Erin Hellmann ('14) and Logan Healy-Tuke ('14) founded The Ashley Explorers Saturday Academy to strengthen the reading and math skills of elementary students in Winston-Salem. Categories: Alumni, Campus Life, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Leadership & Character, Mentorship, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Dave Clawson today was named as the 32nd head football coach in Wake Forest history. Clawson, the head coach at Bowling Green State for the past five seasons, led the Falcons to the 2013 Mid-American Conference championship on Friday with a 47-27 win over No. 16 Northern Illinois.Categories: Athletics, University Announcements
James Beshara (’08), CEO and co-founder of Crowdtilt, a social group-funding platform, came to campus to meet with student innovators and shared ideas with faculty on how to prepare students to launch start-ups after graduation. Categories: Alumni, Campus Life, Experiential Learning, Personal & Career Development, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Wake Forest students, alumni, faculty and staff remember Nelson Mandela, an icon of freedom who embodied the spirit of Pro Humanitate, and reflect upon his influence on their own lives.Categories: Alumni, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Mentorship, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Students at the School of Business turned an assignment about food insecurity and hunger in Forsyth County into a competition that raised $20,000 to feed school children over the holiday break. They presented a check to Forsyth Backpack, a nonprofit agency founded by School of Law professor Barbara Lentz.Categories: Campus Life, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Wake Forest students cook and deliver made-from-scratch Thanksgiving dinners to local residents during Turkeypalooza, an annual event hosted by The Campus Kitchen. Categories: Alumni, Campus Life, Community Impact, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, Transformative Giving, University Announcements
Categories: University Announcements
Categories: Campus Life, University Announcements
If you’re taking the SAT and you’re not positive you know the correct answer, do you skip or guess? Previous studies suggest that your strategy may be very different from that of the student sitting next to you. A faculty-student research team in economics is looking for answers.Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Biology professor Kathy Kron and the 11 students enrolled in Biology 105: Plants & People met at Reynolda House Museum of American Art to learn firsthand how biology is incorporated in the current exhibition, “Things Wondrous and Humble: American Still Life."Categories: Arts & Culture, Research & Discovery, University Announcements