University Marketing and Communications

Parents: Encourage your student to go to “boot camp” this summer. The Summer Management Program provides students with valuable business skills in an intensive summer session. From being a team player to learning how to interview, this five-week “business boot camp” elevates a student’s liberal arts education to a whole new playing field, increasing their marketability in today’s highly competitive job market. Students receive 8 hours of course credit.

Director of Financial Aid Bill Wells will be on NPR’s Diane Rehm Show on Tuesday from 11 a.m. until noon to talk about changes in student loan programs. As part of the healthcare legislation, the federal government will directly issue student loans, eliminating private lenders as middlemen.

Spike Lee described his long journey to becoming an acclaimed filmmaker and encouraged students and others attending the Reynolda Film Festival to find something they love doing.

The threads that led to a profitable business tie Laura Bullins Lough ('07) to Wake Forest. She credits the launch of her business, Unique Sheep, to help she received from the Office of Entrepreneurship and Liberal Arts.

As colleges and universities prepare students to lead the green jobs revolution, they will take a variety of approaches to integrating sustainability into academics. One shade of green doesn’t suit every college and university, says Dedee DeLongpré Johnston, director of sustainability at Wake Forest.