Several hundred Wake Forest students welcomed about 50 elementary school students to campus Wednesday to paint their very own desk. Wake Forest students started D.E.S.K. (Discovering Education through Student Knowledge) 11 years ago to provide desks to underprivileged children.Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate
More than 200 faculty, staff, students and guests gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking for Farrell Hall, a new home for the Schools of Business, on Friday at the building site across from Poteat Field, near the Polo Road entrance to campus.Categories: Happening at Wake, University Announcements
Students in Alessandra Beasley Von Burg's communications class are putting what they've learned in the classroom about citizenship into action with a symposium today on the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. The symposium is free and open to the public.Categories: Campus Life, Community Impact, Happening at Wake, Mentorship, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
For as long as he can remember, senior biology major William Oelsner wanted to be a physician. Then he discovered that by joining science know-how and business savvy, he could improve lives more than one patient at a time.Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Leadership & Character, University Announcements
On April 4, more than 250 students walked barefoot on Hearn Plaza and lined the Quad with paper feet to show support for children who face challenges while trying to gain access to education — such as walking to school without shoes.Categories: Global Wake Forest, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate
To chart a course of action for the protection of American Indian land rights, scholars, policy makers and community members will gather to consider issues such as environmental pollution and the protection of sacred sites.
“Nepotism failed me,” director Jason Reitman told the crowd gathered in Wait Chapel on Saturday night to hear his keynote address concluding the 2011 Reynolda Film Festival. The son of successful producer and director Ivan Reitman told the story of his journey from a teenager fearful of being overshadowed by his father in the movie industry, working his way up as a writer and director of short films and television commercials, to finally getting his big break with “Thank You for Smoking.”Categories: Arts & Culture, Happening at Wake
Wake Forest students hosted an Asian Spring Festival on March 26 — performing Indian and Korean dances and organizing an Asian costume fashion show. A Chinese Tai Chi fan dance and performances by the Bunraku Bay Puppet Troupe were part of the celebration. See a photo gallery.Categories: Arts & Culture, Happening at Wake
The Humanities Institute is designed to “help faculty and students make the most of the energy, intellect and creativity they bring to humanistic learning, research and teaching,” according to director Mary Foskett. Read more in our Old Gold and Black story of the week.Categories: Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
With a tower of LEGO Architecture building block sets at his side, Colin Gillespie (MBA '00) returned “home” during the Schools of Business Elevator Competition to share his journey around the world with the LEGO company.Categories: Alumni, Happening at Wake, University Announcements