Wake Forest students, faculty and staff will come together Sept. 4 on Manchester Plaza to celebrate the 5-year anniversary of Thrive, a comprehensive wellbeing initiative that covers everything from financial to physical to emotional health and has become a model for other college campuses.
Corey D. B. Walker, a visiting professor of leadership studies and the humanities at the University of Richmond and a former dean at Winston-Salem State University, will deliver the inaugural address for Wake Forest University’s Slavery, Race and Memory Project Lecture Series.Categories: Happening at Wake, Inclusive Excellence
The WFU Awards and Recognitions briefs celebrate milestones of faculty, staff and students at Wake Forest.Categories: Athletics, Awards & Recognition, Research & Discovery
An indigenous farming technique that’s been around for thousands of years provides the basis for restoring rain forests stripped clear of trees by gold mining and other threats.Categories: Research & Discovery
New research explores why some older adults may not see improvements in physical function, despite achieving clinically meaningful weight loss.Categories: Research & Discovery
Just under 1,400 first-year students moved into Wake Forest residence halls Aug. 21. Among them are a nationally ranked Congressional debater from Chicago and students from countries as varied as Brazil, France, Taiwan and Ireland.Categories: Campus Life, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning
Wake Forest will welcome the Class of 2023 on Wednesday, Aug. 21. Traffic around the Reynolda Campus is expected to be heavy during the day beginning around 7 a.m. as new students and their families arrive for move-in, which officially starts at 8 a.m.Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake
Just under 1,400 first-year students will leave home and move into Wake Forest residence halls on Wednesday, Aug. 21. Among them are a nationally ranked Congressional debater from Chicago and students from countries as varied as Brazil, France, Taiwan and Ireland.
At 6 a.m. the alarm rings. Mornings are for workouts followed by classes and tutoring. Afternoons include additional activities that all Division I level student-athletes take on to compete at the highest level of their sport such as attending film sessions, rehab and therapy, sports performance training and nutrition counseling. A student-athlete’s summer schedule is full but familiar.
There’s no mistaking the purpose of the Office of Civic & Community Engagement as Wake Forest University’s central hub for community-based activities, including service, teaching and research.