As the son of a Kenyan father and Ugandan mother, junior Bo Machayo brings an interesting perspective to Wake Forest. He's taken his studies to Africa, and he's brought Africa here through raising awareness and money. Read more about this student leader on the Her Campus website.Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, University Announcements
In the U.S., the population identifying itself as Hispanic or Latino grew by 43 percent from 2000 to 2010, compared to 9.7 percent overall growth in the population. Professor Peter Siavelis talks about how we can best prepare for embracing cultural change.Categories: Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
On Thursday, Oct. 6, the Stevens Center in downtown Winston-Salem will light up with the sights and sounds of the internationally acclaimed Cuban theatre troupe Teatro de la Luna in its premiere of "Delirio Habanero / Havana Delirium."Categories: Arts & Culture, Community Impact, Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery
“I believe in the power of photography to empower children,” says Maddie Brandenburger (’11), founder and director of The Snap Project. She currently lives in India where she holds an IDEX Fellowship in Social Enterprise.Categories: Alumni, Global Wake Forest, Pro Humanitate
This summer, sophomore Katie Tassinari had the opportunity to travel on a mission trip to Haiti with the Archdiocese of Baltimore. There, she helped promote the importance of education. Find out more in Tassinari's own words.
As the nation sought to understand the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, college students looked for more opportunities to study the politics, culture and language of the Middle East. The surge of interest translated into more related courses at Wake Forest and the development of the Middle East and South Asia Program (MESA) minor.Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery
Soccer player Doug Ryan spent his summer in Vietnam, mentoring rising ninth graders on a variety of academic subjects and life skills. He also helped teach them four sports through the Coach for College program. Read more and see a slideshow from his service trip.Categories: Athletics, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Wake Foresters Phillips and Leslie McLean Bragg have teamed with James Lubo Mijak, a Lost Boy of Sudan, around the goal of building permanent primary schools in southern Sudan. Once a dream, the Raising Sudan project is becoming a reality.Categories: Alumni, Global Wake Forest
If only we could blame drought and poverty for the famine in the Horn of Africa that would be so simple, says Sarah Lischer, associate professor of political science who studies humanitarian aid and refugees in Africa. In the Huffington Post, Lischer explains why Western aid won’t save Somalia.Categories: Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery
Bernardo Diaz (’07) has been named one of 40 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellows for 2011. Fellows are selected by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation to prepare for careers in the United States foreign service corps.Categories: Alumni, Awards & Recognition, Global Wake Forest, Pro Humanitate