Rethinking admissions
Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid, Research & Discovery
Iron Chef dishes up food and fun
The Mag Room was full of the overwhelming aroma of delicious food well after its usual closing time recently as students, faculty and staff lined up for the Student Union and Aramark's fourth annual Iron Chef Competition last week. Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, University Announcements
Relishing test-optional admissions
When Emily English applied to Wake Forest, she had no idea of the impact that sociology professor Joseph Soares already had made on her life. Soares' research pushed the University toward its test-optional admissions process, which has attracted many students like English. Soares now has a new book detailing the negative impact of standardized tests.Welcome Center dedicated to Byrum
In recognition of Porter B. Byrum’s lifetime of service to Wake Forest University, the new welcome and admissions center was officially dedicated as the “Porter B. Byrum Welcome Center” during a Sept. 10 ceremony.Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid, University Announcements
Welcome Center wins LEED gold
Wake Forest's Welcome Center & Admissions building, completed in March, has been awarded the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold certification. This is the third new building to have a goal of LEED silver and then achieve a higher level.Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid, Environment & Sustainability
R u txting 2 much?
In a recent U.S. News and World Report article, Director of Admissions Martha Allman and professor Ananda Mitra explore how “text-speak” or “textese” have impacted the way high school students and college applicants communicate.Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid, Research & Discovery
The killing field
Senior chemistry major Allison Faig and professors Bruce King and Patricia Dos Santos are researching how antibiotics destroy dangerous bacteria in the body — hoping their work will lead to the development of new weapons against disease.Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
‘Social capital’ and college counseling
If college counseling for underrepresented students does not become a crucial part of education reform, then reform will not bear nearly enough fruit, writes Omari Simmons, an associate professor at the School of Law.Designed for character
On March 22, Wake Forest cut the ribbon on the new 23,000-square-foot Welcome and Admissions Center. “This building is the physical representation of our approach to admissions,” Allman said. Read more and see photos of the new center.Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid
A Wake Forest welcome
The Office of Admissions moved this week from Starling Hall next door to the newly constructed Admissions Welcome Center. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held March 22. Get a sneak peek of the new building.
Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid