WFU awards and recognitions briefs
The WFU Recognitions and Awards briefs celebrate milestones of faculty, staff and students at Wake Forest University. The WFU Recognitions and Awards briefs celebrate milestones of faculty, staff and students at Wake Forest University.Sept. 26 debate: WFU students to watch debate/experts available
Wake Forest University students, including those participating in the Wake the Vote program, will gather Sept. 26 to watch the first presidential debate at the University’s Pro Humanitate Institute.WFU festival to celebrate campus wellbeing
On Thursday, Sept. 22, Wake Forest University will demonstrate its commitment to wellbeing with a campus-wide event called "Arrive and Thrive" for faculty, staff and students. Categories: Campus Life, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Wellbeing
WFU adds Apple News channel to complement mobile news experience
Today Wake Forest University introduced its Apple News channel to complement the delivery of its news to mobile devices. The Apple News app, which comes standard on devices running iOS 9 or later, delivers personalized news digests in real-time from news sources around the world – and now Wake Forest.Chelsea Clinton hosts Women in Leadership panel at WFU
Hundreds of Wake Forest University students from a range of political perspectives came together to hear Chelsea Clinton speak at a Women in Leadership roundtable on Sept. 13.Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake
U.S. News ranks WFU among top-30 national universities, 5th in undergrad teaching
U.S. News and World Report’s 2017 Best Colleges guide ranked Wake Forest University 27th overall among 310 national universities and 5th for its commitment to undergraduate teaching.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Peggy Noonan offers insider’s look at presidents and leadership
Peggy Noonan, former presidential speech writer, columnist for The Wall Street Journal, and the best-selling author of eight books on American politics, history and culture spoke on Sept. 8 to a standing-room-only crowd in Wake Forest’s Brendle Recital Hall as part of the University’s Voices of Our Time series.Categories: Campus Life, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
WFU receives $4.2 million to further study of human flourishing
What constitutes a life well lived? Wake Forest University professors are addressing this age-old question with the support of nearly $4.2 million in new research funding to study eudaimonia (yoo-dye-mo-NEE-uh)—Aristotle’s term for “flourishing.”WFU to host 9/11 remembrance service
Wake Forest University will hold an interfaith service of prayer and remembrance to honor the victims and commemorate the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.Categories: Campus Life, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
WFU’s Emergency Manager: What we can learn from Hermine
Even though the impact of Tropical Storm Hermine is expected to be minimal in Winston-Salem, Wake Forest University’s Emergency Manager August Vernon says it presents a timely reminder for students, faculty and staff to familiarize themselves with the University’s emergency notification system known as Wake Alert.