University Marketing and Communications

The Wake Forest Scholars program, launched in 2003, coordinates efforts to encourage and assist students in post-graduate scholarship and fellowship competitions. As its director, Tom Phillips (’74, MA ’78) guides students through the painstaking process of completing applications, writing essays and securing references. He’s also there to offer alternatives and ease anxieties—knowing that post-graduation awards are just one path to success.

A study by law professor Ahmed Taha and other researchers has found that advertisements touting the high past returns of mutual funds are misleading investors.

The ninth-ranked women’s golf team won the ACC Women’s Golf Championship for the second year in a row, sparked by freshman Michelle Shin, who won the individual title, and sophomore Cheyenne Woods.

Seniors Sam Crichton and Will Sears, who made the “Final Four” in the National Debate Tournament, are featured in a New York Times article about some debate teams using computers rather than paper files.

College students and coffee are a quintessential combination. But how many have tried to secure a great cup of java by self-roasting coffee beans in a hot-air popcorn popper? Junior JT Peifer has.