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Former WFU golfer wins Cup

Bill Haas Former Wake Forest golfer Bill Haas won the Tour Championship in a playoff against Hunter Mahan, giving Haas the FedEx Cup and a combined $11.44 million. Another former Deacon, Webb Simpson, finished second in the FedEx Cup standings.

Categories: Alumni, Athletics


Five named to Sports Hall of Fame

Randolph Childress Two former football players, a World Cup soccer player, the most decorated women's track athlete in school history and an All-ACC basketball guard who led the Demon Deacons to an ACC Championship comprise the 2011-12 induction class of the Wake Forest University Sports Hall of Fame.

Categories: Alumni, Athletics


Winston-Salem among 50 best cities

Winston-Salem skyline from campus The reputation of Winston-Salem - the home of Wake Forest - as an inviting place to live got another national boost by ranking No. 46 among the top large cities in America, according to BusinessWeek.com.

Categories: Awards & Recognition


Prothero: Religious illiteracy an issue

Stephen Prothero During times when religion is both a highly taboo topic and the center of many world conflicts, Dr. Stephen Prothero’s speech about the perils of religious ignorance brought an overflow crowd to Wake Forest on Tuesday night.

Categories: Happening at Wake


Whitman: Solutions, not agendas

Christine Todd Whitman In an era teeming with political brinksmanship and hyper-partisan rhetoric, former New Jersey governor and EPA administrator Christine Todd Whitman told a crowd at Wake Forest that she believes she has the solution.

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Toyota turns to Wake Forest

Wake Forest School of Medicine Toyota Motor Corp. has tapped Wake Forest for a second time on a high-profile health-care research project. Toyota's safety-research center has selected WFU as one of six research institutions to play a role in developing, testing and implementing its vehicle safety innovations.

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