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The value of diversity
May 31, 2012 | For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories, Valuing Diversity
Wake Forest is an intellectually and culturally diverse place where interfaith programs, the new Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Queer Center and a variety of guest artists and speakers reflect the University’s commitment to cultivating an environment which fosters the inclusion and engagement of everyone, regardless of individual differences.
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Pro Humanitate Days
May 30, 2012 | Alumni, Community, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Top Stories
From Philadelphia to San Diego, 18 alumni clubs and hundreds of Wake Foresters will be participating in volunteer projects nationwide as part of Pro Humanitate Days 4Good. The event will run from June 1-4.
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Preserving memories of the Old Campus
May 25, 2012 | Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
Though she was in one of the first classes to enroll on the “new” campus, Susan Brinkley (’62) is passionate about sharing the heritage of old Wake Forest. She’ll swap stories with Bill Friday on his “North Carolina People” television program over the weekend.
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Remembering the march for peace
May 25, 2012 | Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
Wake Forest wasn’t exactly a hotbed for campus unrest and student activism in the turbulent 1960s and early ’70s. But one night 42 years ago, about 600 students marched arm-in-arm up Wake Forest Road to President James Ralph Scales’ home and demanded an end to the Vietnam War and the cancellation of final exams so students could work for peace.
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Beyond the Books: Brains and mussels
May 25, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Mentoring, Faculty, Mentoring, Research, Scholars and Scientists, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Wake Forest College, Working Together
Wake Forest has a long history of close, mentoring relationships between faculty and students. It’s an opportunity to explore the liberal arts, tie scholarship and research and create the teacher-scholar ideal. For biology professor Ron Dimock, mentoring comes naturally during hours in the lab — going beyond the books.
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Wake Forest honored for service
May 25, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: University News, Admissions, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories
Wake Forest University is one of 24 schools in North Carolina to be named to the 2012 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.
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Message to grads: ‘Never, never stop learning’
May 21, 2012 | Alumni, Commencement, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories
Few people were more excited to hear Wake Forest’s commencement address than graduate Alison Moy. That’s because keynote speaker Charlie Ergen, the chairman of satellite broadcaster DISH Network Corporation and EchoStar Communications Corporation, soon will be Moy’s new boss.
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Students receive Fulbright grants
May 21, 2012 | For Alumni, For Parents, Recognition, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Seven 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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Art gallery features student work
May 18, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Arts, Arts & Culture, Engaging in the Arts, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories
The Charlotte and Philip Hanes Art Gallery will close the season with its annual Wake Forest Student Art Exhibition through May 21. The exhibition includes works in various media including, painting, drawing, printmaking, video, photography, sculpture and other mediums that bridge or combine these approaches.
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Born to be Demon Deacons
May 18, 2012 | Alumni, Commencement, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
Everyone at Wake Forest shares a special bond, but seniors Curtis Vann and Emily Roach have more in common than most from the Class of 2012. Not only do both come from a long line of Wake Foresters dating back to the old campus, their fathers became best friends and roommates in Taylor Hall more than 30 years ago.
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