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Winston-Salem Journal
Launch of Truist likely to be deliberate with Carolinas branch conversions going last
The banks have not unveiled the branding, signage, font type and colors for Truist, saying they will be disclosed closer to closing. “Once the new company is official, the transition to new brand elements — logo, signage, letterhead, collateral materials, etc. — should be rapid enough to capitalize on the excitement and newsworthiness of the now-approved merger, yet deliberate enough to allow consumers time to acclimate comfortably to the new brand name,” said Roger Beahm, executive director of the Center for Retail Innovation at the Wake Forest School of Business.
November 23, 2019
Creators Syndicate
Chuck Norris published an article on tragedy, recovery and the holidays citing research by psychology professor Eranda Jayawickreme on whether people grow from adversity. According to Jayawickreme, people can “become stronger, improve the quality of their relationships and increase their self-esteem. But it probably doesn’t happen nearly as often as most people and some researchers believe.”
November 22, 2019
Triad Business Journal
Six Triad schools among fastest-growing colleges, universities in North Carolina
According to enrollment numbers reported to the U.S. Department of Education, 25 colleges and universities in North Carolina saw at least some increase in enrollment between academic years 2013 and 2018, whereas 14 saw a decline during that same period. Wake Forest’s enrollment grew by 9%between 2013 and 2018.
November 22, 2019
WGHP
Tom Benza, associate director of financial aid at Wake Forest, spoke with WGHP viewers about understanding and applying for financial aid. “I encourage everyone to apply for aid,” said Benza. “You don’t know unless you try.”
November 22, 2019
The Christian Science Monitor
Why business-friendly Georgia got tough on environmental regulation
A growing sense that regulators may be holding industry interests above those of the public has fueled outrage. “The public carries around this idea that these men and women are supposed to be working for us, and protecting us, that’s their job,” said Sid Shapiro, a regulatory law professor at Wake Forest. “So how do those agencies get away with…failing to protect the public? The answer is, out of sight, out of mind. It is so hard for the average person to monitor the activities of a state regulator that these things go unnoticed until…it blows up, sometimes literally.”
November 21, 2019
Winston-Salem Journal
State judges put hold on filing to run for redrawn congressional district seats
Given the recent voting trends in Forsyth and Guilford counties, there’s a considerable possibility that the redrawn 6th could tilt Democratic in the 2020 general election. “If the 6th District ends up looking the way it does in the map currently being discussed in the legislature, we can expect a contest in the Democratic primary between some candidates with an electoral base in Greensboro and other candidates with an electoral base in Winston-Salem,” said politics professor John Dinan.“But there’s no telling which of these types of candidates would prevail in the Democratic primary and likely the general election.”
November 21, 2019
Winston-Salem Journal
The Wake Forest Art Department presented “Vesna Pavlović’s Lost Art” at Bookmarks downtown on Nov. 21. The event focused on the work of Serbian-American photographer Vesna Pavlović. The Hanes Art Gallery exhibition “Vesna Pavlovic Lost Art” from 2016-17 and the publication “Vesna Pavlovic’s Lost Art: Photography, Display, and the Archive” received the 2018 SECAC Award for Outstanding Presentation and Publication of Contemporary Materials. Associate Professor of Art Morna O’Neill edited the publication.
November 21, 2019
PGATOUR.com
More people want a green burial, but cemetery law hasn’t caught up
Cemeteries were little-regulated until the late 1800s, experts say, when officials began adding rules primarily for consumer protection. The goal was to prevent scam artists or ill-prepared operators from opening cemeteries that might later be abandoned. But the regulations establishing best practices for conventional cemeteries often inhibit green-burial practices. “The bottom-line issue in pretty much every state is the statutes don’t contemplate this kind of burial ground,” said law professor Tanya Marsh. “It’s probably not that the legislators wanted to make things difficult; it just didn’t occur to them that everybody wasn’t going to set up a cemetery in what they conceived of as a regular cemetery.”
November 20, 2019
Triad Business Journal
Two Triad colleges rank in top 10 for study abroad programs
Wake Forest ranks fourth among the nation’s doctoral universities in the percentage of students who study abroad, according to the Institute of International Education. Nearly 75% of Wake Forest undergraduates received credit for study abroad in the 2017-2018 academic year, up from 73.5% in 2016-2017. Students spent anywhere from a few weeks to a summer to a full academic year studying in countries around the world.
November 19, 2019
Coastal Heritage Magazine
Island science: Special ecosystems lure researchers
Wake Forest undergraduate research assistant Landis Pujol is working alongside S.C. Department of Natural Resources biology Phil Wilkinson to tag brown pelicans on South Carolina’s Deveaux Bank. Wilkinson, Pujol and team are tracking the movement of brown pelicans to learn more about their migratory and foraging patterns. Brown pelicans are a wildlife management success story, coming off of the endangered list in 2009.
November 18, 2019
Massive Science
I want a new smartphone, but the human and environmental cost is giving me doubts
Cassie Freund, Wake Forest Ph.D. student and tropical forest ecologist, writes that it takes a lot of resources, including rare metals mined from the earth, to make smartphones, laptops and other technology. “It’s nearly impossible to live in the 21st century without contributing to environmental destruction and change. But that doesn’t mean that we should stop trying to do better by our planet, or ignore the consequences of our actions.”
November 18, 2019
Media Entertainment Arts Worldwide (Meaww)
No matter who wins in 2020, polarization of America is here to stay, say experts
MEA WorldWide spoke with experts in American politics, including politics professor John Dinan,, about the upcoming election and the country’s social climate. Dinan predicted no matter who wins the 2020 elections the president will find it challenging to pass legislation. “We are already seeing this challenge of governing at the current time, where there is little expectation that any significant legislation will pass Congress in 2019 or 2020 because the parties are so divided and also relatively evenly matched.”
November 18, 2019