About 40 students are enrolled in “Options in the World of Work,” a half-semester course that began just after spring break. It’s the second in a series of four “College to Career" courses designed to better prepare students for life and work after college.
Categories: Experiential Learning, Personal & Career Development, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
More than 50 alumni writers returned to campus for the first Words Awake! conference last weekend. Find out more about how the writers interacted with students, the campus community and local schools, and learn about the first class of the WFU Writers Hall of Fame.
Categories: Alumni, Arts & Culture, Community Impact, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
Words Awake was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity where more than 50 accomplished Wake Forest writers were together in one place — providing inspiration and career connections for aspiring authors.
Categories: Alumni, Arts & Culture, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
Silk maps, B-24 bombers and avoiding anachronisms were the hot topics during Laura Elliott’s visit to Northwest Middle School in Winston-Salem. Elliott, a 1979 Wake Forest graduate who writes young adult historical novels, mixed WWII history with writing advice in conversations with 6th-, 7th- and 8th-graders as part of Words Awake! A Celebration of Wake Forest Writers and Writing on campus March 23-25.
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Words Awake!, the three-day symposium showcasing Wake Forest's literary legacy, launched with a spectacular start Friday evening when Tom Hayes (’79) premiered his documentary film, "Editor Uncut," about his father, Harold Hayes (’48), who as editor of Esquire (1963-1973) marshaled the talent that established the magazine as the disquieting mirror of its age.
Categories: Alumni, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery