Wake Forest University students and alumni usually have stories to tell about the close relationships they develop with faculty and staff members during their time on campus. Is it our low teacher-student ratio? Our devotion to Pro Humanitate? Decide for yourself as you look beyond the books.
Categories: Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Personal & Career Development, University Announcements
Kevin Smith, a senior from Wilson, N.C., shares his experience with M4, a group that brings together male African-American students to talk about contemporary issues.
Categories: Experiential Learning, Inclusive Excellence, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
When Mike Bevan’s father died suddenly last year, he dutifully stepped into a family leadership role. He also enrolled in “Fathers and Daughters,” the only known college class in the country devoted exclusively to dad-daughter relationships, to help his sister cope with their loss.
Students at Wake Forest University learn ways the professional business network LinkedIn can help them prepare for their careers after college.
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In a speech in 2010, Provost Emeritus Edwin G. Wilson (’43) recalled the friendliness between professors and students that defined the Wake Forest of his college days. “Beyond the Monday, Wednesday and Friday classes and the Tuesday and Thursday afternoon laboratories, where teaching and learning officially took place, there were frequent encounters between students and teachers here and there, on the campus or in town, which opened eyes and inspired confidence and led to new insights about one’s life and career.” That fabric of friendliness remains at Wake Forest, although it goes by a more formal name today — mentoring.
On this 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, students analyze films and read stories to learn how this event continues to shape America's national identity.
Professor Steve Nickles recently taught a course for the School of Law. Only Nickles and his students weren't actually in the school. The course was taught in a virtual environment. Last spring, Wake Forest became the only university in the world with a site-wide license for WebEx from Cisco, making this level of interaction possible.
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Wake Forest's “Great Teachers” class gives students the opportunity to learn from the best by planning and executing visits from four leading communications researchers.
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The producer and director of photography on the Oscar-nominated documentary “Hoop Dreams” adds his expertise to the Documentary Film Program — teaching both graduate and undergraduate courses.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Professor of Church History Bill J. Leonard is the first James and Marilyn Dunn Chair of Baptist Studies at the School of Divinity. The chair positions the School as a leader in the ongoing conversation about the future of ministry in Baptist churches.
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