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Faith in love
February 14, 2011 | Faculty, Research, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
To what extent do romance novels reflect the prominent ideas of the times and to what extent do they shape them? Religion professor Lynn Neal thinks it’s a question worth asking given romance novels are a billion-dollar business.
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Democracy in Egypt
February 11, 2011 | Faculty, International, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Q & A with Michaelle Browers, associate professor of political science, who studies the politics and culture of the Middle East and has been closely following the political protests in Egypt.
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‘Juno’ director to speak at film festival
February 10, 2011 | Arts & Culture, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Speakers, Top Stories
Oscar-nominated director Jason Reitman (“Thank You for Smoking,” “Juno,” “Up in the Air”) will discuss filmmaking and his career at the fourth annual Reynolda Film Festival.
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Dear friend of WFU, F.M. Kirby, passes
February 10, 2011 | For Alumni, School of Business, Top Stories, University Announcement, Wake Forest College
Philanthropist Fred M. Kirby II, past president of the F.M. Kirby Foundation and a longtime supporter of Wake Forest, has died. Kirby, who lived in New Vernon, N.J., died Feb. 8 at the age of 91.
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Grassroots efforts = green results
February 10, 2011 | Sustainability, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
This month, Wake Forest is launching a green team initiative. The program encourages departments to select a green team “captain” to evaluate sustainable practices in the office and make suggestions for ways to improve. Ideas might be simple, such as purchasing copy paper with recycled content, or more impactful, like eliminating mini-fridges in individual offices.
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Coach, player are recovering
February 9, 2011 | Athletics, Exclude from Related Stories, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories
Baseball coach Tom Walter and player Kevin Jordan are both recovering well after kidney transplant surgery on Monday. Both expect to be released from the hospital this week and have been showered with support from the Wake Forest community.
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New audio, transcript of MLK speech
February 9, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, Speakers, Top Stories
In October of 1962, more than ten months before delivering his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, Martin Luther King Jr. stepped to the podium in Wait Chapel and spoke to a crowd of 2,200. Listen to the audio recording and read the transcript of King’s speech.
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Focusing on campus work experiences
February 8, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Research, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Students in Michele Gillespie’s history class are studying the history of work in America by starting with those who make Wake Forest work: staff and faculty. As part of an oral-history project, Wake at Work, students are interviewing about 20 staff members and several professors.
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Coach donates kidney to player
February 8, 2011 | Athletics, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
Baseball coach Tom Walter donated a kidney to one of his players, Kevin Jordan, on Monday. Jordan began to feel ill in January 2010 as a freshman, and he was diagnosed with ANCA vasculitis, requiring dialysis for about 10 hours a day. When Jordan’s family did not produce an ideal donor match, Walter volunteered.
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Team wins national championship
February 6, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, National, School of Business, Student, Top Stories
A team of four Schools of Business students took first place in the national round of the KPMG International Case Competition on Feb. 4 in New York, earning the honor to represent the United States in a global competition April 6-8 in Istanbul, Turkey.
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