Inspired by the tattoos on her Algerian grandmother’s face, Yasmin Bendaas ('13) wanted to know more about how this custom began, and why it is disappearing. With the help of the Richter Scholarship and a Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting fellowship, Bendaas spent the summer in Algeria researching.Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Inclusive Excellence, Leadership & Character, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
When Hit the Bricks began in 2002, it raised about $3,000 and had only a handful of teams participate. Last year, the competition raised more than $26,000 and had 89 teams enroll. This year, a new record of 93 teams ran laps to support the Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund Drive.Categories: Alumni, Campus Life, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Leadership & Character, University Announcements
When Wake Forest computer science professors and students introduce new ways to teach computer science to middle school students, the teachers at Hanes Magnet School can't wait to experiment with technology.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Experiential Learning, Leadership & Character, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
When students picked up the freshman issue of the campus newspaper, “The Old Gold and Black,” on move-in day, they might not have realized the substantial ways the editorial staff is reinventing its coverage, both in print and online.
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High in the Himalayan mountains, nine undergraduate students enrolled in a summer course on culture and communication in India are working with local schools to improve students’ English literacy. Carrie Stokes and Kendall Hack are updating their blogs with news and photos from India. Click to follow their adventures.Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Leadership & Character, University Announcements
In 2002, euro notes and coins began circulating in the European Community, and for the 10 years since, economists have asked if the monetary union was a good decision. One intensely debated question: What if the United Kingdom had adopted the euro? A student/faculty team answer the question.Categories: Alumni, Experiential Learning, Leadership & Character, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
As the 4th of July approaches, members of the Wake Forest community reflect upon the hard work, discipline and self-sacrifice that were integral to our nation’s founding. Senior Alexis Lauria embodies these values. Lauria is a resident advisor, aspiring doctor and one of only 15 women in the Demon Deacon ROTC Battalion.Categories: Campus Life, Experiential Learning, Leadership & Character, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Wake Forest senior Roman Nelson co-authored a study from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center that was published in the Journal of American College of Radiology.Categories: Experiential Learning, Leadership & Character, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
A Wake Forest junior receives the school's first grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Using multimedia, Yasmin Bendaas will document a vanishing tradition in Northern Algeria as a foreign correspondent. It's a role journalists say is vanishing as well.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Leadership & Character, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Yasmin Bendaas, an anthropology major with a double minor in journalism and Middle East and South Asia studies from Winston-Salem, N.C., will use video to help her research the facial tattoos of elderly women of the Chaouia, an indigenous group and tell their stories -- an interest sparked by three family visits to Algeria during her childhood.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Experiential Learning, Leadership & Character, University Announcements