28, 2011 | Arts & Culture, Community, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
Under conductor Gerard Schwarz’s direction, organist Susan Bates and the Eastern Festival Orchestra will premiere Wake Forest composer-in-residence Dan Locklair’s “Concerto for Organ and Orchestra” on Wednesday, June 29.
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Tom Walter on character and integrity
June 27, 2011 | Athletics, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Speakers, Staff, Top Stories
Baseball Coach Tom Walter recently spoke about character, recruiting and his kidney donation to player Kevin Jordan. Read excerpts from his remarks at the 2011 Summer Leadership Conference in Virginia on June 24.
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R u txting 2 much?
June 24, 2011 | Admissions, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
In a recent U.S. News and World Report article, Director of Admissions Martha Allman and professor Ananda Mitra explore how “text-speak” or “textese” have impacted the way high school students and college applicants communicate.
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Getting the most from gastric bypass
June 22, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Dr. Gary Miller, an associate professor at Wake Forest, praises the efficiency of weight loss via gastric bypass –- but he’s made it his mission to find a way to get the weight loss to stick. His team’s research also has found the surgery yields health benefits beyond weight loss.
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Golfer wins scholar-athlete award
June 22, 2011 | Athletics, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Golfer Natalie Sheary has been named the ACC Women’s Golf Scholar Athlete of the Year. Sheary, a religion major who graduated in May, finished tied for eighth at the NCAA Championship and posted a 4.00 GPA this spring.
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Economic recovery ahead?
June 21, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, School of Business, Top Stories
Each month, information on employment numbers, retail sales and consumer prices makes headline news, but what do these reports tell us about economic recovery? As a finance and economics professor, Sherry Jarrell teaches business school students the fundamentals about economics so they can develop their own opinions about what the data mean.
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