On Thursday, Google announced that the social networking tool Google+ has launched for colleges and universities who are using its Apps for Education tools. Wake Forest is among the first in the nation to bring the new app to campus.
Categories: University Announcements
Professor Steve Nickles recently taught a course for the School of Law. Only Nickles and his students weren't actually in the school. The course was taught in a virtual environment. Last spring, Wake Forest became the only university in the world with a site-wide license for WebEx from Cisco, making this level of interaction possible.Categories: Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Inventors Digest magazine has named computer science graduate student Michael Crouse (BS ’10, MS ’12) one of the “Nation’s Top New Inventors.” Crouse is featured on the cover of the October issue. Also see a video feature on Crouse from WFMY.Categories: Alumni, Awards & Recognition, Experiential Learning, University Announcements
Wake Forest will celebrate the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible with a concert performed by six Winston-Salem churches and a library exhibition of rare and historic Bibles.Categories: Happening at Wake, University Announcements
The Wake Forest "mystique" creates a bond across generations, connecting a long-time staffer and student government president Nilam Patel ('12).Categories: Experiential Learning, University Announcements
The Schools of Business continues to climb in The Economist 2011 ranking of full-time MBA programs, ranking 29th in the nation and 48th worldwide. Categories: Awards & Recognition, University Announcements
Kurt Cobain and Elliot Smith (singer-songwriters), Charles Taylor (former president of Liberia), and Jena Six defendant Robert Bailey Jr. are a few of the famous and infamous faces sharing wall space with the less notable in an exhibition at the START Gallery featuring the works of Rudy Shepherd ('98).
Categories: Alumni, Arts & Culture, Happening at Wake, University Announcements
The Schools of Business recently welcomed GE's Jeff Immelt, who has been named one of the "World's Best CEOs" by Barron's three times. Immelt stressed to students that they must prepare to compete in a volatile, global economy. “You are going to graduate into a world that requires adaptability. It rewards people who know how to manage volatility.”Categories: Happening at Wake, University Announcements
Learn about some of the accomplished members of the Class of 2015 by reading our first-year student profiles. Meet Elizabeth Busby, a self-described musical junkie who hopes to share her excitement of all art forms with children in the community.Categories: Experiential Learning, University Announcements
President Nathan Hatch doesn't often drive a Harley Davidson or play the part of the Phantom of the Opera. But Hatch has done both at the President's Ball, and now Wake Forest is invited to see him take center stage again on Friday at the fourth biennial President’s Ball.Categories: Happening at Wake, University Announcements