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New plan to strengthen campus life

August 18, 2010

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.

Categories: Experiential Learning

Undergraduate orientation begins today

August 18, 2010

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.

Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, University Announcements

University ranks 12th in teaching quality

August 16, 2010

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.”

Categories: Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements

Students help other students save

August 16, 2010

Ben Comer's web business came together as part of Wake Forest's entrepreneurship program.

Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning

New South Residence Hall models sustainability

August 16, 2010

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.

Categories: Campus Life, Environment & Sustainability, Experiential Learning

A college student’s guide to the law

August 15, 2010

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.

Categories: Experiential Learning, University Announcements

Camp teaches young radio reporters

August 14, 2010

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.

Categories: Arts & Culture, Community Impact

Rogers: A tradition of religious liberty

August 12, 2010

The Divinity School’s Melissa Rogers writes that the controversial decision to allow an Islamic center near Ground Zero is a sign of America’s strength and the country’s “tradition of religious liberty.”

Categories: University Announcements

‘Innocent Man’: John Grisham to speak

August 10, 2010

Lawyer and best-selling author John Grisham will bring the story of “The Innocent Man” and other stories of wrongful convictions to Wake Forest on Sept. 14. His speech is free and open to the public.

Categories: Experiential Learning, University Announcements

Millar to lead track, cross country teams

August 10, 2010

John Millar, who has more than 30 years coaching experience at Notre Dame and Texas, has been named director of men’s and women’s track & field and cross country.

Categories: Athletics

Wake Forest News

New plan to strengthen campus life

Undergraduate orientation begins today

University ranks 12th in teaching quality

Students help other students save

New South Residence Hall models sustainability

A college student’s guide to the law

Camp teaches young radio reporters

Rogers: A tradition of religious liberty

‘Innocent Man’: John Grisham to speak

Millar to lead track, cross country teams

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