Undergraduate orientation begins today
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
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
Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning
New South Residence Hall models sustainability
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
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
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
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
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
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 on Wall Street
Wake Forest alumni, parents and friends met at New York Stock Exchange last week for the closing bell ceremony and a discussion of the credit crisis with financial leaders.Categories: University Announcements