The word “research” brings to mind images of gloved and goggled scientists pouring chemicals into test tubes. But undergraduate mathematicians are also conducting research — some of this work extends beyond contributions in theoretical mathematics to applications in business, engineering, computer science, biology, physics and […]
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Marianne Magjuka has been named Director of Campus Life and My Journey. Previously, she served as Assistant Director of Community Service and Service Learning at Baylor University. She made a presentation on curricular and co-curricular strategies for increasing students’ awareness of justice issues at a […]
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Sharon Andrews and her colleagues in the theatre and dance department would like to make the University Theatre the community’s theatre. Andrews, an associate professor of theatre, is directing the University Theatre’s current production of “The Grapes of Wrath” on the Mainstage Theatre. The […]
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Julia Bradford is retiring after 25 years, much of that time in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library. She has been coordinator in the NC Baptist Historical Collection in the library since 1992. Previously she worked for the Assistant Dean of External Relations in the Babcock […]
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Reynolds Professor of American Studies Maya Angelou received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama at the White House on Tuesday. Angelou, a world-renowned poet, author, actress and civil rights activist, joined the Wake Forest faculty in 1982. She was honored along […]
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A memorial service for Professor Emerita of English Dolly A. McPherson will be held Saturday, Feb. 19, at 11 a.m. in Wait Chapel. A reception will follow in the Benson University Center. McPherson, who was 82, died Jan. 19 in Brooklyn, N.Y. McPherson was the […]
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Dedee DeLongpre Johnston, director of sustainability, was featured in a story on CNBC.com (Feb. 14, 2011) about businesses creating employee teams to create eco-friendly workplaces. “It’s become part of our jobs to take time to think creatively about sustainability,” she says. Read the full […]
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Props are often vital to a play’s storyline, but no one ever really thinks about them — until the gun doesn’t fire at the right time. “We tend to not pay much attention to props until they’re not working,” says Curry, who argues for a […]
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Green teams — groups of employees who volunteer to help identify and implement specific sustainable practices in their departments — are flourishing around campus. Departments select a green team “captain” to evaluate the current level of sustainable practices in their offices and make suggestions for […]
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Todd Crumley has one of the most interesting jobs at Wake Forest: Preserving the history of Reynolda House. As director of Archives and Library for Reynolda House Museum of American Art, he’s the keeper of the estate’s historic records. His career path to Reynolda House […]
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