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Understanding Wake Forest’s history with slavery
October 11, 2019 | Community in Progress, Top Stories
Over the past few years, Wake Forest University has been committed to acknowledging and understanding the role slavery played in its past. In 2016, Wake began taking a deep dive into its history, and in 2017 it joined Universities Studying Slavery (USS), a consortium of colleges and universities that are examining the role slavery played on their campuses.
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‘From the Ground Up’ put WFU facilities staff center stage
October 8, 2019 | Alumni, Arts & Culture, Community in Progress, Events, Staff, Top Stories
Housekeeping staff, arborists, turf crew members, locksmiths and carpenters were among the nearly 70 participants performing on Hearn Plaza in the original dance piece “From the Ground Up.” Performances were held on Oct. 3, 4 and 5.
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Author and philosopher Anthony Appiah to speak at WFU
October 3, 2019 | Community in Progress, Events, Speakers, Top Stories
Anthony Appiah, an internationally renowned philosopher and novelist, will speak at Wake Forest through the Eudaimonia Institute’s third Noesis Lecture Series. Appiah’s lecture is sponsored in conjunction with the President’s Office as part of the University’s Voices of Our Time series.
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Former Louisiana Lt. Gov. and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu to speak at Wake Forest
September 10, 2019 | Community in Progress, Events, Speakers, Top Stories
Former Louisiana Lt. Gov. and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu will speak at Wake Forest as part of the University’s Voices of Our Time series.
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WFU connects diverse students with the employers who need them
September 5, 2019 | Community in Progress, Events, Personal and Career Development, Staff, Student, Top Stories
Employers and colleges have parallel challenges. Employers want to bring diverse candidates into their organizations. Colleges want to help these students get there. But, of the nearly 17 million undergraduate college students nationwide, 80% bypass their school’s career centers for advice on networking and finding jobs.
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Corey Walker to deliver inaugural Slavery, Race and Memory Project lecture on Sept. 4
August 30, 2019 | Community in Progress, Events, Speakers, Top Stories
Corey D. B. Walker, a visiting professor of leadership studies and the humanities at the University of Richmond and a former dean at Winston-Salem State University, will deliver the inaugural address for Wake Forest University’s Slavery, Race and Memory Project Lecture Series.
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Wake Forest’s engineering program builds upon a culture of inclusivity
June 18, 2019 | Community in Progress, Faculty, Top Stories, Valuing Diversity
As its first group of engineering students declared their major this year, Wake Forest University achieved something that few, if any, programs have anywhere – a student body that more accurately represents the U.S. population.
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