In an unusual first-year seminar, students learn that, just as there’s a physical science behind the healing of broken bones, the correction of blood sugar levels and the repairing of blocked arteries. There’s also a physical science to improving mental health.Categories: Mentorship, Research & Discovery
Five new Presidential Chairs to recruit, retain and reward outstanding faculty who embody the teacher-scholar ideal have been announced by Wake Forest University.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, Transformative Giving, University Announcements
Wake Forest University senior Abdulmalik Obaid has earned the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship, which sends recipients to the University of Cambridge in England to pursue a full-time postgraduate degree.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
The Wake Forest community commemorated 181 years since the University’s founding at Founders’ Day Convocation in Wait Chapel on Feb. 19. The celebration recognizes student leaders and honors faculty for teaching, research and service.Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Mentorship, Research & Discovery
As part of the Leadership Project, Nancy Lublin, founder of Dress for Success and Dosomething.org, offered advice on launching startups and leading organizations with the purpose of making life better for people in need.Categories: Campus Life, Happening at Wake, Mentorship, Personal & Career Development
With 98 percent of the Class of 2014 either employed or in graduate school, the numbers show that resources invested in career development have measurable results. But the first job after college is just one step in the journey toward a meaningful life.Categories: Mentorship, Personal & Career Development
From a commencement speech that the entire country watched to celebrating world-class rankings to honoring new and old traditions, Wake Forest had an unforgettable 2014.Categories: Campus Life, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Mentorship
History professor Michele Gillespie usually includes class visits to view art in Winston-Salem. This semester, she expanded the idea to benefit both the students in her Women and Gender in Early America course and the local museums.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Research & Discovery
STEM incubator brings students from different classes and disciplines together, fostering horizontal relationships where they learn from each other, but also vertical relationships with their faculty mentors.
Research Day is a highlight of the academic year, showcasing the personal interaction and intellectual exchange between students and faculty.Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Mentorship, Research & Discovery