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Law students help Lumbee tribe
March 17, 2011 | Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, School of Law, Student, Top Stories
Six students from the School of Law spent the week of spring break in Pembroke, N.C., offering free legal assistance to members of the Lumbee tribe. The students were participants in the school’s Pro Bono Project.
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Medical Center has new identity
March 17, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, School of Medicine, Top Stories, University Announcement
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center reveals name changes and a new visual identity.
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Talking with children after a disaster
March 17, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, International, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories
As images of the devastation in Japan fill television screens, it’s important for parents to take the time to address whatever questions and fears their children may have about an earthquake or tsunami affecting their lives, says psychology professor and child-development expert Deborah L. Best (’70, MA ’72).
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Irish poetry for St. Patrick’s Day
March 17, 2011 | Arts & Culture, Community, Engaging in the Arts, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, International, Staff, Top Stories
On St. Patrick’s Day, Jeff Holdridge, director of the Wake Forest University Press — the premier publisher of Irish poetry in North America — discusses the future of Irish poetry after “The Troubles” and shares his five favorite Irish poems.
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Charlotte campus moves to Uptown
March 15, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, School of Business, Top Stories, University Announcement
Wake Forest has signed a lease for space in the former International Trade Center building at 200 North College Street in Charlotte. The building will be renamed the Wake Forest University Charlotte Center and house all current and future executive education programs.
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Emergency preparedness matters
March 15, 2011 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, International, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Professor Kenneth Hoglund’s class explores the complexity of disasters and best practices for preparing for and responding to natural catastrophes. Japan’s early warning earthquake system is just one way the country helped protect its people.
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NAACP leader addresses school issues
March 15, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, National, Speakers, Top Stories
Ben Jealous, the national president of the NAACP, said Monday night in a speech at Wake Forest that his organization is committed to fighting school re-segregation and disparities in the numbers of black and white students expelled from schools in North Carolina.
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MBA program earns high ranking
March 15, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, Recognition, School of Business, Top Stories
The Schools of Business full-time MBA program placed 11th in the nation in job placement, according to the U.S. News & World Report rankings released March 15. Within three months of graduation, 92 percent of the 2010 full-time MBA graduates secured employment. In the overall program rankings, the Schools of Business again placed in the top 50.
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The future of humanities education
March 15, 2011 | Events, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, Pro Humanitate, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
The importance of the humanities to a liberal arts education will be on full display during a two-day symposium marking the official launch of the Wake Forest Humanities Institute on Friday and Saturday. Two nationally known advocates for the humanities — historian Edward Ayers and author Stanley Fish — will discuss “The Humanities in the 21st Century.”
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The role of race in health care
March 13, 2011 | Events, For Alumni, For Parents, School of Medicine, Speakers, Top Stories
With numerous reports documenting poorer quality of health care and outcomes for racial and ethnic minorities, several prominent experts will take on the issue of disparities in health care during a symposium on campus Wednesday.
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