August 2010 Faculty Focus
Categories: Research & Discovery
August 2010 Staff News
Doug Bland, an associate athletic director, is celebrating 35 years of service this month, while Zella Johnson, an administrative assistant in the biology department, is celebrating 30 years of service. More anniversaries and news in this month’s Staff News.
Categories: University Announcements
Reynolda House named a Southern gem
Reynolda House Museum of American Art is one of three North Carolina houses included in the new book, “Great Houses of the South,” which features many of the South’s most notable historic houses dating from 1700 to 1940.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Community Impact
Newest residence hall set to open
South Residence Hall, the first campus building designed to meet LEED certification, will be home to about 200 first-year students this fall and will be dedicated on Aug. 16 at 2 p.m. Step inside for a preview.
Categories: Experiential Learning
Rogers now finds joy in giving back
Former basketball star Rodney Rogers, who was paralyzed in an accident in 2008, has started a foundation to raise money to help people facing similar medical hardships.
Categories: Athletics
Building international communication
The annual Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Summer Institute, held for the fifth year at Wake Forest, is designed to teach teenagers about different countries, and about the shared principles and challenges they face, said Allan Louden, professor of communication and director of the program.Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, University Announcements
Deacon seniors look ahead to season
With the start of the 2010 football season just six weeks away, seniors Russell Nenon and Josh Adams talk about the Wake Forest offense in the post-Riley Skinner era, at the annual ACC Football Kickoff event.
Categories: Athletics
Promising research breakthrough
A new technique developed by several Wake Forest physics professors could slash years off the time it takes to develop drugs, bringing vital new treatments to patients much more quickly.Categories: Research & Discovery
Camp teaches children all sports, and to be good sports
The All Sports Camp, held on campus every summer for the last 50 years, teaches children about all sports, and to be good sports, under the guidance of director Max Floyd.Categories: Athletics, Community Impact
Cherokee youth explore law careers
Twenty high school students from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians had the opportunity to explore careers in law during the College Careers and Technology program hosted by the School of Law.
Categories: University Announcements