The odds finally caught up with Wake Forest's Commencement ceremony. For the first time since 1991, rain forced University officials to move the ceremony from Hearn Plaza to Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Divinity school dean Bill Leonard, in his sermon to graduates at the Baccalaureate service in Wait Chapel May 16, encouraged them to "un-name" racism and evil and embrace "names like gentle, merciful, pure in heart and peacemaker."Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Some seniors, in the spirit of Pro Humanitate, have left legacies at Wake Forest that will last long after the last tasseled cap falls on Hearn Plaza. Categories: Environment & Sustainability, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
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If the nation's ability to remain an economic power rests in the hands of today's middle-school students, then the future looks bright.
A new tool developed at Wake Forest — a video game called CellCraft — will be featured May 12 at the White House in the inaugural celebration of National Lab Day.
Despite numerous run-ins with cars over the years, Pat Roberts still has a passion for running and cycling. Now that she’s retired from the School of Law, she may be trading her road bike for a mountain bike and heading to the wilds of Southern Utah to explore the sandstone and red-rock desert where her daughter gives guided mountain bike tours.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Tom Roberts served in the Peace Corps in Ecuador years ago, and he’s spent time in the Amazon jungle. But even though he’s retiring this spring after 33 years teaching in the School of Law, he isn’t planning any exotic trips, for awhile at least.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
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Fourteen seniors will remain at Wake Forest following graduation as Wake Forest Fellows, working in the President's Office, Information Systems, University Advancement and in other offices.
Each fellow will be a full-time University employee for a year. In addition to working in a particular department, the fellows will participate in leadership activities and interact with top administrators and faculty to learn about higher-education administration.Categories: Experiential Learning, University Announcements
Laura George cannot erase the memory of small children clinging to a fence outside a school in the Dominican Republic, desperately hoping for a glimpse of the lessons going on inside. George, a senior studio art major from Hilton Head, S.C., was on a church mission trip when she noticed the children.Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, University Announcements