November 4, 2013 | 'Our State' Magazine
Documentary Film Contest: Finalists AnnouncedThis past summer, “Our State” magazine asked readers to submit a documentary film about North Carolina. Chris Zaluski (MFA ’13), program director for Wake Forest’s student-run Wrought Iron Productions, is a finalist for his film, “The Duke of Rougemont,” — a short documentary that explores the eccentric hobbies of artist, storyteller and craftsman Stacey Harris. Harris, a North Carolina native, recently completed The Boar’s Nest, a Dukes of Hazzard museum, in his backyard. The winner will be announced at the 2013 Carrboro Film Festival on November 23-24. Zaluski and Sam Smartt (’09, MFA ’13) recently won 2nd place at the 34th Annual College Television Awards for their nationally-recognized documentary, “Wagonmasters.”
October 29, 2013 | Bloomberg Businessweek
Spending on Halloween down from last yearA survey conducted by the National Retail Federation estimates that 158 million Americans will celebrate Halloween, down from 170 million last year. The survey also estimates that the average person will spend $75.03 on such items as candy, costumes and decorations, slightly less than the $79.82 spent last year. Marketing professor Roger Beahm says he doesn’t expect the Halloween spending trends to change that much,” Beahm said. “Yeah, there will be year-to-year fluctuations based on how the economy is at the time, but I think this long-term trend is going to continue.” Beahm is executive director of the Wake Forest University Center for Retail Innovation, a retail marketing center established within the School of Business to create knowledge and cultivate industry leaders through data analytics and channel partner collaborations.
October 24, 2013 | Minnesota Public Radio
Should SAT scores be a factor in college admissions?Joseph Soares, sociology professor and author of “SAT Wars: The Case for Test-Optional College Admissions,” talks with Kerri Miller (MPR) and Peter Coy (Bloomberg Businessweek) about why standardized tests still have so much power in college admissions decision-making. What are alternatives to the SAT and ACT? Do standardized tests threaten to make higher education elitist? Wake Forest has been getting “more creative students, more diverse students and stronger students” since going test optional, says Soares. The discussion focuses on Coy’s article, “What’s Holding American Students Back? The SAT.”
October 22, 2013 | New York Times
Not Just a Hot Cup AnymoreIt’s been 20 years since Stella Liebeck sued McDonalds over dangerously hot coffee. In a New York Times Retro Report video, communication professor John Llewellyn talks about how the facts of the case were lost in the media uproar. “This is the most widely misunderstood story in America,” says Llewellyn. “The public perception of it is Stella Leibeck won the lottery. She bought the coffee. She spilled it on herself, and now she’s a millionaire, but of course the facts are much more complicated.”
October 21, 2013 | Market Watch
10 things the World Series won’t tell youSports economics professor Todd McFall, an expert on tournament competitions and sports regulatory policies, was quoted by Charles Passey in Market Watch on the lopsidedness of baseball’s World Series. “Teams with monster payrolls (can) buy a competitive advantage over their rivals,” says McFall. McFall points to the Boston Red Sox as one such example: The club swept both the 2004 and 2007 World Series in four games — against the St. Louis Cardinals and Colorado Rockies, respectively — with a payroll that was tens of millions of dollars larger than that of its opponents, writes Passey.
October 18, 2013 | Winston-Salem Journal
Project examines changes in food systems in African-American communities“Foodways and Roadways,” a 16-minute documenatry developed and produced by Jessica Pic, a graduate of the Wake Forest University Documentary Film Program, and Margaret Savoca, research fellow in the Department of Epidemiology and Prevention at Wake Forest School of Medicine was screened at Wake Forest Biotech Place and gave the audience a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film. The documentary looks at how the construction of a highway in Winston-Salem split the community and displaced about 10,000 families. Over time, a great change in nutrition and meal patterns in these neighborhoods occurred.
October 10, 2013 | Winston-Salem Journal
Outdoors through lens of architectureMargaret Supplee Smith, professor emerita at Wake Forest University, recently published a book combining her architectural history expertise with beautiful photos of snowy, American ski slopes and resorts. An article on her book, “American Ski Resort: Architecture, Style, Experience,” was recently published in the Winston-Salem Journal. This book is about the outdoors, “…but outdoors through the lens of architecture,” Smith said. “And architecture shapes our experiences when we ski as much as the mountain.”Read more in Wake Forest Magazine.
October 3, 2013 | Yahoo! Finance
How to get a raise when they’re not handing them outKatharine Brooks, executive director of the Office of Personal and Career Development and author of You Majored in What? Mapping Your Path from Chaos to Career, says asking for a pay raise should not be done without careful planning. “Being prepared can help you overcome your hesitation.” Aside from keeping track of your accomplishments and contributions, you can plan by thinking about things like timing. “This is key,” Brooks says. “If others are being laid off, or there has been a cutback in revenues to the organization, that is generally not the time to ask for a raise. Wait for things to settle, then assess the situation.”
October 2, 2013 | Bloomberg Businessweek
New Wake Forest B-School building has a living room feelWake Forest’s Farrell Hall, home to the School of Business, was recognized in the “B-School Life” blog for its living room concept. “I’d rather be in the living room than in my office,” says Derrick Boone, associate dean of the MA in Management program. “Students stop by and ask questions not only about class, but about careers, their interests, and my interests.” Construction of the $55 million building was funded in part with a $10 million pledge from Mike and Mary Farrell of Summit, N.J., parents of Michael Edward Farrell, a 2010 Wake Forest graduate.
September 30, 2013 | The Chronicle of Higher Education
Career Centers Stretch to Fill New RolesIn a story about the new model for career centers and how colleges must help students learn to apply what they learn in the real world, Andy Chan, vice president of the Office of Personal and Career Development at Wake Forest University, describes the new approach to career development as a “movement.” “This is something everyone is trying to figure out and do it well,” he says, “and I think we’ll see lots of innovation in the years ahead.”
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