Wake Forest students come from a wide range of backgrounds, and each has unique experience in the University's liberal arts setting. From service trips, to studying abroad, to campus traditions, these student storytellers present a personal view of what it means to be a Wake Forester.Categories: Campus Life, Experiential Learning, University Announcements
Historically, Wake Forest undergrads pass in and out of the Z. Smith Reynolds Library nearly 25,000 times during exam week. To help with the long hours and anxiety of final tests and papers, the community comes together to offer students some welcome breaks.Categories: Campus Life, Experiential Learning, University Announcements
As final exams and holidays loom closer, college students feel the crunch of academic and extracurricular obligations. Even prepared and organized students might feel more stress at this time of the year. Some students at Wake Forest are turning to meditation and Tai Chi to relax and relieve stress.
Categories: Campus Life, Experiential Learning
The sixth annual Turkeypalooza brought student and faculty volunteers together during the week of November 13 to prepare and deliver more than 400 Thanksgiving meals to local organizations.Categories: Campus Life, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake
Students in Pat Lord's Bio 367 Virology class helped create a new program designed to develop students' critical thinking skills about bioethics outside the classroom. And it all started with dinner ... and a movie.Categories: Campus Life, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Leadership & Character, Mentorship, Research & Discovery
Students create new event traditions at Wake Forest, celebrating fun and service, while still honoring tried and true autumn happenings.Categories: Campus Life, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate
The 24th annual Project Pumpkin brought more than 1,400 Winston-Salem area children to campus for an afternoon of fall celebrations. Sponsored by the Volunteer Service Corps, Project Pumpkin is one of WFU’s largest community events.Categories: Campus Life, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Established in 2005, the Dean’s Cup recognizes the Wake Forest athletic team with the highest grade point average each academic year. Recently, men’s track and field/cross country and women’s golf celebrated a three-peat. Each team has captured three consecutive titles. Categories: Athletics, Awards & Recognition, Campus Life, Experiential Learning, Leadership & Character, University Announcements
When Hit the Bricks began in 2002, it raised about $3,000 and had only a handful of teams participate. Last year, the competition raised more than $26,000 and had 89 teams enroll. This year, a new record of 93 teams ran laps to support the Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund Drive.Categories: Alumni, Campus Life, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Leadership & Character, University Announcements
A social entrepreneur is someone who tries to make things tomorrow better than they were today. That is the definition Jessica Jackley, perhaps best known as the co-founder of Kiva, an online microlending service, gave Wake Forest students, faculty and staff at a talk in Brendle Recital Hall.