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Carpooling provides numerous perks

February 13, 2012

Professors Michelle Balaev and Mary Pendergraft became the first registered carpool in the university’s history on the Reynolda Campus last fall when they joined forces to make their 62-mile round-trip commute more enjoyable, sustainable and affordable.

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Student Storyteller: Service in Vietnam

February 13, 2012

Kristen Bryant, a senior sociology major from Augusta, Ga., joined ten other students helping to build homes in Vietnam during a two-week international service trip.

Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery, University Announcements

TEDx comes to Wake Forest

February 10, 2012

(From left) Mike Papakonstantinou, Mari Ishibashi, Jake Graham, Lucy Lan, Kristina Durr, Mariama Holman, and Lisa Hong model T-shirts designed to generate more awareness about the Feb. 25 event.

Chemistry major Lucy Lan (’12), an avid TED Talk fan, worked to bring a TED-like event to Wake Forest. Eighteen speakers have signed on for a day of inspirational talks from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on Feb. 25 in Wait Chapel.

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Printmaking exhibition opens

February 7, 2012

Hannah Whitaker, Untitled, 2011, linoleum print, 12 x 18” (detail)

START Gallery's first spring exhibition, “Lightening Strikes: The Illumination of the Self,” runs through Feb. 25. The show features works by 18 students who studied in art professor David Faber’s introductory, intermediate or advanced printmaking classes.

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Cultural encounters in art, literature

February 7, 2012

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Small groups, big issues

February 2, 2012

The campus book club brings together faculty and students for valuable conversations outside the classroom. This time, the topic was globalization, as the campus prepares for a visit from Pietra Rivoli, author of “The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy."

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Focus on: Mentoring

January 29, 2012

In a speech in 2010, Provost Emeritus Edwin G. Wilson (’43) recalled the friendliness between professors and students that defined the Wake Forest of his college days. “Beyond the Monday, Wednesday and Friday classes and the Tuesday and Thursday afternoon laboratories, where teaching and learning officially took place, there were frequent encounters between students and teachers here and there, on the campus or in town, which opened eyes and inspired confidence and led to new insights about one’s life and career.” That fabric of friendliness remains at Wake Forest, although it goes by a more formal name today — mentoring.

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WFU documentary goes global

January 24, 2012

Members of the Wake Forest Documentary Film Program who created 'The Last Flight of Petr Ginz:' (from left) Peter Gilbert, Cindy Hill, Mary Dalton, Sandy Dickson and Cara Pilson.

A new Documentary Film Program movie, “The Last Flight of Petr Ginz,” has caught the attention of the United Nations, which will produce a study guide and send copies of the film to its information centers in 63 countries for special screenings and educational programs.

Categories: Arts & Culture, Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery, University Announcements