Goodbye fall semester
"Wake the Library” is a week-long tradition that helps students cope with the long hours spent writing papers and studying for finals.Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning
"Wake the Library” is a week-long tradition that helps students cope with the long hours spent writing papers and studying for finals.Pool Power
Sophomore Yinger 'Eagle' Jin has come up with a way to turn waves in the Reynolds gym pool into electricity. The mathematical formulas he developed could one day be used to help calculate the amount of electricity that could be produced through wave energy off the North Carolina coast. Lovefeast: A unifying tradition
Christmas decorations, music, and the smell of sweet coffee filled Wait Chapel as more than 2,000 students, faculty, staff, alums and friends of the University gathered to celebrate the 49th annual Lovefeast.Categories: Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
Clawson named head football coach
Dave Clawson today was named as the 32nd head football coach in Wake Forest history. Clawson, the head coach at Bowling Green State for the past five seasons, led the Falcons to the 2013 Mid-American Conference championship on Friday with a 47-27 win over No. 16 Northern Illinois.Categories: Athletics, University Announcements
Imagining the next ‘big idea’
James Beshara (’08), CEO and co-founder of Crowdtilt, a social group-funding platform, came to campus to meet with student innovators and shared ideas with faculty on how to prepare students to launch start-ups after graduation. Categories: Alumni, Campus Life, Experiential Learning, Personal & Career Development, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
A legacy of peace
Wake Forest students, alumni, faculty and staff remember Nelson Mandela, an icon of freedom who embodied the spirit of Pro Humanitate, and reflect upon his influence on their own lives.Categories: Alumni, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Mentorship, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Students fight hunger for children
Students at the School of Business turned an assignment about food insecurity and hunger in Forsyth County into a competition that raised $20,000 to feed school children over the holiday break. They presented a check to Forsyth Backpack, a nonprofit agency founded by School of Law professor Barbara Lentz.Categories: Campus Life, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Life in prehistoric rural communities
Carrying shovels, screens and other equipment, 12 students trekked across a tobacco field along the Yadkin River to reach an archaeological site where they began finding artifacts more than 500 years old. Categories: Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Research & Discovery
Turkeypalooza: A week of Thanksgiving
Wake Forest students cook and deliver made-from-scratch Thanksgiving dinners to local residents during Turkeypalooza, an annual event hosted by The Campus Kitchen. Categories: Alumni, Campus Life, Community Impact, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, Transformative Giving, University Announcements
O’Connell named Rhodes Scholar
Wake Forest graduate James M. O’Connell has been named a Rhodes Scholar. O’Connell, who is from Tampa, Fla., graduated summa cum laude in May 2013 with a bachelor of arts in politics and international affairs. He plans to complete a masters in public policy.Categories: Alumni, Awards & Recognition, Experiential Learning