2012 Highlights: Mentoring Archive

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Weaving education, entertainment

October 16, 2012  |   2012 Highlights: Mentoring, Arts & Culture, Engaging in the Arts, For Alumni, For Parents, International, Mentoring, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

Jawad Wahabzada (’14) finds balancing schoolwork and the global promotion of his documentary “Children of Kabul” a challenge, but says taking courses you love and connecting with a good mentor can make a difference.

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Infectious mentoring

October 10, 2012  |   2012 Highlights: Mentoring, Alumni, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Mentoring, Personal and Career Development, Research, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

More than 30 of Ray Kuhn’s former students, plus their spouses or significant others, gathered in Clemmons last month to celebrate their mentor’s 70th birthday and their shared experiences as his research partners. Kuhn’s work as a mentor has grown a close-knit group that spans generations.

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URECA: supporting undergraduate research

October 5, 2012  |   2012 Highlights: Humanities, 2012 Highlights: Mentoring, 2012 Highlights: Science and Research, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Mentoring, Research, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

Undergraduate research has been a cornerstone of Wake Forest’s commitment to academic excellence. Now the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URECA) Center provides student grants and administrative support for mentored, undergraduate research and encourages high-quality programs of great impact.

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Lead where you live

August 28, 2012  |   2012 Highlights: Mentoring, For Alumni, For Parents, Staff, Student, Top Stories

When Ethan Groce (’13) came to Wake Forest, he wanted to be a leader. So, in addition to becoming a President’s Aide and taking an active role in Student Government, he decided to follow in the footsteps of someone he admired and respected: his resident adviser.

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Waking up teens

August 16, 2012  |   2012 Highlights: Mentoring, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Mentoring, Pro Humanitate, Staff, Student, Top Stories

Participants in Wake Forest’s new mentorship pilot program, WAKE ME!, learned the importance of college preparation and the value of pro humanitate.

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Student + mentor = innovative cancer research

July 31, 2012  |   2012 Highlights: Mentoring, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Mentoring, Research, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

Presenting research to the largest gathering of cancer professionals in the world is an unusual opportunity for an undergraduate student. Junior Katherine Sams got to do it thanks to the mentor she met in her first-year seminar.

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Wake Forest Connects

June 27, 2012  |   2012 Highlights: Mentoring, Alumni, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Mentoring, Personal and Career Development, Student, Top Stories

Politicians aren’t the only ones in Washington, D.C. emphasizing the important intersection between jobs and higher education. The Offices of Personal and Career Development and Alumni Relations hosted Wake Forest Connects, an event gathering more than 130 members of the Wake Forest community in the D.C. metro area.

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Wall Street Journal features WFU

June 8, 2012  |   2012 Highlights: Mentoring, Admissions, Alumni, Commencement, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Mentoring, National, Personal and Career Development, President, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

The Wall Street Journal prominently featured Wake Forest for its national leadership in making personal and career development a mission-critical component of the college experience. The article, “Colleges Get Career-Minded”, appeared the day after commencement.

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Beyond the Books: Brains and mussels

May 25, 2012  |   2012 Highlights: Mentoring, Faculty, Mentoring, Research, Scholars and Scientists, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Wake Forest College, Working Together

Wake Forest has a long history of close, mentoring relationships between faculty and students. It’s an opportunity to explore the liberal arts, tie scholarship and research and create the teacher-scholar ideal. For biology professor Ron Dimock, mentoring comes naturally during hours in the lab — going beyond the books.

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Learning outside the classroom

May 16, 2012  |   2012 Highlights: Mentoring, For Alumni, For Parents, Life on Campus, Mentoring, Personal and Career Development, Staff, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College

Almost every university has a mentoring program — independent initiatives hosted by campus life or student development. Wake Forest is one of the first higher education institutions in the nation to adopt a campus-wide model.

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