Songs without instruments
For 19 years, Chi Rho, Wake Forest’s men’s a cappella group, has been entertaining the community — performing contemporary Christian, pop, rock and traditional hymns using only their voices. For 19 years, Chi Rho, Wake Forest’s men’s a cappella group, has been entertaining the community — performing contemporary Christian, pop, rock and traditional hymns using only their voices.Wake Forest to use WebEx solutions
Wake Forest will be the first university in the world to unite every member of the extended campus community with a site-wide license for Cisco WebEx Meeting Center. The tools will roll out campus-wide over the rest of the spring semester, and by the fall, WebEx tools will be fully accessible and supported. Categories: University Announcements
The real inside couple of D.C.
In a wide-ranging conversation, journalists Al Hunt ('65) and Judy Woodruff talked about politics and government, working and raising a family in Washington, D.C., the rise of social media and the decline of traditional journalism, and the increasingly partisan, bitter style of politics, during an appearance at Wake Forest.Categories: Alumni, Happening at Wake, University Announcements
Building on classroom learning
How do you increase attendance at an international film festival for the most difficult demographic to attract — young adults? Ask junior communication major Mandi Yohn. She took on the challenge when she accepted an internship position with RiverRun International Film Festival.
Join the conversation
An increasingly vocal group of experts is calling attention to the growing divide between the big business of NCAA sports and the well-being of student athletes who are generating record revenues for their universities.Categories: Athletics, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Inside scoop from D.C. journalists
Two prominent Washington D.C. journalists, Al Hunt and Judy Woodruff, will speak at Wake Forest at 6 p.m. April 13 in Wait Chapel as part of the University’s Voices of Our Time series.
Categories: Happening at Wake, University Announcements
Meditation can reduce pain
Meditation produces powerful pain-relieving effects in the brain, according to new research published in the Journal of Neuroscience by Fadel Zeidan, a post-doctoral research fellow at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Students win world championship
A team of undergraduate students from the Schools of Business won the world championship title on April 8 at the KPMG International Case Competition in Istanbul, Turkey. Wake Forest, representing the U.S., defeated the Czech Republic, Russia and Sweden in the final round. BioBook – eText evolved
What started as an idea for an iPad application by professors A. Daniel Johnson and Jed Macosko evolved into a more accessible tool for the next generation of electronic textbooks called “BioBook.” The project will be funded by a Next Generation Learning Challenges grant.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Team wins ‘Student Emmy’ for documentary
How do you take a small story and make it big? Two documentary film students started with a story about a man breaking the law by handing out peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to homeless people, and created the award-winning film, “Civil Indigent.”Categories: Arts & Culture, Awards & Recognition, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements