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Debate sends 3 teams to nationals
March 10, 2011 | Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Wake Forest is one of six schools to qualify three teams to the National Debate Tournament, which will be held later this month in Dallas. Juniors Michael Carlotti and Andrew McCarty led the way by finishing third at the district tournament.
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Fieldwork: Fair trade, free trade
March 9, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, International, School of Business, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
To better understand barriers to Fair Trade and the limitations of free trade, Wake Forest anthropology and business students are visiting Chiapas, Mexico, during spring break. Learn more about the class, “Free Trade, Fair Trade: Independent Entrepreneurs in the Global Market” and follow their adventures in the field by visiting their blog.
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A new look at the five stages of grief
March 9, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
The five stages of grief — denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance — are a commonly accepted and comforting road map to overcoming grief. But the stages were never intended to be a uniform way of dealing with the death of a loved one, says Professor of Counseling Ed Shaw.
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Good advice: Never settle
March 9, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Elizabeth Garrett (’11), the president of the Student Union, says she’s made the most of her experience at Wake Forest by not letting fear of rejection stand in the way of success. Learn more about how Garrett, Campus Life’s Student Leader of the Week, went from overwhelmed to making a difference on campus.
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Examining the Federal Reserve
March 8, 2011 | Events, Faculty, National, School of Business, Speakers, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
As the Federal Reserve System approaches its 100th anniversary, some of the nation’s leading economists who study the Fed converged on Wake Forest to debate the success, failures and relevancy of the central bank and its monetary and regulatory policies.
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Regenerative medicine breakthroughs
March 8, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Research, School of Medicine, Top Stories
Wake Forest’s work in regenerative medicine is in the news this week as the world’s first tissue-engineered urethras have been used successfully, a transplantable kidney is printed on TED Talks and new projects are underway at the regenerative medicine veterinary center.
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Law students do pro bono work
March 7, 2011 | Community, For Alumni, Pro Humanitate, School of Law, Student, Top Stories
A group of School of Law students will travel over spring break to southeastern North Carolina, where they will be helping the Lumbee Indians, among others, with a range of legal issues.
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Business school ranks No. 1
March 4, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, Recognition, School of Business, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Bloomberg BusinessWeek ranks Wake Forest’s Undergraduate Business program No. 1 in the nation for academic quality and among the top 20 programs overall for the third consecutive year in its “The Best Undergraduate Business Schools” ranking report released on March 3.
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Don’t expect revolution in Cuba
March 4, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, International, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
As some have started to ask why Cubans haven’t followed the lead of oppressed populations in Egypt and Tunisia in overthrowing long-entrenched regimes, Professor of Political Science Peter Siavelis said he doesn’t expect to see demonstrations for democracy in the streets of Havana anytime soon.
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Scholars beyond borders
March 4, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, International, Pro Humanitate, School of Divinity, School of Law, School of Medicine, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Students from Wake Forest’s Schools of Divinity, Law and Medicine will travel to Nicaragua during spring break for a cross-disciplinary course focusing on professional development. While in Nicaragua, students will have access to resources available in Wake Forest’s newest international facility, Casa Dingledine, which was dedicated last week.
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