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‘Hoop Dreams:’ 20th anniversary
January 17, 2014 | Alumni, Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Faculty, Mentoring, Student, Top Stories, Uncategorized
Hoop Dreams won numerous awards, but as Peter Gilbert explains, it was the story that made Hoop Dreams live on, not the technology.
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It’s a dog’s life
January 6, 2014 | 2014 Highlights: OPCD, Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
While communication and psychology professors don’t teach “dog-speak,” they do teach students how to understand and interact with people — valuable traits that have allowed one graduate to parlay her passion for dogs into a fulfilling career.
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Top 10 Wake Forest news stories of 2013
December 23, 2013 | Alumni, Campus Life, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Speakers, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
The announcement that Gwen Ifill would be delivering Wake Forest’s 2013 Commencement address was the No. 10 most-viewed story of the year. Find out what other nine stories were hits .
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Student Storytellers: Saturdays with math and jicama
December 19, 2013 | Alumni, Campus Life, Community, Humanities, Life on Campus, Mentoring, Pro Humanitate, Research, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Top Stories, Uncategorized
Erin Hellmann (’14) and Logan Healy-Tuke (’14) founded The Ashley Explorers Saturday Academy to strengthen the reading and math skills of elementary students in Winston-Salem.
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Imagining the next ‘big idea’
December 9, 2013 | Alumni, Campus Life, For Alumni, For Parents, Personal and Career Development, Pro Humanitate, School of Business, Student, Top Stories
James Beshara (’08), CEO and co-founder of Crowdtilt, a social group-funding platform, came to campus to meet with student innovators and shared ideas with faculty on how to prepare students to launch start-ups after graduation.
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A legacy of peace
December 6, 2013 | Alumni, Faculty, International, Pro Humanitate, Staff, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
Wake Forest students, alumni, faculty and staff remember Nelson Mandela, an icon of freedom who embodied the spirit of Pro Humanitate, and reflect upon his influence on their own lives.
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Turkeypalooza: A week of Thanksgiving
November 27, 2013 | Admissions, Alumni, Campus Life, Campus Life Highlights, Community, Philanthropy, Pro Humanitate, Staff, Student, Top Stories, Uncategorized
Wake Forest students cook and deliver made-from-scratch Thanksgiving dinners to local residents during Turkeypalooza, an annual event hosted by The Campus Kitchen.
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O’Connell named Rhodes Scholar
November 24, 2013 | Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Recognition, Scholars, Student, Top Stories
Wake Forest graduate James M. O’Connell has been named a Rhodes Scholar. O’Connell, who is from Tampa, Fla., graduated summa cum laude in May 2013 with a bachelor of arts in politics and international affairs. He plans to complete a masters in public policy.
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Angelou champions dignified discourse
November 7, 2013 | Alumni, Community, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Top Stories
Award-winning poet, author and Civil Rights activist Maya Angelou encouraged a standing-room only crowd to take individual responsibility for creating a community of kindness and respect. The event marked the first 30 days of a yearlong, campus-wide “Dignity and Respect Campaign.”
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Determination and a dream
November 1, 2013 | Alumni, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, School of Business, Top Stories, Top Stories 2013-2014, Wake Will
Surrounded by friends, family, fellow donors and members of the Wake Forest community, University Trustee Mary Farrell (P ’10) helped dedicate Farrell Hall, the new home for the Wake Forest School of Business. The ceremony marked the fulfillment of the dream she and her late husband, former Trustee Mike Farrell (P ’10, LLD ’13), began three years ago with a $10 million leadership gift.
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