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Winston-Salem Journal
Debbie Allen to be artist-in-residence at Wake Forest
Debbie Allen, an award-winning director, producer and choreographer, will be Wake Forest University’s first Maya Angelou Artist-in-Residence Award. Allen will work with students at the university Nov. 13-14. Allen, a Kennedy Center honoree, has won six Emmys, a Golden Globe, five NAACP Image Awards and a Drama Desk award. She was the first recipient of the Astaire Award for best dancer.
April 4, 2023
Mongabay
EU woody biomass final policy continues threatening forests and climate: Critics
The final revisions to the European Union’s Renewable Energy Directive (RED) were reached March 30, with nearly all environmental activists (who had lobbied intensely for changes for years), responding negatively to RED policies in support of forest biomass. The policy revisions will continue allowing the burning of the world’s forests to make energy, with emissions from EU powerplant smokestacks not counted. Journalism professor Justin Catanoso is a regular contributor to Mongabay.
April 3, 2023
Winston-Salem Journal
Founder of Recovery Cafe to be commencement speaker at Wake Forest
Two alumni of Wake Forest University will be baccalaureate and commencement speakers for this year’s graduation. K. Killian Noe, a 1980 graduate of Wake and the founder of Recovery Café and the Recovery Café Network, will be the speaker at the May 15 graduation ceremony. Noe is also an author and pastor. Recovery Café and the Recovery Café Network offer people who are homeless, have addiction and mental health problems a place to go to feel included and the opportunity to give back to the community.
April 3, 2023
Winston-Salem Journal
Wake Forest University President Susan R. Wente has appointed Jacqueline Travisano as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Travisano will begin her new role at Wake Forest in July.
April 2, 2023
Winston-Salem Journal
Great Decisions: ‘Economic Warfare’
Waging economic warfare consists of a variety of measures from implementing sanctions to fomenting labor strikes. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, economic warfare has been the main means for the west to challenge Russia. How effective will these sanctions be at convincing Russia to cease its war? Economics professor Robert Whaples will deliver the “Economic Warfare” Great Decisions lecture in Scales Fine Arts Center Room on April 20. The event is free and open to the public.
April 2, 2023
Ink Stick Media
The Iraq War wasn’t simply a mistake
“Adults in a Room” is a series in collaboration with The Stimson Center’s Reimagining US Grand Strategy program. The series stems from the group’s monthly networking events that call on analysts to gather virtually and hash out a salient topic. Politics professor Will Walldorf and Non-Resident Fellow, Defense Priorities, participated in this analysis.
March 30, 2023
News and Observer
Which NC college graduates earn the most money? Here’s what NYT rankings say.
A new interactive tool from The New York Times is allowing users to pick the factors they value most to generate individualized rankings of “the best American colleges.” Using the tool’s interactive sliders, users can assign weights to 10 separate factors that consider campus life, academics, cost of attendance and post-graduation income earnings, among other factors. The tool ranks Wake Forest University in the top three schools in N.C. with the highest earnings 10 years after graduation.
March 30, 2023
WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
“Face to Face” season ends with actress Kristin Chenoweth
National Public Radio Senior Arts Critic Bob Mondello will be in conversation with award-winning actress Kristin Chenoweth on April 12 at LJVM Coliseum. Mondello appeared on “The Local Vibe” to share a preview of topics for the event.
March 30, 2023
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Dillon Johnston, founder in 1975 of WFU Press dies
Dillon Johnston, founder in 1975 of Wake Forest University Press and emeritus professor of English at Wake Forest, where he taught for 27 years, died on December 26 at the age of 84. Wake Forest University Press continues to be the leading publisher of Irish poetry in the United States.
March 29, 2023
U.S. News & World Report
The GMAT is changing: Here’s what to know
At Wake Forest, applicants meeting GPA and work experience parameters may be eligible to waive the standardized test requirement. Nearly half of the class that began in the fall of 2021 received a test waiver, said Kevin Bender, executive director for MBA enrollment management and recruiting at the School of Business. Based on current trends, that number will likely reach 75% for the class set to start in the fall of 2024, he said.
March 28, 2023
The Globe Echo
America’s unique, enduring gun problem, explained
“America is unique in that guns have always been present, there is wide civilian ownership, and the government hasn’t claimed more of a monopoly on them,” said sociology professor David Yamane, who studies American gun culture.
March 27, 2023
The New York Times
Build your own college rankings
This new interactive tool allows users to pick the factors they value most to generate individualized rankings of “the best American colleges.” Using the tool’s interactive sliders, users can assign weights to 10 separate factors that consider campus life, academics, cost of attendance and post-graduation income earnings, among other factors. The tool ranks Wake Forest University in the top three schools in N.C. with the highest earnings 10 years after graduation.
March 27, 2023