Rebecca Chopp, the president of Swarthmore College, gave the sermon at the 2011 Baccalaureate Service on Sunday. View an audio slideshow and a photo gallery of the celebration.Categories: Happening at Wake, University Announcements
Nine professors -- in art, counseling, divinity, economics, history, religion, journalism, classical languages and East Asian languages -- are retiring this year, after leaving an indelible mark on generations of students dating back to the 1970s.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Campus Life, Happening at Wake, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Learn about some of the accomplished members of the Class of 2011 by reading our senior student profiles. Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, University Announcements
The Excellence in Entrepreneurship Awards recognize students and faculty who have exhibited extraordinary achievements in entrepreneurship over the past year. Nominated by their peers, these individuals embody the entrepreneurial spirit in thought and action.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Leadership & Character, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Kites, balloons, food and decorations. Sounds like a party, and, in a sense, it is — Wake the Library is a semiannual tradition that heralds the start of exam-week frenzy.
Bill McKibben, whose groundbreaking 1989 book, "End of Nature," was the first to address global warming, will talk Tuesday at Reynolda Gardens and Wait Chapel. Wake Forest's new Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability is sponsoring the visit.Categories: Happening at Wake
Creativity studies is a new area of research that is becoming increasingly influential in social, political and business realms. The Program for Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship recently sponsored a conference titled "Teaching Creativity in Higher Education."Categories: Happening at Wake, University Announcements
For 19 years, Chi Rho, Wake Forest’s men’s a cappella group, has been entertaining the community — performing contemporary Christian, pop, rock and traditional hymns using only their voices.
When it comes to inequities concerning race and college sports, you can talk about changing rules or paying players, but in the end, the most important reform is providing players – even the at-risk ones – with a useful education, according to experts convened at Wake Forest’s “Losing to Win” conference.Categories: Alumni, Athletics, Happening at Wake
Though now in a wheelchair, former Wake Forest and NBA basketball star Rodney Rogers still has his familiar broad smile and an ability to engage an audience, as he did during an appearance on campus during the ‘Losing to Win” conference.Categories: Alumni, Athletics, Happening at Wake