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    Front entrance of the new Wake Forest University Charlotte Center. Wake Forest University Charlotte Center officially opened Thursday with a ribbon cutting ceremony and news conference on Thursday, Jan. 26 at 11:00 a.m., followed by public tours. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    Wake Forest University Charlotte Center officially opened Thursday with a ribbon cutting ceremony and news conference at the University's new entrance door inside 200 N. College St. on Thursday, Jan. 26 at 11:00 a.m., followed by public tours. Speakers included Wake Forest University President Nathan O. Hatch, Dean of Business and retired chairman and CEO of PepsiCo Steve Reinemund, Charlotte Mayor Pro Tem Patrick Cannon, District 1 City Council member Patsy Kinsey, and Chamber of Commerce President Bob Morgan. Hundreds of Wake Forest students, faculty, staff, alumni and local dignitaries were in attendance. The Wake Forest University Charlotte Center is located at 200 N. College Street and houses nationally ranked evening and Saturday MBA degree programs for working professionals as well as executive and continuing education programs. The new Uptown campus also provides much needed space for the more than 6,000 Wake Forest alumni who call Charlotte home. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    Wake Forest University Charlotte Center ribbon cutting by Charlotte Chamber of Commerce President Bob Morgan, District 1 City Council Member Patsy Kinsey, Senior Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and Diversity Melenie Lankau, Dean of Business Steve Reinemund, Mayor Pro Tem Patrick Cannon, WFU President Nathan Hatch, and Charlotte Center Board President Todd Johnson. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    The Deacon mascot applauds with the crowd as Wake Forest University Charlotte Center officially opened Thursday with a ribbon cutting ceremony. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    Dean of Business Steve Reinemund welcomes ribbon cutting attendees into the new Wake Forest University Charlotte Center, which officially opened Thursday. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    Attendees enter as the Wake Forest University Charlotte Center officially opened Thursday with a ribbon cutting ceremony and news conference on Thursday, Jan. 26 at 11:00 a.m. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    Todd Leahy, Director of Leadership Giving at United Way of Central Carolinas, who went to graduate school (Babcock Graduate School of Management) at Wake Forest, admires the Babcock Graduate School of Management's 2002 Deacon (which he helped design) on display at Thursday's ribbon cutting and tour for Wake Forest University Charlotte Center. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    Melenie Lankau, Senior Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and Diversity at Wake Forest University Schools of Business, and Preston "Fred" Griffith, Director of Marketing for Griffith Real Estate Services, (his son attends Wake Forest and his business is a part of the Wake Family Business Center), greet each other at Thursday's ribbon cutting and tour for Wake Forest University Charlotte Center. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    Melenie Lankau, Senior Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and Diversity at Wake Forest University Schools of Business, and Preston "Fred" Griffith, Director of Marketing for Griffith Real Estate Services, (his son attends Wake Forest and his business is a part of the Wake Family Business Center), greet each other at Thursday's ribbon cutting and tour for Wake Forest University Charlotte Center. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    People tour the lobby of the new Wake Forest University Charlotte Center. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    People tour one of the two state-of-the-art tiered classrooms of the new Wake Forest University Charlotte Center. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    District 1 City Council Member Patsy Kinsey (front) and Mayor Pro Tem Patrick Cannon (behind Kinsey holding up proclamation) present a City of Charlotte Proclamation proclaiming Thursday "Wake Forest Day". DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    District 1 City Council Member Patsy Kinsey speaks. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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    Scene in the lobby of the new Wake Forest University Charlotte Center. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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