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Faculty for the Future
October 28, 2013 | Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories, Wake Will
To recruit and retain outstanding faculty who embody Wake Forest’s teacher-scholar ideal, three alumni have committed $3 million to fund Presidential Chairs. Bobby Burchfield has established the Burchfield Presidential Chair of Political Economy and Mike and Debbie Rubin have established the Rubin Chair of Jewish and Israeli Studies.
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A memorable weekend
October 23, 2013 | Alumni, Campus Life, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories, Wake Will
Under a big tent on Manchester Plaza, students and alumni wrote about the Wake Forest people who have inspired them on a book standing more than 10 feet tall. The outsized pages reflect the big dreams Wake Forest will achieve with “Wake Will: The Campaign for Wake Forest.” Relive the highlights of the weekend events.
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Big moment on campus
October 18, 2013 | Alumni, Campus Life, Campus Life Highlights, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories 2013-2014, University Announcement, Wake Will
“Wake Will: The Campaign for Wake Forest” represents the largest mobilization of support for the mission of Wake Forest in the institution’s 179-year history. Wake Forest University and Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center will significantly increase their impact on the region, the nation and the world by investing $1 billion over the next five years to strengthen and renew their ability to carry out their respective missions.
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Career take-off and the ‘butterfly effect’
October 11, 2013 | Admissions, Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
The butterfly effect states that serendipitous happenings can produce outcomes very different from the ones envisioned. Launching a career after college is often about being in the right place at the right time and being open to the unexpected and the unplanned.
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Gilbert gets the flu
August 14, 2013 | Admissions, Alumni, For Alumni, Mentoring, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
“It was a dark and stormy night.” This is how Janna Raley started her mathematical economics paper. Surprised? So was her professor. But, writing the assignment in the form of a children’s book led to an article published in an academic journal.
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Casa Artom opens doors for La Biennale
June 26, 2013 | Alumni, Arts & Culture, Faculty, Humanities, International, Student, Top Stories
Casa Artom, Wake Forest’s residential study center on Venice’s Grand Canal, became a gathering place for artists, curators, collectors and art critics during the opening of La Biennale di Venezia this summer.
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4Good: Deacons give to those in need
June 5, 2013 | Alumni, Campus Life, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Top Stories
From Columbia, S.C., to San Diego, Calif., Wake Forest alumni joined forces with their local communities May 31-June 3 to restore parks, plant fruits and vegetables, and collect food for the hungry. The national push to give back to the various places Demon Deacons call home was part of the second annual Pro Humanitate Days or 4Good.
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Century links generations of grads
May 19, 2013 | Alumni, Commencement, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories
John Burnley Winslow’s graduation present is a 1913 Wake Forest yearbook. When Winslow walks across the stage to get his diploma, it will be exactly 100 years after his great grandfather Albert Rufus Phillips earned his Wake Forest degree in May of 1913.
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Options in the world of work
May 7, 2013 | Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, Mentoring, Personal and Career Development, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
When Rahel Tafese spent a day job shadowing a sales representative for BioRx, she learned about treatments for immune deficiency, but more important, she made connections that will help her as she figures out her career path. Forty alumni offered an insider’s view of their work to current students as part of the new program.
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Fifteen grads to start careers here
April 25, 2013 | Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories
As most seniors prepare for life after Wake Forest, a small group of talented students have decided to start their careers here, at “Mother, So Dear.” After commencement, 15 recent graduates will stay at Wake Forest for at least another year, having accepted positions in Admissions, Information Systems, Advancement and as Wake Forest Fellows.
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