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Research Park updates to be presented
May 31, 2011 | Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories, University Announcement
What’s new in the Piedmont Triad Research Park and downtown Winston-Salem will be presented by a panel of speakers June 9 in an event that is part of the 2011 Technology and Innovation Series.
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Honored for community service
May 31, 2011 | Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Recognition, Top Stories
Wake Forest has been named to the 2010 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for engaging its students, faculty and staff in meaningful service that achieves measurable results in the community. The Honor Roll was announced this month by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), a federal agency.
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Digital ants protect computer networks
May 27, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Scholars and Scientists, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
As the nation’s electrical power grid becomes more interconnected through the Internet, the chances of cyber attacks increase as well. Professor of Computer Science Errin Fulp is training an army of “digital ants” to turn loose into the power grid to seek out computer viruses.
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School of Medicine names dean
May 27, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, School of Medicine, Top Stories, University Announcement
Edward Abraham, M.D., the chair of the Department of Medicine and Spencer Chair in Medical Science Leadership at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), has been named dean of Wake Forest School of Medicine.
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Four grads named Fulbright Scholars
May 26, 2011 | Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, International, Recognition, Student, Top Stories
Four recent Wake Forest graduates have been awarded Fulbright scholarships — the most prestigious international exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government — to teach English or conduct research abroad during the next year.
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Wake Forest player becomes American
May 24, 2011 | Athletics, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories
After Wake Forest coaches announced that Gelo Orange received his U.S. citizenship, his football teammates with the Demon Deacons gave him a standing ovation. “Welcome to America,” they told him.
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Don’t panic! Your grad is home
May 23, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Graduation can bring a big adjustment for parents as some students will be living at home again. Sam Gladding, the chair of Wake Forest’s Counseling Department, recommends structure and routine to avoid problems. [Video]
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Support network for stressed students
May 18, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, Staff, Top Stories
Marianne Schubert, the director of the University Counseling Center, is the consummate counselor. She draws people out while letting herself fade into the background, holds deeply felt convictions without running them up the flagpole, and solves problems without revealing any confidences.
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Wake Forest News: Year in Review
May 18, 2011 | Arts & Culture, Athletics, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Research, Staff, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
From Wake Forest’s baseball coach donating his kidney to a player to the creation of an iPad app to assist children with verbal challenges to the discovery that beet juice is good for the brain, here are news highlights from this academic year.
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Cheyenne Woods creates own identity
May 18, 2011 | Athletics, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories
Cheyenne Woods, a junior at Wake Forest, is playing in this week’s NCAA championships in Bryan, Texas. Though she’s the niece of Tiger Woods, Cheyenne is carving out her own space in the golf world, according to USA Today.
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