Everyone at Wake Forest shares a special bond, but seniors Curtis Vann and Emily Roach have more in common than most from the Class of 2012. Not only do both come from a long line of Wake Foresters dating back to the old campus, their fathers became best friends and roommates in Taylor Hall more than 30 years ago.
Categories: Alumni, Happening at Wake
This year, 10 seniors have been chosen for the Wake Forest Fellows Program, a highly competitive yearlong position that pairs recent graduates with key administrators.
Categories: Alumni
Former Wake Forest track & field standout and Hall of Famer Hunter Kemper qualified for his fourth consecutive trip to the Olympic Games after finishing fifth in the ITU World Triathlon Championship Series. Kemper earned the automatic bid to the London Olympics as the first American to cross the finish line.
Seven thousand eight hundred and forty-three miles. That’s how far a cappella singers in Chi Rho will be traveling for their spring mission tour this year. The student-run and directed ensemble has toured nationally and internationally — performing contemporary Christian pop, rock and traditional hymns and releasing 11 albums -- since 1993.
Categories: Alumni, Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Pro Humanitate
“You have to be a true visionary. It’s something that has to come from within,” said Deepa Pakianathan (MA '90, PhD '93), the 2012 recipient of the Excellence in Entrepreneurship award given at the Center for Innovation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship annual awards banquet.
Categories: Alumni, Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Students at Wake Forest University learn ways the professional business network LinkedIn can help them prepare for their careers after college.
Categories: Alumni, Mentorship, Personal & Career Development, University Announcements
Charlie Ergen, the chairman of satellite broadcaster Dish Network Corporation and EchoStar Communications Corporation, will deliver the commencement address on May 21. Jonathan T.M. Reckford, the CEO of Habitat for Humanity International, will deliver the baccalaureate address.
Categories: Alumni, Happening at Wake, University Announcements
Provost emeritus Ed Wilson assumed the posture of Janus, looking to the past and future, as he addressed the audience gathered Friday evening for the concluding event of Words Awake’s inaugural day. With characteristic clarity and elegance, Wilson wove together texts and reflections that joined the rich humus of Wake Forest’s literary traditions with the achievements of contemporary and the promise of future writers.
Categories: Alumni, Arts & Culture, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
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