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WFU once again a ‘Best Value’
January 28, 2014 | 2014 Highlights, Admissions, For Alumni, For Parents, Recognition, Top Stories, Top Stories 2013-2014, Wake Will
Wake Forest is one of the nation’s “Best Value” colleges and universities according to The Princeton Review. The 2014 list, which features 150 schools in all — 75 public and 75 private colleges and universities—was announced today.
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Earning power: majors are minor
January 24, 2014 | 2014 Highlights: OPCD, Admissions, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
A report released this week on liberal arts majors and employment by the Association of American Colleges and Universities shows that liberal arts majors may start off a bit slower than others when it comes to earnings, but the salary gap closes over time.
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Voices for justice
January 20, 2014 | Admissions, Campus Life, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Staff, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Junior Gracie Harrington and campus life leaders Marianne Magjuka, Shelley Sizemore and Matt Williams, have been named Wake Forest University’s 2014 Martin Luther King Jr. “Building the Dream” award winners.
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Goodbye fall semester
December 17, 2013 | Admissions, Student, Top Stories
“Wake the Library” is a week-long tradition that helps students cope with the long hours spent writing papers and studying for finals.
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Turkeypalooza: A week of Thanksgiving
November 27, 2013 | Admissions, Alumni, Campus Life, Campus Life Highlights, Community, Philanthropy, Pro Humanitate, Staff, Student, Top Stories, Uncategorized
Wake Forest students cook and deliver made-from-scratch Thanksgiving dinners to local residents during Turkeypalooza, an annual event hosted by The Campus Kitchen.
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Take a guess or skip the question
November 18, 2013 | Admissions, Faculty, For Parents, Research, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Wake Forest College
If you’re taking the SAT and you’re not positive you know the correct answer, do you skip or guess? Previous studies suggest that your strategy may be very different from that of the student sitting next to you. A faculty-student research team in economics is looking for answers.
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First in the Forest
October 17, 2013 | Admissions, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories
The first in his family to go to college, Joseph Belangia has made it his mission to mentor other first generation students so that they also find their unique place in the Forest.
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Career take-off and the ‘butterfly effect’
October 11, 2013 | Admissions, Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
The butterfly effect states that serendipitous happenings can produce outcomes very different from the ones envisioned. Launching a career after college is often about being in the right place at the right time and being open to the unexpected and the unplanned.
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So your doctor majored in history?
September 18, 2013 | Admissions, For Parents, Humanities, Humanities Highlights 2013-2014, School of Medicine, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
A new, rigorous Interdisciplinary Humanities Pathway to Medicine Program offers guaranteed admission to Wake Forest Medical School for up to five undergraduates majoring in the humanities or fine arts.
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Wake Forest featured in NYT Magazine
September 16, 2013 | Admissions, For Alumni, For Parents, Mentoring, Student, Top Stories
A recent New York Times Magazine story prominently features the University’s commitment to making personal and career development a part of the academic experience from a student’s first days on campus.
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