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Will President Obama’s new education initiative pass the test?

November 5, 2009

Education professor Scott Baker says the Obama administration's Race to the Top plan relies too heavily on standardized testing and isn't likely to produce better results in the nation's classrooms.

Will the Obama administration’s $4.3 billion Race to the Top Fund transform America’s schools? Not likely, says Associate Professor of Education Scott Baker.

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Field hockey advances in ACC tourney

November 5, 2009

Fourth-seeded Wake Forest advanced to the semifinal round of the ACC Field Hockey Championship by defeating Boston College, 4-3, on Thursday, and will play top-seeded Maryland on Friday.

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Wadkins inducted into golf hall of fame

November 3, 2009

Professional golfer and Wake Forest parent Lanny Wadkins (’72), who won five individual titles and was a three-time All-American at Wake Forest in the early 1970s, has been elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame.

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A ‘Conversation With …’ series celebrates 10 years

November 2, 2009

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November 2009 Staff News

November 1, 2009

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Medical school to coordinate NIH grant

November 1, 2009

The School of Medicine will receive nearly $50 million from the National Institutes of Health as the coordinating center for a national study measuring the effects of lowering blood-pressure levels on cardiovascular and kidney diseases.

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Skinner questionable for Ga. Tech game

November 1, 2009

Quarterback Riley Skinner is questionable for Saturday’s game against Georgia Tech after suffering a mild concussion in the fourth quarter of Wake Forest’s 28-27 loss to Miami.

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Deacons lose heartbreaker to Miami

October 31, 2009

Wake Forest led the entire game before Miami put together a late drive to score the winning touchdown with a minute to play for a 28-27 win at rainy BB&T Field Saturday.

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Tales of mystery and terror

October 30, 2009

Melissa Jenkins ('01) returned to Wake Forest two years ago to teach 19th century British literature.

Assistant Professor of English Melissa Jenkins (’01) is studying classic works of literature with her writing seminar students this fall to determine why we enjoy being scared.

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Ghost stories with a twist

October 30, 2009

John McNally, the Ollen R. Nalley Associate Professor of English, is the author of two novels and 52 published short stories, and the editor or co-editor of six anthologies of short stories and essays.

The ghosts in Associate Professor of English John McNally’s book, “Ghosts of Chicago,” aren’t haunted by spirits, but instead “by deaths, by failed marriages, by lies they’ve told, by crimes committed.”

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Will President Obama’s new education initiative pass the test?

Field hockey advances in ACC tourney

Wadkins inducted into golf hall of fame

A ‘Conversation With …’ series celebrates 10 years

November 2009 Staff News

Medical school to coordinate NIH grant

Skinner questionable for Ga. Tech game

Deacons lose heartbreaker to Miami

Tales of mystery and terror

Ghost stories with a twist

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