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Through mini-grants provided by Wake Forest, area students performing community service projects
April 1, 2021 | Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories
Kenya Cropps participated in Girl Scouts when she was younger and has always been service-oriented. So when the Reynolds High School junior learned about $250 community service mini-grants being offered by Wake Forest University’s Office of Civic and Community Engagement (OCCE), she didn’t hesitate to apply.
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Three WFU students named 2021 Goldwater Scholars
March 31, 2021 | Faculty, Scholars, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
Joseph McCalmon, Ashley Peake and Samuel Schwartz have been named 2021 Barry S. Goldwater Scholars. The three are among 410 college students from across the U.S. to receive the award for the 2021-22 academic year.
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Blackhawk helicopters to land on Poteat Field, take students to Fort Bragg for training exercise
March 24, 2021 | Student, Top Stories
On Thursday morning, March 25, ROTC students will take part in a training exercise on the University’s Poteat Field involving two UH60 Blackhawk helicopters.
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Wake Forest students to show off dance moves for cancer research
March 18, 2021 | Events, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories
When Wake Forest senior Jack Rolle was 10, doctors discovered a malignant tumor on his pituitary gland. After it was removed, he endured more than a dozen rounds of chemotherapy and missed a year of school.
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Art for impact: Students purchase works for WFU to reflect the times
March 12, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Student, Top Stories
In the pandemic year, the 2021 student art-buying trip doesn’t involve a plane. Instead, it has pivoted into a virtual art buying “experience.”
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WFU Hackathon to explore blockchain’s potential in tracking art objects
February 17, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Student, Top Stories
In 2005, hundreds of earthenware pots and other pre-Columbian artifacts from ancient West Mexico became part of the collections of Wake Forest University’s Museum of Anthropology. The pieces included 162 complete ceramic vessels, ceramic figurines, greenstone beads and necklaces, an obsidian spear and arrow points, knives and grinding stones.
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Welcome back Deacs: WFU students return for spring semester
January 27, 2021 | Campus Life, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
With colder weather ahead, Wake Forest has created a new space called “Fireside on Manchester.” The Plaza is now home to temporary ‘outdoor living rooms’ with fire pits and safely-distanced Adirondack chairs.
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A timely assignment: Wake students complete COVID-19 class project
December 9, 2020 | Faculty, Student, Top Stories
As the total number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. exceeds 15 million and cases surge to record levels in places around the world, understanding the pandemic and its ongoing impact remains critically important.
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Wake Forest senior Savarni Sanka named Rhodes Scholar
November 22, 2020 | Admissions, Recognition, Scholars, Student, Top Stories
Wake Forest senior Savarni Sanka has been named a Rhodes Scholar. Sanka, who is from Raleigh, N.C., plans to pursue a masters in public policy and masters of science in refugee and forced migration studies.
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Wake Forest earns national recognition for global campus commitment
November 16, 2020 | Community in Progress, International, Research, Student, Top Stories
Wake Forest has been recognized by the Institute of International Education (IIE) and Diversity Abroad for increasing access to global experiences for all students.
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