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Founders’ Day Convocation to celebrate tradition of senior orations
February 14, 2010 | Student, Wake Forest College
When Zahir Rahman addresses the Founders’ Day Convocation audience on Feb. 18 his topic will be, appropriately enough, “We are Wake Forest.” Rahman is one of three finalists in the 2010 Senior Colloquium who will read their essays at convocation. Provost Emeritus Ed Wilson (’43) will speak on the history of senior orations at the event, which begins at 4 p.m. in Wait Chapel.
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Students gain insights into the lives of others through service trips
February 7, 2010 | International, Student, Wake Forest College
In Santarem, one of the poorest regions of Brazil, children go to school for only half the day; the rest of the day, many have no place to go but the streets. Wake Forest students spent two weeks over winter break helping construct a community center to give these children a safe place.
Business students win national case competition, will represent U.S. in international competition
February 1, 2010 | National, School of Business, Student, Wake Forest College
A team of four undergraduate business students took first place in the national round of the KPMG Global Case Competition in Atlanta, Ga., on Jan. 22, and will represent the United States at the international competition in Athens, Greece, in April. The team — sophomore […]
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Student gets an inside look into the daily workings of the Obama White House
January 22, 2010 | Student, Students Taking the Lead, Wake Forest College
Randy Paris, a junior political science major and religion minor, from Pittsburgh, Pa., spent the fall semester working at the White House through The White House Internship Program and gained a unique perspective into the daily workings of the Obama administration.
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Animated film tells the “Cell Side Story”
January 20, 2010 | Community, Research, Student, Wake Forest College
A new animated film to teach students about the inner workings of cells — made by students at Atkins High School in cooperation with Wake Forest professors — had its premiere on campus this week.
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First-hand experience
January 19, 2010 | Student, Teacher-Scholar, Wake Forest College
Born in the midst of a civil war in Sudan, senior Leek Deng spent his early years living in a refugee camp in Kenya. Last summer, nine years after leaving Sudan for the United States, he returned to Africa to volunteer at a hospital in Kampala, Uganda.
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Students to spend winter break volunteering in Brazil and India
December 21, 2009 | Pro Humanitate, Student, Wake Forest College
Two groups of students are spending their winter break on service trips, one group in Brazil helping build a community center for children, and a second group in Calcutta, India, working with Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity.
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Serving the community
December 3, 2009 | Community, Student, Wake Forest College
Wake Forest is launching a long-term initiative to partner with the International Baccalaureate Program offered by the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools.
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Students reach out to serve those in need
November 23, 2009 | Community, Student, Wake Forest College
Wake Forest students have made and delivered about 220 Thanksgiving dinners to people in need in the community during Turkeypalooza, an annual project of Campus Kitchen, a year-round effort to feed the hungry.
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Wake Forest ranks fourth in study abroad in national report
November 22, 2009 | Exclude from Related Stories, International, Student, Wake Forest College
Wake Forest ranks fourth among doctoral universities with the highest percentage of undergraduates studying abroad, according to a recent report published by the Institute of International Education.
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