Wake Forest helps students answer questions about the connections between major and career -- giving them confidence as they meet with potential employers and learn how to talk about what talents and skills they bring to the workplace.Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid, Personal & Career Development, Wellbeing
More than 50 years after Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at Wake Forest, universities across the country are making headlines related to race and identity. At a time when Wake Forest has a more diverse study body than ever, the campus community is addressing these challenges together.Categories: Alumni, Campus Life, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery, University Announcements, Wellbeing
Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid, Mentorship
You might not expect to be able to see a dance performance in West Africa, stop in China for a snack, and then finish up the evening in Italy for a quick game of bocce ball. But thanks to the World Cultural Festival, it is all possible.
U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges 2015 guidebook, which hits newsstands this week, highlights Wake Forest’s leadership in the national trend of promoting students’ social and emotional wellbeing. The story shows how schools like WFU tackle stress to provide a better environment for students.Categories: Campus Life, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Research & Discovery, Wellbeing
Students in professor Ron Neal's religion class explore the connections between hip hop and the stories we've all grown up with as Americans — the idea of the self-made man, the achievement of the American dream and the belief that hard work will lead to the good life.
Today’s campus-wide introduction of “Thrive,” the University’s comprehensive approach to wellbeing, features fun activities to get people thinking and talking about serious topics such as financial planning, work satisfaction, intellectual engagement, emotional health and spirituality.Categories: Alumni, Campus Life, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Happening at Wake, University Announcements, Wellbeing
John Marbach found that accepting a $100,000 entrepreneurship grant to skip college and start a business took an unexpected toll on his wellbeing. He returned to Wake Forest with a deep appreciation for the University's efforts to double down on transforming wellbeing for the entire campus community.Categories: Campus Life, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Transformative Giving, University Announcements, Wellbeing
On Sept. 5, Wake Forest will break ground on The Sutton Center, a two-story addition to Reynolds Gym that marks the first of three planned phases to transform the historic building into a dynamic hub for campus-wide wellbeing.Categories: Alumni, Campus Life, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Transformative Giving, University Announcements, Wellbeing
Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning