For most of senior Meredith-Leigh Pleasants' young adult life, she was sure that she would follow the straight and narrow career path. But her journey took a right turn in the summer of 2011 after she spent three weeks in Zinkwazi, South Africa.Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
When making New Year’s resolutions this year, committing to a specific plan for when and where you are going to accomplish each goal will make you more likely to succeed, says assistant professor of psychology E.J. Masicampo.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
After weeks of humming holiday songs, decorating the house with cheer and planning for a joyous celebration, the holiday season inevitably will come to an end. Assistant Professor of Psychology Christian Waugh studies human emotions and why some people are more resilient in maintaining positive emotions than others.Categories: Research & Discovery
Though not yet definitive, identifying the Higgs boson particle would be on par with proving The Big Bang Theory, says Eric Carlson, a physics professor. While researchers in other fields might trumpet a breakthrough of this magnitude, the global physics community seems to have reacted with a combination of cautious optimism and muted excitement.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
A summer course in India brought together three students and inspired a second trip, rooted in discovering the road blocks to effective education. Read about the research conducted by the students, as well as their hopes for the future.Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Will consumers purchase the same product online that is in a store if it can be bought for a cheaper price? Future retail marketers are looking for creative ways to tap mobile technology and build customer loyalty without discounting.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
An interactive replacement for the traditional college-level biology textbook called BioBook™, which was developed by an interdisciplinary team of faculty, allows students and instructors to tailor traditional course materials to their own learning styles.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Associate Professor of Education Ann Cunningham and Wake Forest student teachers, Laura Mayerchak and Caroline White, led a project to connect 47 first, second and third graders from Winston-Salem with students at Pt. England Primary School in Auckland, New Zealand, more than 8,000 miles away.Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
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.
Nearly four hundred students and faculty watched diverse performances of tap, hip-hop, Bollywood, Korean pop, Palestinian Dabke, Bhangra and Indian Folk Dance, from six dance teams during the Wake Forest's first World Cultural Dance-Off.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery