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New African American Studies program underway
August 30, 2021 | Community in Progress, Faculty, Student, Top Stories
Wake Forest University has been working to establish an African American Studies program for a few years. Last week’s launch of the program is timely given the country is experiencing increased racial tensions, states are passing stricter voting laws and virtually everybody is uttering the term “woke.”
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Wake Forest University welcomes Class of 2025
August 17, 2021 | Student, Top Stories
Wake Forest will welcome more than 1,400 first-year students to campus this week.
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$5M gift affirms Wake Debate and moves program forward
August 5, 2021 | Philanthropy, Student, Top Stories
An extraordinarily generous gift of $5 million will help ensure the Wake Forest debate program has the resources needed to build on its legacy of success.
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Wake Forest’s Summer Internship Program benefits students, nonprofits alike
July 26, 2021 | Student, Top Stories
This summer, Kaylin M. Henderson is working as an educational intern with Love Out Loud through Wake Forest’s Summer Nonprofit Immersion Program, or SNIP. She has spent considerable time assisting Kellie Easton, executive director of Action4Equity, on her Pre-K Priority program.
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Wake Forest graduates first class of liberal arts engineers
May 6, 2021 | Admissions, Faculty, Research, Student, Top Stories
Gabrielle Prichard will begin work as a cloud solution engineer with Oracle. Lucy Vaughn will start her career as a research and development engineer with AstraZeneca. John Hobson will serve in the U.S. Army as a combat engineer commander.
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WFU student art purchases unveiled
April 29, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Student, Top Stories
Every four years since 1963, a small group of students has traveled to New York City, with University funds, to purchase art for Wake Forest’s Student Union art collection. This year they purchased nine works.
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First African American female editor of Bon Appétit Magazine to speak at Wake Forest
April 26, 2021 | Events, Research, Student, Top Stories
Wake Forest University’s Center for Research, Engagement and Collaboration in African American Life, or RECAAL, will hold its inaugural event on Tuesday, April 27, at 6 p.m.
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WFU students hope decorative desks will inspire learning
April 14, 2021 | Events, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories
If children feel comfortable when they’re sitting at their desks working, whether in the classroom or at home, chances are they’ll be more productive.
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WFU wins ACC debate tournament
April 12, 2021 | Student, Top Stories
Wake Forest senior, Ruby Klein, and junior, Brianna Aaron, won the 2021 virtual Atlantic Coast Conference debate championship over the weekend.
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Senior Noah Meyer awarded NSF grant for graduate studies
April 9, 2021 | 2012 Highlights: Entrepreneurship, Research, Scholars, Student, Top Stories
Wake Forest University senior Noah Meyer, who studies physics and applied mathematics, has been awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.
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