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The best of community, campus life
June 13, 2013 | Campus Life, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Top Stories
What’s it like at to live at Wake Forest? One way to find out is to look at the many ways students, faculty and staff build community. Its people are committed to making the world a better place on campus, within the community and beyond. Check out these highlights from the past school year.
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Diversity makes a difference
June 10, 2013 | Campus Life, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
From marking milestones in Wake Forest’s history to celebrating the current cultural diversity on campus, Faces of Courage provided a framework during the 2012-2013 academic year for showing Wake Forest’s ongoing commitment to diversity.
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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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A roadmap to success
May 15, 2013 | Campus Life, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Personal and Career Development, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Wake Forest has been at the forefront of transforming the traditional, outdated concept of “career services” into a holistic, four-year approach to personal and career development. Now Andy Chan, the vice president for personal and career development, is building upon the success of our students to help colleges and universities nationwide do the same.
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Not just for art majors
May 3, 2013 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Student artists spent hours in the studios in Scales Fine Arts Center, creating pieces this semester. Thirty-four of these works will be on display through May 20 as part of the Student Art Exhibition in the Hanes Gallery.
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Telling the world’s stories
May 1, 2013 | Campus Life, For Alumni, For Parents, International, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
The 2014 World Cup in Rio de Janeiro is just over one year away. But while fan excitement builds, 170,000 Brazilians may be relocated from their homes. It’s a story filmmaker Jawad Wahabzada will be covering as a fellow with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
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Sharing the joy of theatre
April 23, 2013 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Senior theatre major Dean Guerra knows the power of bringing stories to life on stage from his participation in 43 productions as actor, director, sound designer, light designer and stage manager. He also shares this love of theatre by teaching children in a local school.
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Painting desks for local children
April 18, 2013 | Admissions, Campus Life, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Rows of brightly colored desks lined the Magnolia Quad on April 16 as Wake Forest students painted more than 60 of them for Old Town Elementary School students. Some children even grabbed a brush to help.
Media Advisory: Clothesline for Human Rights
April 16, 2013 | Campus Life, For Alumni, For Parents, Media Advisory
Wake Forest students will be painting t-shirts with human rights-themed messages and images for a Human Rights Clothesline Project on April 18 from 2 to 5 p.m. The colorful shirts will be strung across the Magnolia Quad to raise awareness about human rights and human rights violations worldwide. Gender Equality Allies (GEA) and […]
Media Advisory: Wake Forest students decorate desks for children
April 12, 2013 | Campus Life, For Alumni, For Parents, Media Advisory
Wake Forest University students will gather on Manchester Plaza from 3 to 7 p.m. on April 16 to paint and donate desks for area elementary students. This annual service project began on campus in 2004 and is called Developing Education through Student Knowledge (D.E.S.K). The goal is to provide […]
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