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Waking up teens
August 16, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Mentoring, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Mentoring, Pro Humanitate, Staff, Student, Top Stories
Participants in Wake Forest’s new mentorship pilot program, WAKE ME!, learned the importance of college preparation and the value of pro humanitate.
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Student + mentor = innovative cancer research
July 31, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Mentoring, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Mentoring, Research, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Presenting research to the largest gathering of cancer professionals in the world is an unusual opportunity for an undergraduate student. Junior Katherine Sams got to do it thanks to the mentor she met in her first-year seminar.
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Wake Forest Connects
June 27, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Mentoring, Alumni, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Mentoring, Personal and Career Development, Student, Top Stories
Politicians aren’t the only ones in Washington, D.C. emphasizing the important intersection between jobs and higher education. The Offices of Personal and Career Development and Alumni Relations hosted Wake Forest Connects, an event gathering more than 130 members of the Wake Forest community in the D.C. metro area.
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Wall Street Journal features WFU
June 8, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Mentoring, Admissions, Alumni, Commencement, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Mentoring, National, Personal and Career Development, President, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
The Wall Street Journal prominently featured Wake Forest for its national leadership in making personal and career development a mission-critical component of the college experience. The article, “Colleges Get Career-Minded”, appeared the day after commencement.
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Beyond the Books: Brains and mussels
May 25, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Mentoring, Faculty, Mentoring, Research, Scholars and Scientists, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Wake Forest College, Working Together
Wake Forest has a long history of close, mentoring relationships between faculty and students. It’s an opportunity to explore the liberal arts, tie scholarship and research and create the teacher-scholar ideal. For biology professor Ron Dimock, mentoring comes naturally during hours in the lab — going beyond the books.
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Learning outside the classroom
May 16, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Mentoring, For Alumni, For Parents, Life on Campus, Mentoring, Personal and Career Development, Staff, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Almost every university has a mentoring program — independent initiatives hosted by campus life or student development. Wake Forest is one of the first higher education institutions in the nation to adopt a campus-wide model.
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Mentors guide students beyond the books
May 9, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Mentoring, For Alumni, For Parents, Mentoring, Personal and Career Development, Staff, Student, Top Stories, Working Together
Wake Forest University students and alumni usually have stories to tell about the close relationships they develop with faculty and staff members during their time on campus. Is it our low teacher-student ratio? Our devotion to Pro Humanitate? Decide for yourself as you look beyond the books.
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Student Storyteller: Forum for black male students
May 2, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Diversity, 2012 Highlights: Student Storytellers, For Alumni, For Parents, Mentoring, Staff, Student, Top Stories
Kevin Smith, a senior from Wilson, N.C., shares his experience with M4, a group that brings together male African-American students to talk about contemporary issues.
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