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#WFU21 move-in day video highlights
August 23, 2017 | Admissions, Campus Life, Student, Top Stories
More than 1,350 first-year students moved into Wake Forest residence halls. In addition to mounds of luggage, students and their families brought excitement and anticipation for the coming year.
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WFU welcomes the Class of 2021
August 9, 2017 | Admissions, Events, Faculty, Staff, Student, Top Stories
More than 1,350 first-year students will move into Wake Forest residence halls on Wednesday, Aug. 23. This class was admitted from an applicant pool of more than 13,000. Seventy-seven percent of the class of 2021 were in the top 10 percent of their high school classes.
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WFU Summer Immersion introduces high school students to college life
July 27, 2017 | Admissions, Top Stories
Nearly 900 students from 34 states and 6 countries are getting a sneak peek at the college experience through Wake Forest’s Summer Immersion Program.
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WFU students named to Kemper Scholars Program
May 18, 2017 | Admissions, Recognition, Student
Wake Forest University students Jenny Hannah and Harry Young IV, both rising sophomores, have been selected from a group of national finalists to become two of 16 in this year’s incoming class of the Kemper Scholars Program.
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Wake Forest pledges support for entrepreneurship in Winston-Salem
May 5, 2017 | Admissions, Faculty, Staff, Student, Top Stories
In an unprecedented and historic demonstration of solidarity, Wake Forest joined leaders from five other Winston-Salem-based colleges and universities — each pledging to incentivize entrepreneurship among their students and alumni through a series of programs based on their areas of focus and unique visions.
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WFU to expand access to high-achieving lower income students
April 25, 2017 | Admissions, Philanthropy, Student, Top Stories
Wake Forest University has joined 67 of the nation’s most respected colleges and universities in an alliance to substantially expand the number of talented low- and moderate-income students at America’s undergraduate institutions with the highest graduation rates.
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Elizabeth Sarkel named 2017 Goldwater Scholar
April 4, 2017 | Admissions, Faculty, Recognition, Student
Elizabeth Sarkel, a junior biochemistry and molecular biology major from Columbus, Ohio has been named a 2017 Barry S. Goldwater Scholar for excellence in science. Sarkel was one of 240 students from around the country to earn a Goldwater Scholarship for the 2017-18 academic year.
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98% of 2016 WFU grads employed or in grad school, new data shows
March 27, 2017 | Admissions, Alumni, Personal and Career Development, Student, Top Stories
New First Destination data collected by the Office of Personal and Career Development show that 98 percent of the Wake Forest undergraduate class of 2016 are either employed or in graduate school (based on a 91 percent knowledge rate).
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Jillian L. Correia named 2017-2018 Luce Scholar
March 2, 2017 | Admissions, Recognition, Student, Top Stories
Wake Forest senior Jillian L. Correia has been awarded a Luce Scholarship for 2017-2018. She is Wake Forest’s first Luce scholar in 20 years.
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Undergrad’s cancer research success earns international attention
February 7, 2017 | Admissions, Faculty, Mentoring, Student, Top Stories
When Manal Ahmidouch began her freshman year at Wake Forest University, she wasn’t sure which major she would pursue. She only knew that her father, a nuclear physicist, had advised her to think long and hard before taking his path.
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