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Founders’ Day Convocation 2011
February 17, 2011 | Arts & Culture, Events, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, School of Business, School of Divinity, School of Law, School of Medicine, Speakers, Staff, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Students, faculty and alumni were honored during the annual Founders’ Day Convocation, celebrating Wake Forest’s founding, on Feb. 17. The program featured seniors Catherine Berenato, Ashley Gedraitis and Ava Petrash presenting their senior orations.
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Play becomes a community effort
February 17, 2011 | Arts & Culture, Engaging in the Arts, Events, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, Staff, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Sharon Andrews and her colleagues in the theatre and dance department would like to make the University Theatre the community’s theatre. Andrews, who is directing the “The Grapes of Wrath” on the Mainstage Theatre, has included undergraduates, graduate students and faculty and staff in the production and related events.
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Sharing ideas about sharing food
February 17, 2011 | Community, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, School of Divinity, Top Stories
The Come to the Table Piedmont Conference on Feb. 18-19 is one of three regional conferences to discuss hunger relief in North Carolina. The event brings together churches, nonprofits, local farmers and campus groups to generate creative ideas for how best to get food to those in need.
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Making it look easy
February 17, 2011 | Arts & Culture, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
If you visited the Mainstage Theatre during one of the many rehearsals for Grapes of Wrath, you would have found senior Suzanne Spicer with her big book — making sure lighting cues, prop usage, costume changes and the entrances and exits of all the performers have been meticulously noted for every act and scene.
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Law team wins regional competition
February 16, 2011 | Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, Recognition, School of Law, Student, Top Stories
The School of Law team won the South Super Regional Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in Houston, Texas. The team now heads to Washington, D.C., for the international round. The Jessup Competition is the largest appellate moot court competition in the world; 500 law schools from more than 80 countries participate every year.
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PepsiCo CEO is commencement speaker
February 16, 2011 | Commencement, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, President, Speakers, Top Stories, University Announcement
Indra K. Nooyi, chairman and chief executive officer of PepsiCo, will deliver the 2011 commencement address on May 16. “When she visited campus two years ago, Indra wowed students with her insight and energy,” said President Nathan O. Hatch.
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Gates scholar to study at Cambridge
February 16, 2011 | Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, International, Recognition, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Monica Petrescu, who graduated from Wake Forest in May, is the first Wake Forest student or graduate to be awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Cambridge, England.
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Angelou receives Medal of Freedom
February 14, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, National, Recognition, Top Stories
Reynolds Professor of American Studies Maya Angelou received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama at the White House on Tuesday. Angelou, a world-renowned poet, author, actress and civil rights activist, joined the Wake Forest faculty in 1982.
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The Prop’s the Thing
February 14, 2011 | Arts & Culture, For Parents, Humanities, Research, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Props are often vital to a play’s storyline — such as the upcoming “Grapes of Wrath” — but no one ever really thinks about them until the gun doesn’t fire at the right time. “We tend to not pay much attention to props until they’re not working,” said Associate Professor and Chair of Theatre JK Curry, who has edited a recent book on props.
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Convocation to honor past, present
February 14, 2011 | Events, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Staff, Student, Top Stories
Students, faculty and alumni will be honored during the annual Founders’ Day Convocation, celebrating Wake Forest’s founding, on Feb. 17. The program will feature seniors Catherine Berenato, Ashley Gedraitis and Ava Petrash, who will present their senior orations.
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