August 20, 2008 |
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President Emeritus Hearn dies at 71
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President Emeritus Thomas K. Hearn Jr., who led Wake Forest from a regional liberal arts college to one of the nation's premier independent universities during his 22-year tenure, died Monday in Winston-Salem. A memorial service will be held on Friday at 3 p.m. in Wait Chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Wake Forest University Brain Tumor Center of Excellence, Office of Development, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1021.
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Freshmen move onto campus this week
 | About 1,200 freshmen are expected to arrive on campus this week. Move-in day is Thursday, but about 300 new students participating in band camp, the Pre-School Conference, the S.P.A.R.C community-service program and Outward Bound have already arrived.
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UK students set their sights on America
 | Among the freshmen arriving on campus this week are students from Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Honduras, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In a story in The Times of London, freshman Tom Gibson explains why he's coming to the United States for college. |
Babcock students begin orientation
 | Eighty-one new students in the Babcock School's full-time MBA program begin orientation today. Students will participate in a communications workshop, a panel discussion on personal and professional ethics, a community-service project and some whitewater rafting. |
Professor's new book revisits industrialization
A new book of essays co-edited by Kahle Associate Professor of History Michele Gillespie challenges the commonly held belief that the South has always lagged behind the rest of the country in industrialization.
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