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Shea Kidd Brown named Vice President for Campus Life
Wake Forest has appointed Shea Kidd Brown as vice president for campus life. Kidd Brown is known for her commitment to student care, belonging and success. “Shea Kidd Brown cares passionately about the wellbeing and development of students and will provide strategic, visionary leadership,” said Wake Forest University President Susan R. Wente. “This is an incredibly important and influential role on a residential and highly relational campus like ours, and she is exceptionally well-qualified to both meet the needs of students and expand opportunities for engagement.”
December 9, 2021
Christian Science Monitor
Plastic recycling: ‘Advanced’ method may not live up to its hype
“This a way for the petrochemical industry to sort of signal that they’re responding and being responsive to some of these concerns that the public is raising” about the plastics crisis, said Sarah Morath, an associate professor of environmental law and food law and the author of the forthcoming book, “Our Plastic Problem and How to Solve It.”
December 8, 2021
The Guardian
‘More cautious’ China shifts Africa approach from debt to vaccine diplomacy
“In a way, Xi’s reduced financial pledge is not surprising because we’ve already seen signs in the last couple of years,” said politics and international affairs professor Lina Benabdallah. “China has entered a phase of greater caution with regard to Africa.
December 7, 2021
Winston-Salem Journal
Sam Gladding, Wake Forest professor who counseled relatives of 9/11 victims, dies at 76
Wake Forest counseling professor Sam Gladding died Monday in Winston-Salem. He was 76. “People would ask him, ‘When are you going to retire?’” Claire Gladding said. “He would say, ‘Why would I retire? I have the best job in the world.’” Gladding “loved his students,” his wife Claire said. “He loved teaching and he loved Wake Forest. He couldn’t have been happier.”
December 7, 2021
Winston-Salem Journal
Music Carolina 2021 WinterFest to present two concerts in December
Music Carolina will kick off its 2021 WinterFest concert series on Dec. 10 with “Winter Light,” featuring Tom Caufield on acoustic guitar and Matt Kendrick on bass. Kendrick, who teaches electric bass and jazz improvisation at Wake Forest, has released five CDs, four on his own label Suitcase Music and one on Ichiban Records.
December 4, 2021
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Wait Chapel expands programming, strengthens community
Wait Chapel, Wake Forest University’s most iconic building, has hosted religious services, academic ceremonies, concerts, lectures, weddings and other events for more than 60 years. Jonathan Lee Walton, who joined the University in 2019 as Dean of the Divinity School and the inaugural Dean of Wait Chapel, is working diligently to ensure its continued relevance. Through collaborations on and off campus, Walton is implementing programming to bring more vibrancy to the building that’s situated near the center of campus.
December 2, 2021
WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
Pilot Mountain fire will bring new growth to mountain
Fire is common in this part of the country, said engineering professor Lauren Lowman, who studies fire and its impact on ecosystems. “Fires are important to maintaining what is this regular cycle of which plants are there and thriving and which get killed off and allowed to regrow later. Fire plays a really important role in governing that process.”
December 2, 2021
The Washington Post
Chile’s presidential runoff pits Pinochet supporter against left-leaning reformer
Last month, Chilean voters made far-right candidate José Antonio Kast the front-runner for presidential runoff elections on Dec. 19. Kast will face the left’s Gabriel Boric, setting up a sharply divided race. Boric can remind Chileans their choice is not between the status quo or reform, but between returning to an authoritarian past or seeking a more democratic future, writes politics and international affairs expert Peter Siavelis in this opinion piece.
December 1, 2021
India Today
Most beautiful universities around the globe
Wake Forest University is ranked the most beautiful college campus in the state of North Carolina in this list of most beautiful universities around the wor
December 1, 2021
WFMY-TV (Greensboro, NC)
Thousands of jobs could be coming to Greensboro. What comes next and how soon?
Two major economic developments could each bring more than 1,700 new jobs to the Triad. “When jobs are created, communities have a little bit more stability in them,” said economics expert Todd McFall. “People have more opportunities for work.”
December 1, 2021
WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
First-ever public menorah lighting takes place in Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem community members celebrated Hanukkah in an inaugural public menorah lighting at Bailey Park. “To see such a big gathering of people…makes me feel proud to be Jewish,” said junior Sydney Rojas. WFU Rabbi of Chabad Levi Gurevitz helped Mayor Allen Joines light the menorah.
December 1, 2021
Winston-Salem Journal
Whitaker Park redevelopment project reaches Brownfields certification stage
The largest land tracts still available at Whitaker Park are being prepped for a key transition. The nonprofit WPDA was created by Winston-Salem Business Inc., the Winston-Salem Alliance and Wake Forest University for the sole purpose of shocking a heartbeat back into the former tobacco manufacturing campus.
November 30, 2021