Few people were more excited to hear Wake Forest’s commencement address than graduate Alison Moy. That’s because keynote speaker Charlie Ergen, the chairman of satellite broadcaster DISH Network Corporation and EchoStar Communications Corporation, soon will be Moy’s new boss. Categories: Alumni, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake
The Charlotte and Philip Hanes Art Gallery will close the season with its annual Wake Forest Student Art Exhibition through May 21. The exhibition includes works in various media including, painting, drawing, printmaking, video, photography, sculpture and other mediums that bridge or combine these approaches.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake
Everyone at Wake Forest shares a special bond, but seniors Curtis Vann and Emily Roach have more in common than most from the Class of 2012. Not only do both come from a long line of Wake Foresters dating back to the old campus, their fathers became best friends and roommates in Taylor Hall more than 30 years ago.
Categories: Alumni, Happening at Wake
Have you thought about studying law as a way to continue your liberal education and cross a bridge into the professional world? The Wake Forest School of Law plans to offer a one-year Master of Studies in Law (MSL) program beginning in the Fall 2012 semester. There will be an informational session for prospective students at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 15, in Room 1134 of the Worrell Professional Center.Categories: Happening at Wake, University Announcements
This semester’s exam week Wake the Library features beach-themed decorations to provide inspiration amid hours of serious final exam studying.Categories: Campus Life, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake
START, Wake Forest’s student art gallery, is hosting an exhibition of projection and monitor-based works produced by professor Joel Tauber's video art students. Works from four different classes will be on display.
On April 27, 1962, trustees voted to end racial segregation at Wake Forest and the University became the first major private college in the South to integrate. Fifty years later, Wake Forest kicks off “Faces of Courage,” a yearlong celebration of the historic decision and how it has shaped the University.
Categories: Happening at Wake, Inclusive Excellence
On April 18, sixty-two seniors, twenty-three juniors and one alumna were inducted into Wake Forest’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa — the nations oldest academic honor society.Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
The Department of Romance Languages is hosting a three-day Hispanic Transatlantic Studies symposium that will bring scholars from a variety of countries to campus to present cutting-edge research in history and the humanities.Categories: Global Wake Forest, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
From a cardboard boat race to a panel discussion on fracking to a food activism workshop, Wake Forest’s 10 days of celebrating the earth will engage the campus in thinking about sustainability issues April 19 through April 28. Read more from the Office of Sustainability.Categories: Environment & Sustainability, Happening at Wake