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When dance goes digital at WFU
May 7, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Faculty, Student, Top Stories
In mid-January, a 3-hour dance audition was held in studio D101. 50 Wake Forest students were selected by 12 student choreographers to perform in the Spring Dance Concert – a usually sold-out event held on the University’s Tedford Stage in Scales Fine Arts Center.
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Drumming class finds a new rhythm with creative connections
May 5, 2020 | Faculty, Student, Top Stories
When music professor John Beck’s Afro-Cuban drumming class moved online, his students didn’t miss a beat – even though only one of the 17 seniors in his class had access to a drum.
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Pink Floyd vs. Pink: Modern music class bridges generations
May 1, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Faculty, Student, Top Stories
For an assignment from Elizabeth Clendinning’s modern popular music class, students were tasked with listening to Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon.” The goal: to experience a concept album. The result: their families engaged, too.
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Student builds Reynolda campus on Minecraft video game
April 22, 2020 | Student, Top Stories
When Declan Sander learned that Wake Forest classes would be taught remotely for the remainder of the semester because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the freshman from Hendersonville, N.C., was disappointed.
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WFU’s Office of Wellbeing offering healthy eating tips
April 20, 2020 | Student, Thrive / Wellbeing, Top Stories
Wake Forest senior Erik Schultz doesn’t want to develop poor eating habits while he’s back at home in Asheboro sheltering in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic. So he’s been checking out Gold Apron on Monday afternoons to pick up some good tips.
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In need of educational entertainment? Wake Forest providing virtual storytime for children
April 16, 2020 | Pro Humanitate, Staff, Student, Top Stories
Wake Reads is a program designed to provide “storytime” for children while giving parents a break as they juggle working from home and caring for their children who are out of school until May 15 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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WFU student-researcher wins prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
April 8, 2020 | Recognition, Scholars, Student, Top Stories
Hannah Scanlon, a junior mathematics major from Raleigh, N.C., has been named a 2020 Barry S. Goldwater Scholar. Scanlon was selected as one of 396 college students from across the U.S. and is one of 12 in North Carolina to receive the award for the 2020-21 academic year.
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Wake Forest to hold virtual Wake ‘N Shake dance-a-thon Saturday
April 3, 2020 | Faculty, Philanthropy, Pro Humanitate, Staff, Student, Top Stories
For this year’s Wake ‘N Shake, a 12-hour dance marathon organized by Wake Forest students, participants will join in from places across the country instead of gathering on campus.
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WFU students lend a virtual hand to help local school children
March 27, 2020 | Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Wake Forest students will lend a virtual hand to K-12 students who unexpectedly find themselves at home during the COVID-19 pandemic trying to learn subjects that may be giving them trouble. Any parent of a child in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools who wants a tutor can request one.
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WFU awards and recognitions briefs
March 6, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Staff, Student, Top Stories
The WFU Awards and Recognitions briefs celebrate milestones of faculty, staff and students at Wake Forest.
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