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Economic benefits of grad schools

June 2, 2011  |   Faculty, Graduate School, Top Stories

Lorna G. Moore, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and president of the North Carolina Council of Graduate Schools, helped organize North Carolina’s first Graduate Education Day.

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Trash to treasure

June 2, 2011  |   Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Staff, Student, Sustainability, Top Stories

When students moved out of residence halls for summer break, they donated 108 carpets, 20 ironing boards, 11 chairs, one ladder and hundreds of other items through the DEACS Donate program.

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Carmen Canales to lead HR

June 1, 2011  |   Faculty, Top Stories, University Announcement

Carmen I. Canales will join Wake Forest as associate vice president for human resources and chief human resources officer on July 1, 2011. Canales comes to Wake Forest from Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC.

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Hatch named to NCAA task force

June 1, 2011  |   For Alumni, For Parents, National, President, Top Stories

NCAA President Mark Emmert has named Nathan O. Hatch, president of Wake Forest, to the Division I Bowl Licensing Task Force. The task force will examine the licensing procedures and other issues surrounding football bowl games.

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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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