Secrest series features eclectic mix
August 22, 2010 | Arts & Culture, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories
From a Grammy-award winning chamber orchestra to a Norwegian jazz pianist, Wake Forest’s 2010-2011 Secrest Artists Series will feature an eclectic offering of musical genres, beginning with Neil Berg’s “100 Years of Broadway” in September.
1,240 first-year students join the Wake Forest community
August 20, 2010 | Admissions, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories
Smiles, hugs and a few tears marked the beginning of a new journey as the Class of 2014 moved on campus. Eighty-one percent of the first-year students were in the top 10 percent of their high school graduating class. Of the new faces, 22 percent […]
A handbook for college parents
August 18, 2010 | Exclude from Related Stories, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories
Retired business professor Helen Akinc explains in her new book, “The Praeger Handbook for College Parents,” how parents can help get their children through college.
New plan to strengthen campus life
August 18, 2010 | For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories
Wake Forest is improving residential life to preserve the health and safety of students; create an engaged and inclusive community; emphasize the primacy of the academic endeavor; and encourage students to live lives of meaning and worth.
Undergraduate orientation begins today
August 18, 2010 | Admissions, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
About 1,240 first-year students are moving onto campus today. The new class is made up of 22 percent North Carolinians, 22 percent students of color and 3 percent international students.
University ranks 12th in teaching quality
August 16, 2010 | Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Wake Forest is ranked 25th among national universities in U.S. News and World Report’s latest rankings of “America’s Best Colleges” and 12th among “schools where the faculty has an unusual commitment to undergraduate teaching.”
Students help other students save
August 16, 2010 | Community, Student
In spring 2009, Ben Comer (’11), a communication major from New Jersey, and Brett Apter (’10), a psychology major from Florida, dreamed up a new business venture as part of the University’s burgeoning entrepreneurship program. Their brainchild was mySavu, a website that facilitates connections between […]
New South Residence Hall models sustainability
August 16, 2010 | Life on Campus, Student, Sustainability, Top Stories
With solar panels on the roof to heat water and touch screens in the hallways for monitoring energy usage, Wake Forest’s newest residence hall has the latest in green technology.
A college student’s guide to the law
August 15, 2010 | School of Law, Student
From using a fake ID to practical jokes gone wrong, law professor Wilson Parker explains in his new book, “Ignorance Is No Defense, A College Student’s Guide To North Carolina Law,” how students can quickly find themselves in legal trouble.
Camp teaches young radio reporters
August 14, 2010 | Arts & Culture, Community
Middle-school students learned how to be radio reporters and then put their new skills to the test by conducting real interviews during WFDD’s first Radio Camp. Listen to their interviews with basketball center Ty Walker, screenwriter Angus MacLachlan and more.
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