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Back to school: Connecting with your child’s teacher

September 21, 2009  |   Graduate School, Student

During the first few weeks of school, parents often wonder how best to approach their child’s new teacher. Professor of Counseling Donna Henderson, a former school teacher and counselor who now prepares graduate students to become counselors, offers tips on how to get off on […]

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Theatre major talks about her role as an actress and student

September 21, 2009  |   Arts & Culture, Student, Wake Forest College

Senior Abby Suggs, one of four students starring in the Wake Forest Theatre production of “Doubt,” talks about acting at Wake Forest and how the cast prepared for the play.

New Student Art Gallery opens

September 11, 2009  |   Arts & Culture, Student

The new Student Art Gallery in Reynolda Village showcases student art and gives student artists a chance to sell their work.

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Students receive Fulbright grants

September 1, 2009  |   Student

Four students were awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistantships prior to their graduation in May and are teaching English abroad this academic year: Allison Tyler Humphreys (’09) of Greenville, S.C., is teaching in Indonesia. Grace Johnson (’09) of Champaign, Ill., is teaching in Taiwan. Michael Lewis […]

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‘Cuban Artists Books and Prints’

August 31, 2009  |   Arts & Culture, Student, Wake Forest College

Senior Marcus Keeley, one of the more than 60 students who worked on the “Cuban Artists Books and Prints” exhibit, says the experience helped him “appreciate the cultural and artistic offerings of a nation that should proudly be called ‘neighbor.’”

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College of the overwhelmed

August 31, 2009  |   Student

Today’s college students bring higher expectations and greater anxiety than their parents faced when they started college, says the counseling center’s Johnne Armentrout.

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Welcome Class of 2013

August 19, 2009  |   Student, Sustainability, Wake Forest College

About 1,210 freshmen, from 44 states and 19 foreign countries, are expected to move onto campus this week for the start of Orientation. After moving into their residence halls on August 20, freshmen will pick up their ThinkPad computers and begin orientation activities. On Friday, […]

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Seven steps to a greener college move-in

August 18, 2009  |   Student, Sustainability

With students at Wake Forest and at colleges nationwide moving to campus this week, Dedee DeLongpré Johnston, Wake Forest’s director of sustainability, offers suggestions for a “greener” move-in.

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Vocation Exploration

August 17, 2009  |   Community, Student, Wake Forest College

Eight students interested in careers serving others learned the challenges of helping the poor, the wrongly accused, and recent immigrants during internships at local nonprofit organizations this summer.

Class of 2012 volunteers at Habitat for Humanity site as part of orientation

August 14, 2009  |   Community, Student

About 150 law students arrived for Orientation on Friday, and many of them will be volunteering at a Habitat for Humanity building site in Winston-Salem as part of their orientation activities.