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
More than 200 faculty, staff, students and guests gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking for Farrell Hall, a new home for the Schools of Business, on Friday at the building site across from Poteat Field, near the Polo Road entrance to campus.Categories: Happening at Wake, University Announcements
Students in Alessandra Beasley Von Burg's communications class are putting what they've learned in the classroom about citizenship into action with a symposium today on the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. The symposium is free and open to the public.Categories: Campus Life, Community Impact, Happening at Wake, Mentorship, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
For as long as he can remember, senior biology major William Oelsner wanted to be a physician. Then he discovered that by joining science know-how and business savvy, he could improve lives more than one patient at a time.Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Leadership & Character, University Announcements
To chart a course of action for the protection of American Indian land rights, scholars, policy makers and community members will gather to consider issues such as environmental pollution and the protection of sacred sites.
President Nathan O. Hatch announced today that Jill Tiefenthaler will step down as provost to become the 13th president of Colorado College in Colorado Springs. Her resignation as provost will be effective June 30, 2011.Categories: University Announcements
Officials at Wake Forest learned April 1 that the university is one of 12 applicants to host one of the debates to be sponsored and produced in 2012 by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD). Categories: University Announcements
Betsy Martin has wanted to be a doctor since volunteering at the Hospice and Palliative Care Center in her hometown of Shelby, N.C., when she was in high school. Now a junior at Wake Forest, Martin had the opportunity Thursday to explore a variety of medical careers during the University's first Health Care Career Expo. Categories: Campus Life, Experiential Learning, University Announcements
On April Fools’ Day, Cindy Gendrich’s students may have an advantage when planning practical jokes. In the theater professor’s first-year seminar, “Why Do People Laugh?” they have serious discussions about what causes giggles and guffaws.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Kaitlyn Hudgins, a junior anthropology major from Southern Shores, N.C., has created a blog to record her experiences in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, while attending the Education Without Borders conference.
Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Leadership & Character, University Announcements