Students help other students save
Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning
New South Residence Hall models sustainability
With solar panels on the roof to heat water and touch screens in the hallways for monitoring energy usage, Wake Forest’s newest residence hall has the latest in green technology.Categories: Campus Life, Environment & Sustainability, Experiential Learning
A college student’s guide to the law
From using a fake ID to practical jokes gone wrong, law professor Wilson Parker explains in his new book, “Ignorance Is No Defense, A College Student’s Guide To North Carolina Law,” how students can quickly find themselves in legal trouble.
Categories: Experiential Learning, University Announcements
‘Innocent Man’: John Grisham to speak
Lawyer and best-selling author John Grisham will bring the story of “The Innocent Man” and other stories of wrongful convictions to Wake Forest on Sept. 14. His speech is free and open to the public.
Categories: Experiential Learning, University Announcements
Newest residence hall set to open
South Residence Hall, the first campus building designed to meet LEED certification, will be home to about 200 first-year students this fall and will be dedicated on Aug. 16 at 2 p.m. Step inside for a preview.
Categories: Experiential Learning
Building international communication
The annual Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Summer Institute, held for the fifth year at Wake Forest, is designed to teach teenagers about different countries, and about the shared principles and challenges they face, said Allan Louden, professor of communication and director of the program.Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, University Announcements
Students and professors travel to India
The stage is set for India to play a significant role in global business, politics and culture, says communication professor Ananda Mitra, who is leading an educational trip of his home country this month for 11 students.
Mitra, along with his wife, Swati Basu, is leading the trip as part of his summer class, “Communication, Culture and Sustainability.” What gives the trip an unusual twist? While experiencing the diversity of daily life in India, students are able to share their insights with mentors who are both from Wake Forest and from India.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest
Junior discovers the meaning of service
Junior Jessie Ammons discovers the many meanings of “amizade,” or friendship, during a service trip to Santarem, Brazil, sponsored by Vacations to Go and alumnus Alan Fox (’79, MBA ‘81).
Categories: Experiential Learning
Students travel to Nicaragua to encourage healthy lifestyles
Eleven students and two professors are in Managua, Nicaragua, for a month for a service-learning experience combining health care, communication and service.
With communication professor Steven Giles and health and exercise science professor Gary Miller, the students are studying global health issues and using a variety of communication techniques to promote healthier lifestyles among the local people.Ambassadors to the world
Twelve Wake Forest students have been awarded Fulbright scholarships — the most prestigious international exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government — to teach English or conduct research abroad during the next year.
The students, all of whom graduated in May, were awarded scholarships through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Wake Forest has had 60 Fulbright scholars since 1992, including the 12 this year and 12 in 2008.Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, University Announcements