As images of the devastation in Japan fill television screens, it's important for parents to take the time to address whatever questions and fears their children may have about an earthquake or tsunami affecting their lives, says psychology professor and child-development expert Deborah L. Best (’70, MA ’72).
Categories: Global Wake Forest, Mentorship, Research & Discovery
On St. Patrick’s Day, Jeff Holdridge, director of the Wake Forest University Press -- the premier publisher of Irish poetry in North America -- discusses the future of Irish poetry after "The Troubles" and shares his five favorite Irish poems.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Community Impact, Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Wake Forest has signed a lease for space in the former International Trade Center building at 200 North College Street in Charlotte. The building will be renamed the Wake Forest University Charlotte Center and house all current and future executive education programs.
Categories: University Announcements
Professor Kenneth Hoglund's class explores the complexity of disasters and best practices for preparing for and responding to natural catastrophes. Japan's early warning earthquake system is just one way the country helped protect its people.
Categories: Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Ben Jealous, the national president of the NAACP, said Monday night in a speech at Wake Forest that his organization is committed to fighting school re-segregation and disparities in the numbers of black and white students expelled from schools in North Carolina.
Categories: Happening at Wake