Meet the Class of 2015
Learn about some of the accomplished members of the Class of 2015 by reading our first-year student profiles. This week, meet Kathryn Dillin, Shoshanna Goldin, Nick Toebben and Morgan McMahon.Categories: Experiential Learning, University Announcements
Angela Mazaris has been selected by Wake Forest to establish a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Queer (LGBTQ) Center at the Reynolda Campus. The center will be a source of educational programming, support and advocacy for the entire campus community.
Biology professor William E. Conner has been named the first David and Lelia Farr Professor of Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship. The $2 million endowed chair recognizes Conner's work in encouraging student start-ups.
The Barn, a new gathering space for students, will officially open September 1 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 2 p.m. The approximately 6,000 square-foot building will be a venue for student-planned activities.
Wake Forest is opening its 2011-2012 academic year with a recently launched emergency website called Wake Alert. The centerpiece of a multi-faceted emergency alert system, Wake Alert is accessible to anyone at http://wakealert.wfu.edu.
"As Labor Day approaches, there is little to celebrate about the state of American labor,” writes David Coates, Worrell Chair of Anglo-American Studies in the political science department, in an op-ed that appeared in Friday’s Charlotte Observer.
Breakthroughs in science and medicine have multiplied the ethical questions confronting this generation of college students. With its 2011 summer reading assignment, Wake Forest seeks to engage incoming students in thorny bioethics issues, while also addressing broader ethical issues in society.
The School of Law is once again among the nation’s “Best Value” law schools, according to the National Jurist and preLaw magazines.
The Schools of Business announced the unveiling of its new Center for Value Delivery Innovation, a first-of-its-kind retail marketing collaboration, at the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) Executive Conference in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Aug. 20.