Understanding Hanukkah

The Interfaith Arch was designed by Catherine Wilson ('08) and is installed beside Wait Chapel. From the Moravian Lovefeast to the Muslim Feast of Sacrifice, students from many faiths celebrate their religious traditions at Wake Forest. Elena Schacht, a junior health and exercise science major from Stamford, Conn., shares her tradition of Hanukkah. Schacht is president of Hillel, the Jewish student organization at Wake Forest, and a student-athletic trainer in the sports medicine department.

Celebrating the annual Lovefeast

For 45 years, students, faculty, alumni and members of the community have gathered for the annual Christmas Lovefeast. A look behind the scenes at the preparations for this year’s gathering.

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Found class ring brings back memories

More than 50 years ago, Lloyd K. Rector (’52, JD ‘53) lost something that may have seemed relatively insignificant at the time, but when his class ring finally found its way back to him, he discovered its true value.

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Class ring resurfaces after 52 years

After losing his law school class ring in an airport in Gander, Newfoundland, more than 50 years ago, Lloyd Rector (JD ’53) never thought he’d see it again — until someone in Gander tracked him down. Read the story from NBC News in Chicago.

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N.C. unemployment rate levels off

There are signs that North Carolina’s unemployment rate may have leveled off, but it could be months before the employment rate improves, says economics professor Robert Whaples.

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