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2012 Highlights: Life on Campus
January 8, 2013 | Campus Life, Community, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories
Many of the University’s long-standing campus traditions began with student inspiration — and there’s always room for new ideas. Throughout the academic year, students, faculty and staff support each other in leadership, service, fellowship and fun.
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2012 Highlights: Diversity
December 29, 2012 | Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Where diversity and inclusion are valued, a community is at its best. By celebrating various cultures, religions and ethnicities, we grow as global citizens. At Wake Forest, activities and events remind us to encourage one another to reach our full potential.
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Paul returns home to give back
December 17, 2012 | Alumni, Athletics, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
Chris Paul (’07), a former Wake Forest basketball star who now plays for the L.A. Clippers, wasn’t dressed as Santa Claus, but for the children eagerly anticipating his arrival at Toys R Us in Winston-Salem last week, he was as welcome as the real thing.
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A traditional holiday celebration
December 3, 2012 | Community, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
On December 2, more than 2,000 students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members gathered in Wait Chapel for Wake Forest’s 48th annual Christmas Lovefeast and Candlelight Service.
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American Indian voices
November 30, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Diversity, Alumni, Community, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories
Part of the Lumbee Indian Tribe, Dr. James Jones was the first American Indian to graduate from Wake Forest and the first to attend the University’s medical school. He and two others, Lonnie Revels and Lucretia Hicks, were honored for their pivotal roles in bringing greater awareness and inclusion of American Indian students.
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Turkeypalooza feeds the hungry
November 21, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Life on Campus, Community, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories
The sixth annual Turkeypalooza brought student and faculty volunteers together during the week of November 13 to prepare and deliver more than 400 Thanksgiving meals to local organizations.
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New website asks ‘Where are you from?’
November 20, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Diversity, Community, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, International, Top Stories, Valuing Diversity
Communication professor Alessandra Von Burg’s vision was born of the idea that everyone has stories to tell whether they are lifelong U.S. citizens or recent immigrants.
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Exploring new traditions
October 31, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Life on Campus, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Life on Campus, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories
Students create new event traditions at Wake Forest, celebrating fun and service, while still honoring tried and true autumn happenings.
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Under the ‘Big Tent’
October 29, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Diversity, Alumni, Arts & Culture, Community, Engaging in the Arts, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
The “Big Tent,” a public art project conceived by Wake Forest art professor David Finn, provided a safe space for students at Mt. Tabor High School to talk openly about ethnic and cultural differences.
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Connecting food and faith
October 24, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Humanities, Community, Events, Faculty, Pro Humanitate, School of Divinity, Speakers, Sustainability, Top Stories
The School of Divinity’s innovative Food, Faith and Religious Leadership Initiative will prepare religious leaders to guide congregations and religious communities in addressing food issues such as hunger, obesity and food justice.
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