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Developing creative business ideas for post-pandemic Winston-Salem
April 5, 2021 | Community, Events, Top Stories, Valuing Diversity
Wake Forest University and NEW INC are hosting a special workshop where participants can level-up their skills while also coming together to imagine post-pandemic creative business ideas for the Winston-Salem community.
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Trust in leadership: Why it matters
March 29, 2021 | Events, Faculty, Top Stories
A recent Pew Research study found that just 20% of U.S. adults say they trust the government in Washington to “do the right thing” just about always or most of the time. Health care professionals, lawyers and business leaders also rely on mutual trust with those whom they serve to succeed in their careers.
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George Washington University Law School Dean to deliver lecture on racial inequality in American healthcare
March 25, 2021 | Events, Top Stories
Dayna Bowen Matthew will discuss racial health disparities in the U.S. during her lecture titled “Just Medicine” on Sunday, March 28, at 6 p.m.
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Isabel Wilkerson, author of “Caste,” to join Face to Face Speaker Forum
March 25, 2021 | Community in Progress, Events, Top Stories
Wake Forest’s Face to Face Speaker Forum will host Pulitzer prize-winning writer Isabel Wilkerson, author of “Caste: The Origins of our Discontents,” on Wednesday, April 14 at 7:30 p.m.
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Wake Forest students to show off dance moves for cancer research
March 18, 2021 | Events, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories
When Wake Forest senior Jack Rolle was 10, doctors discovered a malignant tumor on his pituitary gland. After it was removed, he endured more than a dozen rounds of chemotherapy and missed a year of school.
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Conference to look at character through a professional lens
March 1, 2021 | Events, Speakers, Top Stories
Leading scholars will join physicians, attorneys, religious leaders, government leaders, engineers, educators, business executives and other professionals to explore the role of character in the professions at a three-day virtual conference.
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Founders’ Day Convocation focuses on inclusion
February 26, 2021 | Alumni, Events, Top Stories
Donna A. Boswell, Wake Forest University’s former and first female chair of the Board of Trustees, received the Medallion of Merit during the annual Founders’ Day Convocation.
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Face to Face with Former Secretaries of State Albright and Powell rescheduled for Nov. 9
February 26, 2021 | Events, Top Stories, University Announcement
Wake Forest’s Face to Face Speaker Forum will host Former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and General Colin L. Powell for a virtual conversation on Thursday, March 18 at 7 p.m.
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University sings praises for Dr. Maya Angelou, her iconic autobiography
February 12, 2021 | Community in Progress, Events, Faculty, Top Stories
While celebrating her life and iconic autobiography “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings,” Wake Forest University officials, famous African Americans and her son paid tribute to renowned author and longtime University professor Maya Angelou.
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IdeasCityWS to lead discussion on ‘Scale’ and helping ideas grow
January 21, 2021 | Community, Events, Top Stories
IdeasCityWS will host “Scale,” a Beta Bonfire discussion on scaling a business and the process of helping ideas grow, on Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 5 p.m. Registration free.
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