Senior Lisa Northrop was one of 34 college students from across North Carolina to receive the Community Impact Student Award and a volunteer recognition certificate of appreciation from Governor Beverly Perdue. Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Leadership & Character, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Student government president Natalie Halpern has a track record of leading people and getting projects accomplished in her time at Wake Forest.
College students and coffee are a quintessential combination. But how many have tried to secure a great cup of java by self-roasting coffee beans in a hot-air popcorn popper? Junior JT Peifer has. Categories: Experiential Learning, Leadership & Character
A long-dreamed of idea and grant money from Wake Forest's entrepreneurial center gave rise to Wear to Win, senior Laura Ormson's company that offers trendy golf apparel for young women. Ormson runs the company with her mother, Cindy Ormson.Categories: Athletics, Leadership & Character
Randy Paris, a junior political science major and religion minor, from Pittsburgh, Pa., spent the fall semester working at the White House through The White House Internship Program and gained a unique perspective into the daily workings of the Obama administration.
It started as a classroom assignment: start your own business with $40 and run it for three days. The result: Wake Wash, launched by seniors Scott Graber, Julie Musgrave and Eleanor Smith, has lasted far more than three days and has liberated fellow students from late-night laundry room duty.Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Leadership & Character