Media Advisory: Wake Forest students go ‘One Day Without Shoes’
April 11, 2013 | Campus Life, Media Advisory
On Tuesday, April 16, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., members of the Wake Forest community will walk around Hearn Plaza barefoot for One Day Without Shoes —a student-organized event to raise awareness and funds for the charity, Be Like Brit. Be Like Brit was founded by the parents of Britney […]
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Stand-out season for WFU debate
April 10, 2013 | Campus Life, For Alumni, For Parents, Recognition, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
For the first time in the history of Wake Forest debate, three teams made the sweet 16 out of 78 teams in the National Debate Tournament — signalling the start of another successful chapter in a long history of winning debaters.
Media Advisory: Wake Forest president joins national LEAP Employer-Educator Compact to show economic value of a broad 21st century liberal education
April 10, 2013 | Campus Life, Media Advisory
Wake Forest University announced today its participation in a new national initiative called the LEAP Employer-Educator Compact. Wake Forest President Nathan O. Hatch has signed the Compact, which was developed by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and by employers working with AAC&U. […]
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Bee impressed at ACC Meeting of the Minds
April 3, 2013 | Campus Life, Events, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, Mentoring, Research, Scholars and Scientists, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but this might not be the case for a honeybee. Just ask David Hale (’15), a sophomore biology major. Hale has been studying the relationship between brain structure and cognitive function in honeybees since his freshman year.
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Students explore diversity through art
April 1, 2013 | Admissions, Alumni, Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories, Valuing Diversity
Student groups came together to showcase the “Big Tent,” encouraging their peers to think about diversity and identity through art. The project was part of the University’s year-long Faces of Courage celebration commemorating the 50th anniversary of integration.
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Film at the Forest
March 29, 2013 | Admissions, Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories
Winston-Salem has become a hot spot for North Carolina’s thriving film industry. And from a student-run film festival to a graduate program in documentary film to an undergraduate film studies program, Wake Forest is part of the “action.”
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Wake ‘N Shake breaks records
March 27, 2013 | Campus Life, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories
This year’s Wake ‘N Shake event, a student-run 12-hour dance marathon to benefit the Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund Drive, raised a record $125,722.57. More than 1,300 students, faculty and staff “danced for a difference” in memory of someone they have loved who has been affected by cancer.
Media Advisory: Inside Out public art project features giant faces
March 25, 2013 | Campus Life, Mentoring
“Inside out: Wake,” a temporary public art installation, is on display on Wake Forest’s Manchester Plaza through April 4. Students organizing “Inside out: Wake” chose five upperclassmen from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds who also “embody the well-rounded Wake Forest community and…Pro Humanitate ideals.” The […]
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Celebrating Latino heritage
March 22, 2013 | Alumni, Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Community, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Life on Campus, Student, Top Stories, Valuing Diversity
The University’s first Latino graduates, Carlos Perez (’65) and Peter Bondy (’67), were honored March 21 during the Celebration of Latino Heritage March 21. The event was part of the ongoing Faces of Courage series.
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Polishing a campus jewel
March 20, 2013 | Audiences, Campus Life, Life on Campus, Student, Top Stories, Uncategorized
New tables and chairs, along with board games, fitness equipment, a solar-powered piano and more are just part of a project to remind our community to seek balance in our lives. And to stop and enjoy our beautiful campus.
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