Entrepreneurs from universities in the U.S., Canada and Thailand will compete for cash to help turn their ideas into innovations during the 12th Annual Wake Forest University Elevator Competition on March 25 and 26.Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Leadership & Character, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Senior Bo-Shan Xiang, who is on a mission to build American interest in the study of philosophy, has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship. Xiang plans to study metaethics at the University of St. Andrews.Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Leadership & Character, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Sophomore volleyball player Andrea Beck has been named First Team ESPN Academic All-District by the College Sports Information Directors of America. As a biology major and Spanish minor, she maintains a 3.97 grade point average.
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