“I’m only 10 days into this program, but I already know I’m making friends for life,” Simone Watson (MA ’14) said. “The students and faculty here are incredibly kind and supportive of each other.”Categories: Experiential Learning, University Announcements
In June, sophomore Jamal Garcia participated in a weeklong service project to help clean up the Gateway National Recreation Area, which was severely damaged by superstorm Sandy. Although 5,000 miles from home, Garcia has brought his love for the land to the East Coast and Wake Forest.
Categories: Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Jamie Floyd has come up with a new way to teach music theory. The rising senior is using an Xbox Kinect and a visual programming language called Max to help people recognize different pitches of sound.
Categories: University Announcements
Categories: University Announcements
A School of Business professor studies how organizations that don't support family life may end up causing more turnover among employees. The secret might just be to gaining the spouse's support. Categories: Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Categories: University Announcements
Categories: University Announcements
Summer isn’t necessarily a vacation for Wake Forest students. From late May to early August, The Campus Kitchen at Wake Forest, a student-run service organization, maintains full operations, serving 154 meals per week to underserved members of the Winston-Salem community. During the summer, three interns are at the helm of one of Wake Forest’s flagship service organizations.
Categories: Campus Life, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate
U.S. News and World Report’s 2013 Best Colleges guide ranked Wake Forest 13th among national universities with the best undergraduate teaching. But, the nearly magical interaction between professors and bright students is not limited to classroom, studio, stage or laboratory. Many faculty become mentors for students as they explore academic and extracurricular interests.Categories: Campus Life, Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Research & Discovery