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Triad Business Journal
Area universities alter class schedules to combat spread of coronavirus
Wake Forest has suspended all in-person classes, both in Winston-Salem and Charlotte, until further notice. Classes are canceled from Monday, March 16, through Sunday, March 22, so that faculty and staff can plan for academic continuity and prepare for remote delivery of course instruction. Classes will resume remotely on Monday, March 23. “Our first priority has been to safeguard the health of the Wake Forest community and our neighbors, even as we sustain our vital educational mission,” said Wake Forest President Nathan Hatch.
March 12, 2020
U.S. News & World Report
More states legalize dissolving bodies in water
As the green burial movement has questioned the energy and resources required of these methods, another option has emerged: dissolving a body in water, or alkaline hydrolysis. Body donation programs such as the Mayo Clinic have long used the process, sometimes known as water cremation. Twenty states have legalized the process, especially over the past 10 years. But casket companies and the Catholic church have endeavored to halt the legalization of alkaline hydrolysis. “A lot of funeral and cemetery law honestly is a gray area,” says Tanya Marsh, a law professor specializing in funeral law at Wake Forest.
March 12, 2020
WBUR (Boston)
College classes going online is not as easy as it may sound
Betsy Barre, executive director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching at Wake Forest University, appeared on NPR’s “Here and Now” to discuss the transition to remote learning during the coronavirus pandemic. “This is a big ask. Certainly we’re all doing all that we can to make this happen,” said Barre. She explains communication is key for a successful transition and advises students to, “be flexible, be forgiving, and think about how you can organize your time.” To faculty, Barre explains, “if you try to redo everything and learn all the new tools, you’re likely not going to do any of them well.” She suggests thinking of one to three changes to help deliver lessons without getting wrapped up in the technological aspects.
March 12, 2020
Triad Business Journal
Wake Forest University will add new online MBA program through partnership
Wake Forest School of Business has partnered with Kaplan Inc., which will provide online and technological capabilities, to create a new fully-online MBA program. “By leveraging the latest in digital education tools and techniques, the online learning experiences delivered by our faculty will achieve an industry-leading level of student engagement and learning. ,” said Charles Iacovou, Sisel Distinguished Dean of the Wake Forest School of Business.
March 11, 2020
HR Dive
Wake Forest, Kaplan partner on financial services certifications
Wake Forest will open a professional hub for financial services and fintech in uptown Charlotte. The program is designed for working professionals and will offer industry certifications and designations. The school is launching these options “to support the ongoing professional development of individuals and organizations in the growing financial services and fintech sectors,” said Todd Johnson, vice president at Wake Forest.
March 10, 2020
The Hill
Christine Coughlin, professor of legal writing at the Wake Forest School of Law and core faculty member in the Wake Forest Center for Bioethics, Health & Society, co-authored an article about barriers that prevent individuals from complying with life-saving quarantine orders. Coughlin and her colleague recommend the government take action to minimize economic hardships faced by those ordered to quarantine and to take measures to address concerns that may prevent vulnerable populations from complying.
March 10, 2020
USA Today
Ikea sold a dresser it knew was dangerous to children. Now, the product has been recalled
Michael Green, a Wake Forest law school professor who has represented companies facing product liability suits, said regardless of Ikea’s reason for continuing to sell the noncompliant Kullen dresser, the company’s troubling history on dresser safety opens it to scrutiny. “If there is a child that is badly injured by one of these dressers (sold) during that 4-month period, boy, there’s a lot of juries that would get awfully inflamed,” he said.
March 10, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
Parents are asked to keep sick WS/FCS students at home, field trips being evaluated
Wake Forest officials closed the university-owned study-abroad center in Venice, Italy on Feb. 28 in response to the spread of the coronavirus in northern Italy. The university said there’s no evidence that any of the students has been exposed to the coronavirus, but before they return to campus, Student Health Services will send a screening questionnaire. “If any student reports symptoms, Wake Forest will follow the guidance of Local and state public health officials concerning testing, isolation and care,” said Cheryl Walker, Wake Forest spokesperson. “The university will take appropriate steps to address the safety and well-being of faculty, staff and students.”
March 10, 2020
Reader's Digest
LEEDing the way for sustainable college campus design
Twenty months after its completion, Wake Forest’s Wellbeing Center has been awarded the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) GOLD certification for new construction v2.2. Since 2007, WFU has required that all new construction and major renovations on campus be designed and built to LEED certification standards. Designed by RDG Planning & Design, the Wellbeing Center is the fifth WFU campus building to achieve LEED Gold Certification.
March 9, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
Expanding Local Lowe’s data center helps company meet demand for IT staffers
Lowe’s Cos. Inc.’s constant search for information-technology employees has led it to expand a mission-critical niche office in Winston-Salem. Roger Beahm, executive director of the Center for Retail Innovation at the Wake Forest School of Business, said it’s understandable that Lowes would continue to make geographic relocations to improve overall operating efficiencies. “It’s always difficult taking jobs from one geographic area and moving them to another. It means someone wins and someone loses.”
March 7, 2020
Axios
Trump policies could scare immigrants away from coronavirus care
“It’s potentially a really large public health problem,” said Wake Forest’s Christine Coughlin, who has written about unauthorized immigrants’ compliance with quarantines. “I believe there is a perception that if you were to go and seek treatment or seek testing, you could be potentially reported and then potentially deported.”
March 6, 2020
Spectrum News
Exhibit highlighting how diseases spread
There is a new exhibit at Wake Forest that’s relevant to current events. The “Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World” explores connections between us and the world and how outbreaks can spread from something as simple as a handshake. “Handshakes can spread all kinds of diseases. Any skin to skin contact has the potential to transmit bacteria, viruses – everything from the common cold to the flu, to coronavirus potentially,” said Wake Forest Museum of Anthropology academic director Andrew Gurstell.
March 6, 2020