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Alumna’s project empowers children
September 27, 2011 | Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, International, Pro Humanitate, Top Stories
“I believe in the power of photography to empower children,” says Maddie Brandenburger (’11), founder and director of The Snap Project. She currently lives in India where she holds an IDEX Fellowship in Social Enterprise.
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Former WFU golfer wins Cup
September 26, 2011 | Alumni, Athletics, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
Former Wake Forest golfer Bill Haas won the Tour Championship in a playoff against Hunter Mahan, giving Haas the FedEx Cup and a combined $11.44 million. Another former Deacon, Webb Simpson, finished second in the FedEx Cup standings.
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Five named to Sports Hall of Fame
September 23, 2011 | Alumni, Athletics, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
Two former football players, a World Cup soccer player, the most decorated women’s track athlete in school history and an All-ACC basketball guard who led the Demon Deacons to an ACC Championship comprise the 2011-12 induction class of the Wake Forest University Sports Hall of Fame.
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Ex-WFU golfer on top of PGA Tour
September 14, 2011 | Alumni, Athletics, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
As the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs enter their final two weeks, Webb Simpson sits atop the standings in his third year as a pro. Simpson and his wife, Dowd (’07), reflect on how Simpson got to this point, as well as their time at Wake Forest.
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Former WFU golfer wins again
September 6, 2011 | Alumni, Athletics, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
Webb Simpson, a former Wake Forest golfer, went to a playoff to win the Deutsche Bank Championship for his second PGA Tour win in three weeks. Simpson’s hot streak has put him atop the FedEx Cup standings.
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Alumnus brings pro tennis to town
August 24, 2011 | Alumni, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
Trustee and Board of Visitors member Don Flow (MBA ’83) is the chairman of Winston-Salem Professional Tennis Inc., the nonprofit group that persuaded the U.S. Tennis Association to move this week’s ATP tournament to Winston-Salem.
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Former Deacon wins PGA tourney
August 22, 2011 | Alumni, Athletics, Top Stories
Former Wake Forest All-American Webb Simpson shot a bogey-free final round 67 at the Wyndham Championship on Sunday to claim his first PGA Tour victory. Simpson shot rounds of 66-65-64-67 to finish at 18-under par.
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Peace through education
August 15, 2011 | Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, International, Top Stories
Wake Foresters Phillips and Leslie McLean Bragg have teamed with James Lubo Mijak, a Lost Boy of Sudan, around the goal of building permanent primary schools in southern Sudan. Once a dream, the Raising Sudan project is becoming a reality.
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Childress named assistant to AD
August 10, 2011 | Alumni, Athletics, For Alumni, For Parents, Staff, Top Stories
ACC basketball legend Randolph Childress has returned to Wake Forest as an assistant to the director of athletics, focusing on compliance, fundraising and the mentoring of student athletes.
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Pursuing the American dream
August 9, 2011 | Alumni, Arts & Culture, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Top Stories
Steve Dixon (’82) and his wife have spent much of the last year telling the story of one family caught up in the U.S. immigration process. On Monday, he witnessed the reunion of the Wasilewski family, the subject of the documentary “Tony and Janina’s American Wedding.”
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