Choosing a major is a stressful decision for many college students because many believe their concentration will put them on a one-way path to a certain career. But an inside look into the summer internships of four Wake Forest students shows that when it comes to career goals, what matters most is not their majors, but their passions.
Building on the results of short-term studies showing the benefits of strength training on knee osteoarthritis (OA), professor of health and exercise science Stephen Messier will lead a five-year study to learn what level of strength training will help older adults the most.
Categories: Community Impact, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Categories: University Announcements
In an op-ed published in the Los Angeles Times, political science professor and genocide expert Sarah Lischer writes that "future concord depends on the stories we tell" about the 1995 massacre of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims in the town of Srebrenica.
Categories: Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be a guest lecturer during the School of Law’s Venice and Vienna Study Abroad Programs in the summer of 2012. “We are thrilled that Justice Ginsburg has so graciously agreed to once again share her expertise with our students in our study abroad programs,” said Dean Blake D. Morant.Categories: Global Wake Forest, Happening at Wake, University Announcements
Student volunteers from Wake Forest work with NicaHope in Nicaragua to help the approximately 500 children who live and work in an area of Managua called “La Chureca” — the city dump. The outreach has built lasting connections.Categories: Experiential Learning, University Announcements
Categories: University Announcements
As the 4th of July approaches, members of the Wake Forest community reflect upon the hard work, discipline and self-sacrifice that were integral to our nation’s founding. Senior Alexis Lauria embodies these values. Lauria is a resident advisor, aspiring doctor and one of only 15 women in the Demon Deacon ROTC Battalion.Categories: Campus Life, Experiential Learning, Leadership & Character, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Categories: University Announcements