Categories: Experiential Learning
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.
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
Eight students and a professor who spent two weeks recently volunteering at an orphanage in Russia learned that they don’t need to speak the language to make a difference in a child’s life. Watch the students and professor perform a traditional folk dance.Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest
Categories: Experiential Learning
For his latest public-art project, Professor of Art David Finn has connected Wake Forest art students with high-school students to interpret their thoughts about race.
On June 10, the works created by the students will debut at the Liberty Arts Center, 526 N. Liberty St., in Winston-Salem. The one-night show, “Transforming Race,” is from 6 to 8 p.m. and is free and open to the public. The show will then travel to local high schools before ending up at the Start Gallery in Reynolda Village.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning
Categories: Experiential Learning
Because companies are making more “just-in-time” hiring decisions, the summer hiring season looks brighter for new college graduates who are still looking for a job, says Career Services director Ladd Flock.Categories: Experiential Learning, Personal & Career Development
Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest
Categories: Experiential Learning