Choirland
Fifty-two concert choir members, across multiple majors and years, gave four performances during the department of music’s eight-day tour of Ireland over spring break. Fifty-two concert choir members, across multiple majors and years, gave four performances during the department of music’s eight-day tour of Ireland over spring break. Diving into biodiversity
Lighthouse Reef Atoll is one of the most pristine marine environments in the Caribbean Sea due to its remote location. Students taking an Ecology and Conservation of Coral Reefs class spent their spring break exploring the Atoll's startling array of biodiversity. Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Leadership & Character, Mentorship, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery
From bench to bedside
Move over, pink. The fight against breast cancer now wears Old Gold and Black as a team of graduate students from Wake Forest Schools of Business, Law and Medicine work together to take a promising, but underfunded, cancer therapy to market. Categories: Campus Life, Experiential Learning, Leadership & Character, Mentorship, Personal & Career Development, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Taking a break to build communities
This past week, more than 100 Wake Forest students spent their spring break hard at work in the spirit of Pro Humanitate in cities across the country. In the past five years, Wake Alternative Break (WAB) has doubled the number of service trips it offers. Categories: Campus Life, Community Impact, Environment & Sustainability, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Basketball and books
Talking about sports on Thursday afternoons is helping a group of high school students become better readers. Education professor Alan Brown and graduate student Jordan Daniels (’14) started a sports and literacy group for students at Southwest Guilford High School.Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery
WFU shoots for Ultimate Frisbee gold
With three consecutive regional championships in its pocket and a roster stacked full of returning players, the Wake Forest men’s Ultimate Frisbee team is posed to make a run at the national tournament May 17-18 in Westerville, Ohio.Categories: Campus Life, Experiential Learning, University Announcements
McCreary gives $7.5 million to sports performance center
Ever since Bob McCreary (’61) came to Wake Forest in 1957 on a football scholarship, he has never forgotten the power of a transformative gift on a young student-athlete.
Now his $7.5 million gift in support of the Wake Forest Football program adds momentum to Wake Forest’s plans for a 95,000-square-foot sports performance center.Categories: Alumni, Athletics, Experiential Learning, Transformative Giving, University Announcements
Summer school in Charlotte
Sophomore Christa Harris (’16) originally planned to spend her summer living at home and taking courses at another university. But when she learned that Wake Forest is offering classes in her hometown, enabling her to study and pursue internship opportunities at the same time, she changed her plans.Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Hitting the right note
The 37th Giles-Harris Competitions in Musical Performance have grown into a major event for Wake Forest’s pianists, singers, and instrumentalists. Categories: Alumni, Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Making wishes come true
When 6-year-old Ava Elsner arrived on campus Saturday afternoon, students dressed as Cinderella and Snow White greeted her and placed a sparkling crown on her head. Students sponsored a Make-A-Wish trip for Ava, who suffers from spinal muscular atrophy. Categories: Campus Life, Community Impact, Experiential Learning