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Winston-Salem Journal

Wake Forest University President Nathan Hatch to retire in June 2021

“With a grateful spirit for all that we have done together, I share that Julie and I intend to retire from Wake Forest on June 30, 2021,” Hatch said in a message to the Wake Forest community. While acknowledging there is more to be done to assure a successful conclusion to the academic year, Hatch said he and the University’s Board of Trustees felt that now is the appropriate time to make the announcement. “It has been the adventure of a lifetime to lead Wake Forest with you,” Hatch said. “President Hatch’s integrity, humility and unparalleled vision inspire our community and enhance our belief in the institution and one another,” said Gerald Roach, chair of the Board of Trustees.

October 13, 2020

CNN

Student

Poll Defenders, a group of students working to secure on-campus polling sites, drop boxes and satellite offices across the country, is announcing three new on-campus polling sites at New York University, University California (UC), Berkeley and Wake Forest. The sites are a result of the work of a number of student leaders including Izzy McMahon, a college senior, who helped solidify the one stop early voting site on-campus at Wake Forest.

October 12, 2020

North Carolina Health News

Atrium combines with Wake Forest Baptist and its medical school

Creating closer ties with Wake Forest School of Medicine creates educational opportunities for more than 3,500 students in various roles across the healthcare field, Atrium officials said. “It is our privilege to educate and train the next generation of physicians, medical educators, mentors, researchers and health care innovators so that they will chart the course to new clinical discoveries,” said Julie Ann Freischlag, CEO of Wake Forest Baptist Health and dean of Wake Forest School of Medicine.

October 12, 2020

WGHP

Wake Forest Baptist Health, Atrium Health merge with plans for new school of medicine campus in Charlotte

“With this combination, we are creating the future of medical education,” said Wake Forest President Nathan O. Hatch. “As the only entity with two exceptional 4-year medical school locations in our region, we will become one of the largest educators of physicians and other medical professionals in the state – immediately educating over 3,500 total students across more than 100 specialized programs each year – while reducing the shortage of doctors in rural and under-served urban communities.”

October 9, 2020

90.7 WFAE (Charlotte)

NC study finds Latinos, immigrants face unique challenges learning from home

Betina Wilkinson, Wake Forest professor of politics and international affairs, examined the educational effects of the pandemic in Latinos in Forsyth County. She and a group of her students held interviews with a total of 40 parents, teachers and Local nonprofit leaders. Some parents shared that they experienced barriers in helping them with their homework because they weren’t comfortable enough with English. “When the teacher is teaching them, the parents may not really be able to help them as much as they would like with the homework, so older siblings are trying to step in to help,” Wilkinson said.

October 8, 2020

Healthline

9 ways to ease anxiety during Halloween

Since trips to haunted houses and scary movie nights tend to be social events, try leaning on your friends for help and comfort. “Being around people when you are scared can help create a socially soothing response because we look to the faces of others, and we read their emotions,” said Allison Forti, associate director of the online counseling programs at Wake Forest. “One of the good things about emotions being contagious is it can create a calming effect.”

October 8, 2020

The Catholic Spirit

Marriage and intimacy

Intimacy brings us closer to another person, we may feel a threatened loss of a sense of self, which we need to function in the world. Samuel Gladding, professor of counseling at Wake Forest, refers to this as the “tolerance of intimacy,” or the ability to sustain emotional closeness. Clearly, creating and tolerating intimacy is a challenging experience in any close relationship, but especially in marriage.

October 6, 2020

The Public Morality Podcast

The public morality

Christian Miller, Wake Forest philosophy professor, appeared as a guest on “The Public Morality” show to discuss “What is Truth?”

October 6, 2020

Credit Donkey

How to make $500 fast: College students and side hustles

“Side hustles are a great way for students to be able to take care of immediate financial needs and to build skills that could make them more employable in both the short and long term,” said Andy Chan, vice president of innovation and career development at Wake Forest University. “It also helps develop an entrepreneurial mindset, which is a critical competency for the 21st century, especially given how much the world keeps changing on us.”

October 5, 2020

Winston-Salem Journal

Yamane family strings racquets for players at French Open tennis championship

David Yamane, a professor in Wake Forest’s sociology department, and his son, Paul, spent several days at the French Open in Paris the last couple of weeks as part of Wilson’s Sporting Goods team of 24 stringers. It’s a big deal to be asked to be a part of a Grand Slam event, and the Yamanes loved it. “I started stringing when Paul was a junior player just to save a little money,” Yamane said about an eventual side business that’s called Big Time! Tennis. In 2008, the Wake Forest men’s tennis team was looking for somebody to string their racquets, and Yamane started doing it. And he hasn’t stopped, as the business grew to where now Paul, 25, is leading the way.

October 5, 2020

Law360

States shouldn’t hinder Local gov’ts in COVID-19 tenant aid

“Cities and counties across the U.S. are being forced to battle two catastrophes — COVID-19 and the eviction crisis — with their hands tied. In the face of inadequate federal and state responses, Local governments are struggling to adopt policies that will keep their communities safe and people in their homes,” said Emily Benfer in an editorial for “Law 360.” Benfer is professor at Wake Forest School of Law and chair of the American Bar Association’s COVID-19 Task Force Committee on Eviction.

October 4, 2020

Winston-Salem Journal

Wake Forest plows new path with capitalism school post-BB&T funding

“The center’s mandate is to be a trusted source of information about and to lead a national conversation on capitalism,” said Christina Elson, who was named executive director of Wake Forest’s Center for the Study of Capitalism in March. “In doing this, we support the ability of students and the public to make informed choices on what well-functioning capitalism looks like.”

October 4, 2020