Media Advisory: Wake Forest students go ‘One Day Without Shoes’
Categories: Campus Life, University Announcements
Stand-out season for WFU debate
For the first time in the history of Wake Forest debate, three teams made the sweet 16 out of 78 teams in the National Debate Tournament — signalling the start of another successful chapter in a long history of winning debaters.Media Advisory: Wake Forest president joins national LEAP Employer-Educator Compact to show economic value of a broad 21st century liberal education
Categories: Campus Life, University Announcements
After the Genome: Medicine, miracles, morality
Medical advances in biotechnology seem to be coming faster than the public can understand them or even discuss how society should handle ethical, legal and moral considerations. To spark the national conversation, Wake Forest has partnered with Baylor to host “After the Genome: The Language of our Biotechnological Future” April 12-13. Categories: Happening at Wake, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Magnolia Scholars program receives $6.5 million gift
Dr. Steven and Becky Scott have committed $6.5 million to further the education of first generation college students through Wake Forest’s Magnolia Scholars program, benefiting students who are the first in their families to attend college. It is the second largest commitment to scholarships by individuals in Wake Forest’s history.Bee impressed at ACC Meeting of the Minds
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but this might not be the case for a honeybee. Just ask David Hale (’15), a sophomore biology major. Hale has been studying the relationship between brain structure and cognitive function in honeybees since his freshman year.Categories: Campus Life, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Students explore diversity through art
Student groups came together to showcase the "Big Tent," encouraging their peers to think about diversity and identity through art. The project was part of the University's year-long Faces of Courage celebration commemorating the 50th anniversary of integration.Categories: Alumni, Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Community Impact, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Inclusive Excellence
Film at the Forest
Winston-Salem has become a hot spot for North Carolina’s thriving film industry. And from a student-run film festival to a graduate program in documentary film to an undergraduate film studies program, Wake Forest is part of the “action.”Categories: Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
Debating immigration laws
As Congress considers comprehensive immigration reform, new research by sociologist Hana Brown shows language used in the immigration debates can be as important as the legislation. Junior Le ‘Ron Byrd works with Brown on the next phases of her research.Wake ‘N Shake breaks records
This year’s Wake ‘N Shake event, a student-run 12-hour dance marathon to benefit the Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund Drive, raised a record $125,722.57. More than 1,300 students, faculty and staff “danced for a difference” in memory of someone they have loved who has been affected by cancer.Categories: Campus Life, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate