Marshall Shaffer, a first-year student from Houston, Texas, shares his thoughts on the behind-the-scenes look he and other students in Hana Brown’s “Political Sociology” class got at preparations for the upcoming Democratic National Convention.
Student Storyteller: Forum for black male students
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
The science of dance
Senior chemistry major Tara Seymour (’12) has been dancing since she was 4. She never imagined she would be dancing out the process of DNA replication until the opportunity arose to participate in Movement and the Molecular, the first class where chemistry meets dance taught at Wake Forest.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Fathers & daughters: not a textbook case
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.
Phi Beta Kappa recognition
On April 18, sixty-two seniors, twenty-three juniors and one alumna were inducted into Wake Forest’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa — the nations oldest academic honor society.
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‘Emilie’ illuminates arts, sciences
Earlier this month, Lauren Gunderson’s play, "Emilie: The Marquise Du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight," served as the center of gravity for a bright constellation of interdisciplinary campus events illuminating dynamic relationships between the arts and sciences.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Research & Discovery
Liz Lerman’s aesthetic of inquiry
For choreographer and visiting artist Liz Lerman, questions drive her way of thinking. “If you ask a big enough question, you have to engage more than one discipline to answer it,” Lerman told a Wake Forest audience in a talk about how creativity can function as a bridge between art and science.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Scholars to explore Hispanic studies
The Department of Romance Languages is hosting a three-day Hispanic Transatlantic Studies symposium that will bring scholars from a variety of countries to campus to present cutting-edge research in history and the humanities.
Categories: Global Wake Forest, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
Student Storyteller: Relating physics to the real world
Physics major Claire McLellan ('12) understands her course of study can seem impractical and hard to connect to the outside world. On April 20, Nobel Laureate William Phillips will underscore the importance of connecting the classroom to the community in event that is free and open to the public.
Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
The Big Campus Connect
Relationships between faculty and students are a Wake Forest cornerstone. While such connections are made every day, the annual Big Campus Connect – a weeklong series of events promoting faculty-student engagement in informal settings – offers an opportunity to put down the textbooks and have fun together outside the classroom.
Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery