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Faculty Senate meets today
Categories: University AnnouncementsThe next Faculty Senate meeting is 4 p.m., Wednesday, March 20, in DeTamble Auditorium. Refreshments will be served starting at 3:30 p.m. Senate committee reports and discussions will include, among others: Resources Senior University Appointments – Honorary degree nominations Academic Freedom and Responsibility University Integration […]
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Faculty, staff invited to participate in Wake ‘N Shake
Categories: Happening at WakeFaculty and staff are invited to participate in Wake ‘N Shake 2013. Wake ‘N Shake is a 12-hour dance marathon during which participants pledge to stay on their feet for 6 or 12 hours to raise money for the WFUBMC Comprehensive Cancer Center. The event […]
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Faculty presenters needed for TechXploration
Categories: Happening at WakeTechXploration is designed to showcase faculty use of technology and bring together faculty and staff who want to share their experiences with current technology efforts. Faculty, staff and students will be able to see how technologies are being leveraged in teaching, learning, research, engagement, and creative endeavors […]
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Take an online course from ZSR to learn about the web
Categories: University AnnouncementsWake Foresters are invited to participate in ZSRx: The Cure for the Common Web. This free online course will provide a fun, collaborative environment for learning about tools and techniques for using the web to increase productivity, search effectiveness, evaluation skills, and awareness of issues related to […]
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Museum to unveil Women of Wake Forest exhibit
Categories: Happening at WakeThe Wake Forest Historical Museum (in Wake Forest, N.C.) will unveil the Women of Wake Forest exhibit at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 23. The brief event will include a screening of a North Carolina Humanities Council-funded oral history film, followed by a short panel […]
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Triad Information Reading Service needs volunteers
Categories: University AnnouncementsThe Triad Information Reading Service, which operates out of room 507 in the Benson Center, is in need of volunteers. The service provides news and entertainment to blind and visually-impaired people via closed-circuit radio, and it also streams online. Its website is: http://tirs.ws The service needs […]
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Beavers has study published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Categories: University AnnouncementsKristen Beavers, a visiting professor in health and exercise science, was recently featured in the Winston-Salem Journal after her manuscript was published online in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The study found an increase in fat throughout the thigh is likely to contribute to […]
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Proposals funded: Rejeski, Salsbury, Carroll
Categories: University AnnouncementsCongratulations to Walter J. Rejeski, professor of health and exercise science, whose proposal entitled “Cooperative Lifestyle Intervention Project (CLIP II)” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under award number 5R18HL076441-07. Congratulations to David Carroll, professor of physics, whose […]