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Wake Forest reaches out: April fundraising events
Categories: Happening at WakeMelissa Clark, a former administrative assistant in the School of Business, passed away Dec. 9, 2013. Clark’s commitment to Wake Forest and the Winston-Salem community is the inspiration behind two fundraising efforts. The Charity Classic Auction on Friday, April 4, and the […]
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Symposium focuses on first-generation students
Categories: Happening at Wake“First Experiences: A Symposium on First-Generation College Students” will be held on Tuesday, April 8, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event, which is open to Wake Forest faculty and staff, will provide an opportunity to discuss best practices and opportunities to better […]
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ZSRx mini-MOOC a success
Categories: Happening at WakeOver 400 librarians, scholars, publishers, researchers, writers, readers, parents, alumi and friends recently attended a three-week online seminar called, “The Past, Present, and Future Perfect Tense of E-Books,” hosted by the Z. Smith Reynolds Library via their ZSRx platform. The course was intended to […]
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Wake Forest awarded $250,000 for e-textbook development
Categories: University AnnouncementsThe Arthur Vining Davis Foundations have awarded Wake Forest University $250,000 for further development of Biobook, a new kind of e-textbook created by Teaching Associate Professor of Biology Dan Johnson and Associate Professor of Physics Jed Macosko. Biobook offers content in an unconventional way. […]
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Focusing on counseling needs for combat veterans, families
Categories: Happening at WakeThe counseling department’s annual continuing education seminar will be held on Friday, April 11. This year’s spring seminar, “The War May be Ending, but the Counseling is Only Beginning: Serving Combat Veterans and their Families,” will feature David Fenell, a professor of counselor education at the University […]
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Proposals funded: Anderson, Iltis, Silman
Categories: University AnnouncementsCongratulations to David J. Anderson, professor of biology, whose proposal entitled “Evoluntionary ecology of seabird reproductive life histories” has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Congratulations to Ana Iltis, associate professor of philosophy, whose proposal entitled“Center for Bioethics, Health and Social Visiting […]
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Student Health Service staff present workshop
Categories: University AnnouncementsBeth Montplaisir, Natascha Romeo and Lavi Wilson recently presented a workshop entitled “Sustainability through Collaboration” at the Southern College Health Association’s annual meeting in Atlanta on March 14. The presentation focused on the importance of institutionalizing opportunities for clinical and specialty […]
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Wake Forest receives prestigious Beckman Scholars Award for undergraduate research
Categories: University AnnouncementsThe prestigious Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation will award five outstanding students at Wake Forest University $130,000 to pursue a meaningful undergraduate research opportunity over the next three years. Established in 1997 by the famed scientific innovator and inventor Arnold O. Beckman, the
