More than 50 alumni writers returned to campus for the first Words Awake! conference last weekend. Find out more about how the writers interacted with students, the campus community and local schools, and learn about the first class of the WFU Writers Hall of Fame. Categories: Alumni, Arts & Culture, Community Impact, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
Words Awake was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity where more than 50 accomplished Wake Forest writers were together in one place — providing inspiration and career connections for aspiring authors.Categories: Alumni, Arts & Culture, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
Silk maps, B-24 bombers and avoiding anachronisms were the hot topics during Laura Elliott’s visit to Northwest Middle School in Winston-Salem. Elliott, a 1979 Wake Forest graduate who writes young adult historical novels, mixed WWII history with writing advice in conversations with 6th-, 7th- and 8th-graders as part of Words Awake! A Celebration of Wake Forest Writers and Writing on campus March 23-25.
Categories: Alumni, Arts & Culture, Community Impact, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
Words Awake!, the three-day symposium showcasing Wake Forest's literary legacy, launched with a spectacular start Friday evening when Tom Hayes (’79) premiered his documentary film, "Editor Uncut," about his father, Harold Hayes (’48), who as editor of Esquire (1963-1973) marshaled the talent that established the magazine as the disquieting mirror of its age.
Categories: Alumni, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
“We all have our own stories to tell whether we’ve been U.S. citizens for our whole lives or we just moved here,” said professor Alessandra Beasley Von Burg. She is leading a project that asks one burning question: Where are you from?
Categories: Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
As I listened to Roald Hoffmann's introduction, I was mesmerized by his ability to excel in chemistry, poetry and philosophy. In Hoffmann’s hour-long address as part of the Oakley R. Vail Lecture Series, I learned how these different fields, and really any fields, can intertwine.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
The Wake Forest Ethics Debate Team finished in the top four nationally in its inaugural season. The team, which was formed in the fall of 2011 under the guidance of Charles Lankau of the Schools of Business, also won the N.C. Ethics Bowl.
On St. Patrick’s Day, Jeff Holdridge, director of the Wake Forest University Press -- the premier publisher of Irish poetry in North America -- discusses the future of Irish poetry after "The Troubles" and shares his five favorite Irish poems.
Victor Pauca is well known among the Wake Forest community. Now, thanks to the work of a young journalist, others around the country will soon learn of his inspiring story about finding his voice.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Twins Jessica and Tiffany Blackburn are playing an integral role in the ongoing development of BioBook, an interactive biology e-textbook. The e-book is teaching the sophomore biology majors much more than science, it has also enhanced their writing and drawing skills.