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Former EPA chief Whitman to speak
September 16, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, Speakers, Sustainability, Top Stories
Christine Todd Whitman, former EPA head and New Jersey’s first female governor, will address the environment, sustainability and politics at Wake Forest at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 19, in the Kulynych Auditorium of the Porter B. Byrum Welcome Center.
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Tom Walter on character and integrity
June 27, 2011 | Athletics, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Speakers, Staff, Top Stories
Baseball Coach Tom Walter recently spoke about character, recruiting and his kidney donation to player Kevin Jordan. Read excerpts from his remarks at the 2011 Summer Leadership Conference in Virginia on June 24.
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Think like an entrepreneur to land jobs
June 6, 2011 | Alumni, For Alumni, For Parents, Speakers, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Headed for a job interview? If so, Dave Orton (‘77), CEO of Aptina Imaging, says you might want to emphasize your ability to recognize opportunities, remain flexible and stay ahead of the crowd.
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Message to grads: Be lifelong learners
May 16, 2011 | Alumni, Commencement, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, President, Speakers, Top Stories
Monday was the start of a big week for Anna Walker and Joe Hester. Five days after graduating from Wake Forest, they’re getting married in Winston-Salem. They were among about 945 undergraduates and 700 graduate and professional students to receive diplomas during Wake Forest’s
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2011 Commencement address
May 16, 2011 | Commencement, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Speakers
PepsiCo CEO Indra K. Nooyi delivered the address at Wake Forest’s 2011 Commencement ceremony. Read the text of her speech.
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Baccalaureate 2011
May 16, 2011 | Commencement, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, President, Speakers, Top Stories
Rebecca Chopp, the president of Swarthmore College, gave the sermon at the 2011 Baccalaureate Service on Sunday. View an audio slideshow and a photo gallery of the celebration.
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Climate change pioneer to speak
April 25, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, Speakers, Top Stories
Bill McKibben, whose groundbreaking 1989 book, “End of Nature,” was the first to address global warming, will talk Tuesday at Reynolda Gardens and Wait Chapel. Wake Forest’s new Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability is sponsoring the visit.
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Conference addresses ‘pay for play’
April 15, 2011 | Alumni, Athletics, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Speakers, Top Stories
When it comes to inequities concerning race and college sports, you can talk about changing rules or paying players, but in the end, the most important reform is providing players – even the at-risk ones – with a useful education, according to experts convened at Wake Forest’s “Losing to Win” conference.
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Rogers still a survivor
April 15, 2011 | Alumni, Athletics, For Alumni, For Parents, Speakers, Top Stories
Though now in a wheelchair, former Wake Forest and NBA basketball star Rodney Rogers still has his familiar broad smile and an ability to engage an audience, as he did during an appearance on campus during the ‘Losing to Win” conference.
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The real inside couple of D.C.
April 14, 2011 | Alumni, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, National, President, Speakers, Top Stories
In a wide-ranging conversation, journalists Al Hunt (’65) and Judy Woodruff talked about politics and government, working and raising a family in Washington, D.C., the rise of social media and the decline of traditional journalism, and the increasingly partisan, bitter style of politics, during an appearance at Wake Forest.
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