Wake Forest and presidential history
From Harry Truman’s speech at the groundbreaking for the new campus in 1951 to Vice President Biden’s speech at Commencement this year, Wake Forest has often welcomed presidents and vice presidents to campus.
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With gas prices rising again, Professor of Economics Robert Whaples challenges conventional wisdom about gas prices, biofuels, energy independence and “green” jobs.
Senior Lauren Gaston has won the top prize for costume design in a competition sponsored by the Southeastern Theatre Conference.
Through 37 years of teaching law students, David Shores had a simple approach. “Probably the most important message I tried to convey to my students was the value of professional competence, the need to take every task seriously, and to be prepared.
Ecologist and Renaissance man Pete Weigl of biology has conducted research on five continents during his 41 years on the faculty.
Benn Stancil has received a one-year fellowship with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, one of only 10 students nationwide who were selected.
Math’s mild-mannered Fred Howard, who is retiring this summer, has brought wit and wisdom – and a love of baseball – to his classroom for 43 years.