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Wake Forest University, Box 7205, Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7205 WAKEFOREST MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2009 ENGAGINGENGAGING mindsminds EMPOWERINGEMPOWERING communitiescommunities features Editor Cherin C. Poovey (P ’08), [email protected] Associate Editor Kerry M. King (’85), [email protected] Senior Writer David Fyten, [email protected] Staff Writer Kim McGrath, [email protected] Photographer Ken Bennett, [email protected] Classnotes Editor Janet Williamson (P ’00, ’03), [email protected] Design / Art Direction Urena Design, [email protected] Printing The Lane Press, Inc. 18 Burlington, Vermont The Engagement of Wisdom By David Fyten Wake Forest establishes an institute to cultivate habits Wake Forest Magazine (USPS 664-520 of reflective thinking in students, and to prepare them ISSN 0279-3946) is published four times a year in for lives of leadership and service. September, December, March, and June by the Office of Creative Services, Wake Forest University, Box 7205, Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7205. It is sent to alumni, donors, and friends of the University. Periodicals postage paid at Winston-Salem, NC 27109, 2Around the Quad and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to 34 Wake Forest Magazine Alumni Records Classnotes P.O. Box 7227 Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7227. constant & true Volume 57, Number 1 47Arnold Palmer September 2009 By Tucker Mitchell Copyright 2009 As it turns out, WWW.WFU.EDU he could play golf. 26Celebrating 175 Years 28Work of Art By Kerry M. King (’85) Thanks to student art-buying trips, Wake Forest’s collection is ever-evolving, as are those who make the journey. the quad FRESHMAN MO VE-IN Eder Dadul, of Maywood, New Jersey, meets his roommate, Brad Keck, U.S. News ranks Wake Forest of Brentwood, 11th in undergraduate teaching Tennessee. N THE DAY THAT 1,200 FRESHMEN O moved onto campus in late August, U.S. News around around & World Report released its latest guide to “America’s Best Colleges,” which ranked Wake Forest 11th among national universities in its commitment to under- graduate teaching. The ranking for undergraduate teaching was included in the guide for the first time. U.S. News described the list as recognizing schools where “the faculty has an unusual commitment to under- graduate teaching.” Wake Forest tied with several schools for 11th place. In the overall rankings, Wake Forest ranked 28th for the second straight year among 262 national universities, tied with Tufts University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Wake Forest was ranked 32nd on a list of “Great Schools, Great Prices.” As mentioned in the U.S. News guide, more than half of Wake Forest classes have fewer than twenty students, and the student:faculty ratio is 11 to one. Ninety-three percent of freshmen return for their sophomore year. Wake Forest also had a strong show- ing in other categories including alumni giving rates, faculty resources, and graduation rates. “Undergraduate education is at the heart of Wake Forest,” said Provost Jill Tiefenthaler. “We are pleased Garrett Bowman, of Clemmons, North that our commitment to the teacher-scholar ideal is Carolina, didn’t have being recognized in the rankings. We are also excited to travel far to his about our significant improvement in the faculty new home. resources category, which includes class size, faculty salaries, student-faculty ratio, and other factors. This is especially important in what are challenging times for higher education.” The U.S. News rankings appear in the September issue and are also available online at www.usnews. com. The issue also includes an essay by Tiefenthaler on making SAT scores optional in college admissions. Nancy Aguillon, from Hendersonville, North Carolina, and her mother, Rogelia. To meet the Class of 2013, see www.wfu.edu/classof2013 2 wake forest magazine FRESHMAN MO VE-IN Jeremy Nottingham, of Woodbridge, Virginia, moves into his new room. The Spirit of Wake Forest Marching Band welcomes new students to campus on August 20. Freshmen pick up their laptop computers. Courtney Joyner, of Dallas, Texas, ponders how to move all her belongings into her new home. Ashley Lewis, from Westchester, Pennsylvania, picks up her computer and is ready to begin her Wake Forest experience. www.wfu.edu/wowf september 2009 3 the quad around Residence hall construction underway; admissions building next NEW ADMISSIONS study space for graduate and A BUILDING AND RESI - undergraduate business stu- DENCE HALL will be built on dents. Calloway faculty offices the Reynolda Campus this year, and undergraduate business and the Worrell Professional classes are currently in Kirby Center for Law and Management Hall; after the Calloway faculty will be renovated. Planning and Architectural rendering of the new admissions building and welcome center. move to the IS building and design work for two other build- undergraduate business classes ings is going forward this fall, a 260-seat auditorium, in addi- Renovations to the Worrell move to the Worrell Center, although construction dates tion to admissions offices. Center and the adjacent Informa- Kirby Hall will be available to have not been set. One building, Both the new admissions tion Systems building will begin meet other academic needs. a campus recreation center, is be- building and the new residence this fall. The IS building will To make way for the renova- ing planned for Poteat Field. A hall have been designed to mini- be renovated to house faculty tions, the University’s informa- new classroom building, to be mize energy and water consump- offices for the Babcock Gradu- tion systems staff is relocating located on Davis Field across tion and the impact on the envi- ate School of Management and to the University Corporate from the Z. Smith Reynolds ronment. A large percentage of the Calloway School of Business, Center, formerly the RJR World Library, is also being planned. the building components will as well as an upscale food court, Headquarters Buildings. The The new residence hall, already be made of recyclable materials. faculty and student lounges, ROTC department, also located under construction beside Col- The University is following and student services spaces for in the IS Building, will be housed lins Residence Hall, is scheduled LEED (Leadership in Energy the Schools of Business. temporarily in the former Town- to be completed by next August. and Environmental Design) Babcock faculty offices cur- house Apartments building. The four-story building will guidelines to achieve Silver level rently in the Worrell Center will Numerous improvements house about two hundred fresh- certification for both buildings. be converted to classroom and were made to athletic facilities men in double rooms, and will over the summer, including also include kitchens, a recre- new restrooms and concession ation room, a classroom, and a stands on the east side of BB&T faculty apartment. Field. Hooks Stadium, home Construction is expected to of the Wake Forest baseball begin soon on the new under- team until the team moved to graduate admissions office and the former Ernie Shore Field last University welcome center, to season, was demolished during be built behind Starling Hall. the summer; that space will be Scheduled for completion in used to expand the adjacent golf December 2010, the building practice area. will have about three times the space of Starling Hall and will —Kerry M. King (’85) feature a two-story atrium and The new residence hall, the first to be built on campus since Polo Residence Hall opened in 1998, is under construction beside Collins Residence Hall. 4 wake forest magazine Computer game about cell function wins award for researchers lumni Anthony Peco - machines and expand until they A rella (’04, MA ’06) and have a fully-functional cell.” Yuri Shtridelman (’07), Pecorella previously devel- and Assistant Professor oped a bioscience-based board of Physics Jed Macosko game that allowed players to have won a $25,000 award coordinate organelles, fight off from the John D. and Catherine viruses, and expand their cell’s T. MacArthur Foundation in its boundaries. “The board game 2009 Digital Media & Learning was my attempt to show how competition. the insides of a living cell are Their winning project was for similar to what happens inside a a computer game, “CellCraft,” city,” he said. “Garbage trucks, that will teach children how cells delivery vans, and power plants function. The team expects to keep our cities running, and in launch the game online by the the same way, cells have organ- end of this year. elles and molecular machinery Assistant Professor of Physics Jed Macosko, at left, Yuri Shtridelman (’07), center, “The basic premise of Cell- that clear away garbage, move and Anthony Pecorella (’04, MA ’06) have developed a new educational computer game. Craft is based on EA’s (Elec- cargo, and process energy.” tronic Arts) Spore video game,” The CellCraft video game will Salem and BioBotz, a nonprofit founders. Shtridelman is a says Pecorella. “In Spore, players use these same analogies to venture founded by current research associate for Macosko. begin with a single-cell organism teach children about the inner Wake Forest students. BioBotz and evolve their creature into workings of cells. The game will designs educational products to —Eric Frazier an empire that spans the galaxy. be produced with additional encourage children to become Office of Communications But in CellCraft, players will be- support from the Center for interested in science; Macosko and External Relations gin with a few simple molecular Design Innovation in Winston- advises the venture’s student Student and graduate scholarships HREE STUDENTS HAVE ENIOR Kevin IX RECENT GRADUATES HAVE BEEN AWARDED TRECEIVED ACC-IAC SCooper was one SFULBRIGHT ENGLISH TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS SCHOLARSHIPS for interna- of only fifteen stu- for 2009–2010: tional study this fall. The ACC- dents nationwide to v Allison Tyler Humphreys (’09) of Greenville, South Carolina, IAC, or Inter-institutional Aca- receive a Summer will teach in Indonesia.
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