Katharine Brooks recently joined Wake Forest as the executive director of the Office of Personal and Career Development. In this Q&A, Brooks, the author of “You Majored in What?”, shares her ideas about career development and best tips for choosing a major.Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid
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A team of Wake Forest computer scientists hosted the second Google-sponsored CS4HS workshop for local middle school and high school teachers. The goal: teach educators the basics of computer programming and how to apply computational thinking to all aspects of education.Categories: Community Impact, Enrollment & Financial Aid
“It was a dark and stormy night.” This is how Janna Raley started her mathematical economics paper. Surprised? So was her professor. But, writing the assignment in the form of a children’s book led to an article published in an academic journal.Categories: Alumni, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Mentorship, University Announcements
Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid
LENS @ Wake Forest has given 38 high school students from 15 states and Puerto Rico a sneak-peek at college life, service and the opportunity to study sustainability and apply this knowledge to the community.Categories: Community Impact, Enrollment & Financial Aid
Attending the international premiere of "The Great Gatsby" was an incredible opportunity for junior Marshall Shaffer. But the lessons he learned as an intern at the Cannes Film Festival will be helpful wherever his future career takes him.Categories: Campus Life, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, University Announcements
Students from around the world have been exploring social justice as part of the International Baccalaureate World Student Conference. Wake Forest is the first American university to host the event.
In Rwanda, genocide survivors are making a conscious choice to promote a community based in kindness and forgiveness, healing the city of Kigali, and having a lifelong impact on the lives of Wake Forest students.Categories: Campus Life, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Pro Humanitate
Eleanor Saffian decided to pursue a career as a genetic counselor when her brother Charlie was diagnosed with Down syndrome shortly after birth. She is interning at the Massachusetts General Hospital's Down Syndrome Program in Boston this summer.