How do you take a small story and make it big? Two documentary film students started with a story about a man breaking the law by handing out peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to homeless people, and created the award-winning film, “Civil Indigent.”Categories: Arts & Culture, Awards & Recognition, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Wake Forest Professor of Church History Bill Leonard and Divinity School graduate Rev. Yvonne Hines (MDiv. ’04) each received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Community Service at The Chronicle’s 26th annual Community Service Awards on March 19.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Community Impact, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Catharine McNally ('06) recently received the Hearne Leadership award, which comes with a $10,000 prize, from the American Association of People with Disabilities. McNally, who is deaf, is both an advocate and entrepreneur, having developed captioned video tours for cellphones.Categories: Alumni, Awards & Recognition, Pro Humanitate
The Schools of Business full-time MBA program placed 11th in the nation in job placement, according to the U.S. News & World Report rankings released March 15. Within three months of graduation, 92 percent of the 2010 full-time MBA graduates secured employment. In the overall program rankings, the Schools of Business again placed in the top 50. Categories: Awards & Recognition, University Announcements
Bloomberg BusinessWeek ranks Wake Forest's Undergraduate Business program No. 1 in the nation for academic quality and among the top 20 programs overall for the third consecutive year in its "The Best Undergraduate Business Schools" ranking report released on March 3. Categories: Awards & Recognition, University Announcements
Wake Forest and Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center are among the 30 organizations statewide to be recognized for conducting outstanding United Way campaigns this year. President Nathan O. Hatch also served as chairman of the United Way of Forsyth County, which exceeded its goal.
In recognition of sustainability efforts, Wake Forest has received a STARS Silver rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. STARS, the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System, is a new program that measures and encourages sustainability in all aspects of higher education.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Environment & Sustainability
The Princeton Review included Wake Forest on its annual list of the nation’s 50 “Best Value” private colleges and universities, published today.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Enrollment & Financial Aid
The School of Law team won the South Super Regional Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in Houston, Texas. The team now heads to Washington, D.C., for the international round. The Jessup Competition is the largest appellate moot court competition in the world; 500 law schools from more than 80 countries participate every year.Categories: Alumni, Awards & Recognition, Experiential Learning, University Announcements
Monica Petrescu, who graduated from Wake Forest in May, is the first Wake Forest student or graduate to be awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Cambridge, England.Categories: Alumni, Awards & Recognition, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, University Announcements