Mark Kennedy Shriver stressed the power of the Peace Corps in a Voices of Our Time speech. “Compassion in service can shatter barriers,” Shriver said, as he discussed the history and future of the organization, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary.Categories: Global Wake Forest, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate
The Strings, a Wake Forest women's social society renowned in the late '60s and early '70s for its voices, will reunite at Homecoming on Saturday, Oct. 15, for the first time in 40 years. They will perform in the Green Room in Reynolda Hall at 11 a.m and record a YouTube video at 11:30 a.m. outside the Magnolia Room on Saturday.Categories: Alumni, Happening at Wake
Kurt Cobain and Elliot Smith (singer-songwriters), Charles Taylor (former president of Liberia), and Jena Six defendant Robert Bailey Jr. are a few of the famous and infamous faces sharing wall space with the less notable in an exhibition at the START Gallery featuring the works of Rudy Shepherd ('98).
Categories: Alumni, Arts & Culture, Happening at Wake, University Announcements
Elizabeth Thalhimer Smartt (’98) has written “Finding Thalhimers” the story of her family and their business, a well-known retail institution for 150 years. Along with her mentor, professor Mary Dalton (’83), she’ll participate in a panel discussion sponsored by the Family Business Center on Friday at Reynolda House.Categories: Alumni, Happening at Wake
The Schools of Business recently welcomed GE's Jeff Immelt, who has been named one of the "World's Best CEOs" by Barron's three times. Immelt stressed to students that they must prepare to compete in a volatile, global economy. “You are going to graduate into a world that requires adaptability. It rewards people who know how to manage volatility.”Categories: Happening at Wake, University Announcements
Nobel Prize-winning scientist Kary Mullis developed a process that uses DNA to identify or exclude suspects. Twenty years later, that process freed Darryl Hunt, who spent 18 years in prison for murder. On Wednesday, Hunt got to meet Mullis at Wake Forest.Categories: Happening at Wake
The Wake Forest community “Hit the Bricks” hard this year. Eighty-nine teams ran 25,571 laps around Hearn Plaza, raising $26,782 for cancer research and the Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund. More than 900 students, faculty and staff participated.Categories: Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate
President Nathan Hatch doesn't often drive a Harley Davidson or play the part of the Phantom of the Opera. But Hatch has done both at the President's Ball, and now Wake Forest is invited to see him take center stage again on Friday at the fourth biennial President’s Ball.Categories: Happening at Wake, University Announcements
Wake Forest's “Great Teachers” class gives students the opportunity to learn from the best by planning and executing visits from four leading communications researchers.Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
It’s not unusual for college students to feel like they are running in circles — but on Thursday, Oct. 6, they really will be. Students, faculty and staff will run on Hearn Plaza in the "Hit the Bricks" event to raise money for cancer research.