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Categories: Alumni, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Mother of Brian Piccolo dies
Irene Piccolo, the mother of Wake Forest legend Brian Piccolo, has died. Brian Piccolo's battle with cancer was immortalized in the 1971 movie "Brian's Song." That same year, Wake Forest students established the Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund Drive, which has raised more than $1 million for cancer research.
Tips for building a business
The Schools of Business Family Business Center and Business North Carolina magazine presented the N.C. Family Business of the Year Awards. Honorees include Prentiss Baker III (’65), Russ Stephenson (’60), Philip Kelley Sr. (MBA ’77, P ’11) and Roger Vaughn (’74).
Categories: Alumni, University Announcements
Family Business of the Year awards
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.
Categories: Alumni, Community Impact, University Announcements
Conference addresses ‘pay for play’
When it comes to inequities concerning race and college sports, you can talk about changing rules or paying players, but in the end, the most important reform is providing players – even the at-risk ones – with a useful education, according to experts convened at Wake Forest’s “Losing to Win” conference.
Categories: Alumni, Athletics, Happening at Wake
Sounds like imagination
Stowe Nelson ('08) provides the sounds behind “Eurydice,” a play directed by Brook Davis (‘90), which opens today in the Ring Theatre and runs through April 23.
Categories: Alumni, Arts & Culture, Research & Discovery
Rogers still a survivor
Though now in a wheelchair, former Wake Forest and NBA basketball star Rodney Rogers still has his familiar broad smile and an ability to engage an audience, as he did during an appearance on campus during the ‘Losing to Win” conference.
Categories: Alumni, Athletics, Happening at Wake
The real inside couple of D.C.
In a wide-ranging conversation, journalists Al Hunt ('65) and Judy Woodruff talked about politics and government, working and raising a family in Washington, D.C., the rise of social media and the decline of traditional journalism, and the increasingly partisan, bitter style of politics, during an appearance at Wake Forest.
Categories: Alumni, Happening at Wake, University Announcements
Using the creative arts to heal the mind
Role playing, writing or drawing what one is feeling can have significant therapeutic value. Counseling professor Samuel T. Gladding (’67, MAEd ’71) is one of the country’s leading authorities on how using the creative arts — music, dance, visual art, humor, drama and writing — can help people become more in tune with their emotions and feelings.
Categories: Alumni, Mentorship, Research & Discovery
Alumnus shares LEGO journey
With a tower of LEGO Architecture building block sets at his side, Colin Gillespie (MBA '00) returned “home” during the Schools of Business Elevator Competition to share his journey around the world with the LEGO company.
Categories: Alumni, Happening at Wake, University Announcements