On Friday, Feb. 17, Wake Forest held a dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony for Maya Angelou Hall, a residence hall named for poet, author, professor and civil rights activist Maya Angelou.Categories: Campus Life, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
The Wake Forest community commemorated 183 years since the University’s founding at Founders’ Day Convocation in Wait Chapel on Feb. 16. The celebration recognizes student leaders and honors faculty for teaching, research and service.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
As state and federal lawyers argue over President Donald Trump’s travel and refugee ban, Winston-Salem is already home to approximately 300 families who have left their country in hopes of earning U.S. citizenship.Categories: Experts, Research & Discovery
On Friday, Feb. 17, Wake Forest University will hold a ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony for Maya Angelou Hall, a residence hall named for poet, author, professor and civil rights activist Maya Angelou.Categories: Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
North Carolina could lose dozens of NCAA championship events if legislation limiting protections for the LGBT community isn't repealed. Absent a full repeal of HB2, championships may be pulled through 2022.Categories: Experts, Research & Discovery
Wake Forest University Vice President for Campus Life Penny Rue has been chosen for the most distinguished volunteer leadership role in her field – Board Chair-elect of NASPA, the leading association for student affairs professionals.Categories: Campus Life, Research & Discovery
When Manal Ahmidouch began her freshman year at Wake Forest University, she wasn’t sure which major she would pursue. She only knew that her father, a nuclear physicist, had advised her to think long and hard before taking his path.
More than 300 members of the Wake Forest University community packed into Pugh Auditorium on Friday for a faculty-led panel on immigration and refugees.Categories: Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
Wake Forest University has appointed alumnus and former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official Stan Meiburg (’75) as director of graduate programs in sustainability. Meiburg served as Acting Deputy Administrator for the EPA from 2014 to 2017, capping a 39-year career with the agency.Categories: Alumni, Environment & Sustainability, Research & Discovery
Wake Forest University has been named to The Princeton Review’s 2017 edition of “Colleges That Pay You Back: The 200 Schools That Give You the Best Bang for Your Tuition Buck” (Penguin Random House / Princeton Review Books).Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery, University Announcements