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Climate change pioneer to speak

April 25, 2011  |   For Alumni, For Parents, Speakers, Top Stories

Bill McKibben, whose groundbreaking 1989 book, “End of Nature,” was the first to address global warming, will talk Tuesday at Reynolda Gardens and Wait Chapel. Wake Forest’s new Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability is sponsoring the visit.

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Fast-food dress highlights exhibit

April 22, 2011  |   Arts & Culture, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Sustainability, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

Kelsey Zalimeni made a dress out of discarded fast-food paper as part of an exhibit of “green” art at the START gallery. Zalimeni is a recipient of the Karyn Dingledine Scholarship in Art and is pictured with (from left) Trustee Tom and Karyn Dingledine and her mother, Lori. [Video]

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Player leads tornado relief drive

April 22, 2011  |   Athletics, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories

Dennis Godfrey is a rising senior on Wake Forest’s football team, and he is also from Sanford, which had parts of it torn apart by a tornado. So Godfrey organized a relief drive on campus to collect items he plans to drive home. [Video]

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The green-conscious consumer

April 22, 2011  |   For Alumni, For Parents, Life on Campus, Sustainability, Top Stories

Are we any closer to finding strategies for combining sustainable principles with everyday decision-making? Starting with simple changes is the first step to tackling more complex challenges.

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Mastering business, quickly

April 21, 2011  |   For Alumni, For Parents, National, School of Business, Top Stories

Wake Forest’s one-year master’s of arts in management, which requires no previous work experience and aims to help students apply their liberal arts and sciences “passion” to business, is on the leading edge of a national movement.

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Godfrey leads tornado relief drive

April 21, 2011  |   Athletics, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

Senior football player Dennis Godfrey, a native of Sanford, N.C., has helped mobilize the campus to collect food and clothing to donate to the state’s tornado victims. Items can be donated at 5 p.m. today in front of Wait Chapel. Godfrey and friends will deliver the items Friday.

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Mathematics’ Kirkman wins award

April 20, 2011  |   Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Recognition, Scholars and Scientists, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories

Longtime mathematics professor Ellen Kirkman has received an award for outstanding service from the Mathematical Association of America. She received the MAA’s Southeastern Section Distinguished Service Award for her long service to Wake Forest and to the MAA.

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Creativity and education

April 20, 2011  |   Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

Creativity studies is a new area of research that is becoming increasingly influential in social, political and business realms. The Program for Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship recently sponsored a conference titled “Teaching Creativity in Higher Education.”

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Family Business of the Year awards

April 19, 2011  |   Alumni, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, School of Business, Top Stories

The Schools of Business Family Business Center and Business North Carolina will recognize the community contributions and achievements of four family-owned businesses — Baker Roofing, Stephenson Millwork, Salem Printing and Ruff Housing — during a special event on April 28.

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Benefits of inflation

April 19, 2011  |   Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

Rising food and gas prices make consumers worry about inflation, but Assistant Professor of Economics Sandeep Mazumder says they should be more concerned about deflation. He predicts little-to-no growth in the inflation rate for 2011-2013. [Video]

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