Sustainability director Dedee DeLongpré Johnston received a gift for the campus just in time for the holidays: the newest-model solar-electric hybrid shuttle that will begin serving the campus in 2010.Categories: Environment & Sustainability, Experiential Learning
Rebecca Matteo and students in her first-year seminar tackled a timely subject this fall: health-care reform. Worrell Professor David Coates follows the debate in Washington in a health-care blog. Categories: Experiential Learning
Two groups of students are spending their winter break on service trips, one group in Brazil helping build a community center for children, and a second group in Calcutta, India, working with Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity.Categories: Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Categories: Experiential Learning
Teddy Aronson, a junior English major from Essex Falls, N.J., is studying in Amman, Jordan, this semester at the University of Jordan. In addition to his coursework, he is spending the semester improving his Arabic and keeping a food journal for Campus Kitchen.Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest
Wake Forest is launching a long-term initiative to partner with the International Baccalaureate Program offered by the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools.Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, University Announcements
Journalist instructor Mary Martin Niepold has received a national award for social entrepreneurs who take on society’s biggest challenges for her project supporting grandmothers in Africa.Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Pro Humanitate
Categories: Experiential Learning
It was Bing Crosby who immortalized a white Christmas in his 1942 hit single, but these days more and more eco-conscious consumers are dreaming of a green Christmas instead. If you're looking for ways to reduce your carbon footprint this holiday season, consider these tips from Director of Sustainability Dedee DeLongpré Johnston.
Students in Nelly van Doorn-Harder’s religion class joined with local Muslims to learn about a traditional Muslim feast, the Feast of Sacrifice, during Thanksgiving week.Categories: Arts & Culture, Community Impact, Experiential Learning