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What the debt ceiling deal means for agencies
Stan Meiburg, who served as EPA acting deputy administrator during the Obama administration, said the agency has the most money in its history, adding in the funding of over $100 billion from the climate and infrastructure laws combined. “I think the EPA is still very much in a hiring mode,” said Meiburg, now the executive director of the Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability at Wake Forest. “People keep retiring. You have to keep replacing people who have left.”
June 9, 2023
Inside Higher Ed
Bigger budgets and a higher profile for college career centers
The Office of Personal and Career Development “is an educational unit to the students, a service unit to the employers and a revenue-generating unit,” said Andy Chan, vice president of personal and career development. Chan was one of the first career-development officials to serve on a university president’s cabinet. Wake Forest has become a leader in career services, launching a series of summer open houses to teach other institutions how to mimic key elements of its program.
June 7, 2023
The Independent Review
Loosening youth employment regulations empowers teens
According to economics professor Robert Whaples: “Most economic historians conclude that this [FLSA] legislation was not the primary reason for the reduction and virtual elimination of child labor between 1880 and 1940. Instead, they point out that industrialization and economic growth brought rising incomes, which allowed parents the luxury of keeping their children out of the workforce.”
June 6, 2023
MSN
The Top 10 Most Beautiful College Campuses in U.S.
Wake Forest University makes this list highlighting a selection of college campuses renowned for their captivating beauty.
June 6, 2023
Winston-Salem Journal
NC General Assembly poised to clear sports wagering bill
It’s unusual for one chamber to accept major changes to its initial legislation. “This usually happens when the margin of support for a bill is somewhat narrow in one chamber,” said politics professor John Dinan. “Supporters of the bill have an interest in not making additional changes that might disrupt an occasionally fragile coalition of legislators favoring a particular package that has already passed one chamber.”
June 6, 2023
Washington Monthly
The myth of the responsible gun owner: An American nightmare
According to sociologist David Yamane, who studies firearms training and authors American gun culture, “Not only do we not know how many firearms instructors there are, but we also don’t know who they are, what they teach, or what qualifies them to teach,” especially in the area of training for concealed carriers.
June 5, 2023
Winston-Salem Journal
When will the Reynolda Road crosswalk light be installed?
The light will be repaired soon, said Cheryl Walker, the executive director of strategic communications (news) told us. “Wake Forest Facilities and Campus Services expects delivery of the new pedestrian crossing pole the week of June 12 and will make plans for installation once it is received,” she said.
June 4, 2023
Cuban News Agency
Cuban publishing house organized meeting with U.S. youths
Cuba’s Ediciones Vigía organized a meeting between local poets and students from Wake Forest University, in North Carolina, U.S.A., and poets from Matanzas; in the exchange, held at the Office of the Curator of this city and marked by Latin American and Anglo-Saxon music and poetry. “The idea was to link these young people to the city’s cultural life, as well as to enjoy the voice of Anthony, one of the students who came with professor of Romance languages Linda Howe, a friend of the publishing house,” Vigía director Agustina Ponce Valdés said.
June 2, 2023
Yes! Weekly
Black Faith & HIV initiative to host Triad’s first Black Men’s Wellness Expo
Wake Forest University’s Black Faith and HIV initiative is set to host the Triad’s very first Black Men’s Wellness Expo titled “Protect Your Energy” on June 10 to kick off National Men’s Health Week. The free event is open to the public and will be held at Winston-Salem State University. The Black Faith and HIV initiative is a national effort to combat HIV stigma and is led by the Faith Coordinating Center at Wake Forest University School of Divinity.
June 1, 2023
The Independent Review
Scholars respond to the question ‘Is Social Justice Just?’
An honest examination of the term social justice is essential in the current political economy. Economics professor Robert Whaples is one of twenty-one contributors to a new book, “Is Social Justice Just?” “We all hunger to live in a just world. This can happen when everyone rejects the idea that one group or one individual is superior to another,” said Whaples, who contributed a chapter titled Social Justice, Antiracism, and Public Policy.
May 31, 2023
WFDD-FM (Winston-Salem, NC)
April home sales dip in Greensboro
April home sales dipped nearly 17% from a year ago in the Triangle and fell just under 30% in Greensboro. “There was a land rush in the United States,” said economics professor Todd McFall. “People were flush with cash from not spending during the pandemic. There were some increases in income from the pandemic programs or because they were able to keep a job. And interest rates were lower and everyone knew that those interest rates were going to increase.”
May 31, 2023
Winston-Salem Journal
NC Senate medical marijuana bill gains ally in Forsyth County Rep. Donny Lambeth
Potential opposition from House speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, and House majority leader John Bell IV, R-Johnston, could derail SB3 in the House, said politics professor John Dinan, a national expert on state legislatures.
May 31, 2023