Dierdre McCloskey, Distinguished Professor Emerita of Economics, History, English, and of Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago, will speak in Wake Forest University’s Broyhill Auditorium on Thursday, April 20 at 7 p.m.
Categories: Happening at Wake, University Announcements
Talking about sports with a Wake Forest football player is helping a group of eighth graders engage in reading. Wendell Dunn, a defensive end for the Demon Deacons, has teamed up with Wake Forest education professor Alan Brown to lead an after-school sports literacy program for students at Paisley IB Magnet School in Winston-Salem.
Categories: Athletics, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
Wake Forest University students, faculty and staff will toast alumnus and legendary golfer Arnold Palmer to coincide with the first day of the Masters Tournament. The student-run Traditions Council, men's and women's golf teams and other members of the campus community will enjoy signature “Arnold Palmer” drinks of iced tea and lemonade, honoring the alumnus who died Sept. 25.
Categories: Athletics, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake
Elizabeth Sarkel, a junior biochemistry and molecular biology major from Columbus, Ohio has been named a 2017 Barry S. Goldwater Scholar for excellence in science. Sarkel was one of 240 students from around the country to earn a Goldwater Scholarship for the 2017-18 academic year.
Categories: Awards & Recognition, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
Author and nationally known sports journalist Robert Lipsyte will talk about "The Contender" with a group of 8th graders who are reading his book in an after-school sports literacy program at Paisley IB Magnet School. The program is led by Wake Forest University education professor Alan Brown and Wake Forest football student-athlete Wendell Dunn.
Categories: Athletics, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
The Wake Forest debate team claimed its third-straight ACC Debate Championship Sunday. The event was held at the University of Miami April 1-2.
Categories: Awards & Recognition, Experiential Learning
The student-run Wake Forest Emergency Medical Services (EMS) team will participate in a mass casualty drill to provide invaluable hand-on scenario training in the event of a serious accident or on-campus emergency.
Categories: Experiential Learning
Because of the generosity of Porter B. Byrum (JD '42) -- an attorney, businessman, philanthropist and Wake Forest alumnus -- hundreds of students have had the opportunity for a Wake Forest education. Today the Wake Forest community remembers Byrum, whose lifetime giving to the University totaled more than $50 million.
Categories: University Announcements
New First Destination data collected by the Office of Personal and Career Development show that 98 percent of the Wake Forest undergraduate class of 2016 are either employed or in graduate school (based on a 91 percent knowledge rate).
Categories: Alumni, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Personal & Career Development
The WFU Recognitions and Awards brief celebrates milestones of faculty, staff and students at Wake Forest University.