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Retired professor Ben Seelbinder dies

June 15, 2010

Professor Emeritus Ben M. Seelbinder, who taught mathematics from 1959 to 1989 and was director of Institutional Research, died on June 12 in Winston-Salem. A memorial service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Salemtowne retirement community.

Categories: Community Impact

Local students celebrate graduation

June 10, 2010

Fifth-graders from Ashley Elementary School celebrated their graduation in a ceremony at Wake Forest on June 9; Wake Forest partners with Ashley in the International Baccalaureate program and through the University’s Institute for Public Engagement.

Categories: Community Impact

Embodying Pro Humanitate

June 1, 2010

A.J. Warr received this year’s Christman Award, Wake Forest’s highest student award for service.

Wake Forest students have long been known for their commitment to the University’s motto, Pro Humanitate, and now an awards program has been established to formally recognize exemplary community service, whether it’s close to home or around the world.

Categories: Community Impact, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements

Taking the classroom outside

June 1, 2010

As part of their spring biology class, Emily Earle, Kris Frantz and Nick Conte work in the campus garden to learn about plant physiology, sustainability and community service.

Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Mentorship

President Hatch: The virtue and vice of ambition

May 17, 2010

In his remarks to the graduates, President Nathan O. Hatch talked about the "virtue and vice" of ambition. "How do you relate the drive for achievement, to make a name for yourself, with the commitment to live for the common good — Wake Forest's motto Pro Humanitate?

Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, University Announcements

Wake Forest graduates 1,600 students

May 17, 2010

The odds finally caught up with Wake Forest's Commencement ceremony. For the first time since 1991, rain forced University officials to move the ceremony from Hearn Plaza to Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, University Announcements

Bill Leonard: The power of ‘un-naming’

May 16, 2010

Divinity school dean Bill Leonard, in his sermon to graduates at the Baccalaureate service in Wait Chapel May 16, encouraged them to "un-name" racism and evil and embrace "names like gentle, merciful, pure in heart and peacemaker."

Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery, University Announcements

New program recognizes outstanding senior projects

May 9, 2010

Three seniors were recognized recently for their research projects during the Z. Smith Reynolds Library's first Senior Showcase. The Senior Showcase honored students who were recommended by their faculty advisors for completing outstanding research projects. The three students recognized during this year's Senior Showcase were:

Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, University Announcements

Theatre students teach local children

May 7, 2010

Wake Forest theatre students have been regularly visiting an elementary school in Winston-Salem this year to use theatre to help the students learn about whatever the subject at hand is — fractions, Martin Luther King Jr., St. Patrick’s Day or polygons.

Categories: Arts & Culture, Community Impact