Building a stronger classroom
The Teaching and Learning Center, under the direction of Catherine Ross, provides workshops and other resources designed to help Wake Forest faculty keep pace with students and the changing ways they learn. The Teaching and Learning Center, under the direction of Catherine Ross, provides workshops and other resources designed to help Wake Forest faculty keep pace with students and the changing ways they learn.Rising reputation
The Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials has gained an international reputation for developing cutting-edge energy technologies. Director David Carroll leads research on solar cells, thermal electrics, battery technology and organic electronics.Categories: Research & Discovery
Theatre is a “Smash”
Professor of Theatre Cynthia Gendrich loves comedy, so she is in her element directing “Smash,” the Wake Forest University Theatre 2010-2011 season opener. The play runs through Sept. 26.Meet the new faculty
With the opening of the academic year, Wake Forest welcomes over 50 new faculty members — a group Provost Jill Tiefenthaler describes as rare in higher education, committed to focusing on teaching as well as research.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
The real India
Communication professor Ananda Mitra and his wife led a trip to India this summer for 11 Wake Forest students, allowing them to learn about the country from an insider's point of view.Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Green fruit, deep roots
Biology Professor Gloria K. Muday’s research could lead to better roots and a stronger crop of summer-ripe tomatoes.Categories: Mentorship, Research & Discovery
Faculty assume new leadership roles
A new associate provost and a number of academic deans in the College, Graduate School, School of Law and Schools of Business were appointed over the summer.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Professor promotes community learning
Music professor Susan Borwick jettisoned some elements of the more traditional classroom setting and chose instead to turn the Winston-Salem community into a liberal arts learning environment to breathe new life into her course on American music.Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
A handbook for college parents
Retired business professor Helen Akinc explains in her new book, “The Praeger Handbook for College Parents,” how parents can help get their children through college.
Categories: Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
University ranks 12th in teaching quality
Wake Forest is ranked 25th among national universities in U.S. News and World Report’s latest rankings of “America’s Best Colleges” and 12th among “schools where the faculty has an unusual commitment to undergraduate teaching.”