News & Noteworthy
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Research opportunities and small class sizes among characteristics credited with boosting Wingate's place in the pecking order.
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Heather Klaus '20 started the Kimberli's Place Foundation to help Union County residents in need.
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Since June 2024, John ('86) and Josephine Moore Haynes ('84) have introduced thousands of viewers to less well known parts of the Asian nation via Uncharted Japan.
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The three new teams will begin play in the 2025-2026 academic year.
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Six senior biology majors teach Waxhaw Elementary students about food webs in various habitats as part of an internship.
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Clinic will help with lactation, pain and discomfort, infant development and more.
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Four-time Grammy winner will perform March 23 and give a master class on March 24.
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For 10th straight year, Wingate cohort tops national average of of those who passed the NCLEX on their first try.
![Doctor and woman holding their right arm out with their left hand on top]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1739989572/wingateedu/k7k7uzoqa2fjcdu10j2y/OTDClinic-40_crop.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1739989572/wingateedu/k7k7uzoqa2fjcdu10j2y/OTDClinic-40_crop.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1739989572/wingateedu/k7k7uzoqa2fjcdu10j2y/OTDClinic-40_crop.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1739989572/wingateedu/k7k7uzoqa2fjcdu10j2y/OTDClinic-40_crop.jpg","width":1200}])
For three years in a row, all Wingate grads who have taken the NBCOT exam have passed.
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