When music professor John Beck’s Afro-Cuban drumming class moved online, his students didn’t miss a beat – even though only one of the 17 seniors in his class had access to a drum.Categories: Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
For an assignment from Elizabeth Clendinning’s modern popular music class, students were tasked with listening to Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon.” The goal: to experience a concept album. The result: their families engaged, too.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
The benefits of a brief “social belonging” exercise completed by black students in their first year of college followed them into adulthood, with participants reporting greater career satisfaction, well-being and community involvement almost a decade later.Categories: Research & Discovery
“To think like a poet, you have to follow your curiosities,” Wake Forest English professor and poet-in-residence Amy Catanzano tells her students. Categories: Research & Discovery
Economics professor Megan Regan revised her syllabus to focus on a living case study of the coronavirus. Most of the assigned readings “went in the dumpster fire,” she said, as current events aligned with the broader topics she planned to teach.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
The economy and social distancing are changing summer internships. Here's how undergrads can get the work experience they need to build their resumes.Categories: Mentorship, Personal & Career Development
Christian Waugh, associate professor of psychology and expert in stress and coping, has created a video series discussing the science behind coping with the coronavirus pandemic.Categories: Research & Discovery
When Declan Sander learned that Wake Forest classes would be taught remotely for the remainder of the semester because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the freshman from Hendersonville, N.C., was disappointed.Categories: Experiential Learning
Wake Forest senior Erik Schultz doesn’t want to develop poor eating habits while he’s back at home in Asheboro sheltering in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic. So he’s been checking out Gold Apron on Monday afternoons to pick up some good tips.Categories: Experiential Learning, Wellbeing
When your tomato plants won’t bear fruit during the dog days of summer, a team of Wake Forest researchers led by Gloria Muday will be in the lab, trying to find a plant that thrives despite the heat.Categories: Research & Discovery