Dennis Godfrey is a rising senior on Wake Forest's football team, and he is also from Sanford, which had parts of it torn apart by a tornado. So Godfrey organized a relief drive on campus to collect items he plans to drive home. [Video]
Categories: Athletics, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate
Are we any closer to finding strategies for combining sustainable principles with everyday decision-making? Starting with simple changes is the first step to tackling more complex challenges.Categories: Campus Life, Environment & Sustainability
Wake Forest's one-year master’s of arts in management, which requires no previous work experience and aims to help students apply their liberal arts and sciences “passion” to business, is on the leading edge of a national movement.Categories: University Announcements
Senior football player Dennis Godfrey, a native of Sanford, N.C., has helped mobilize the campus to collect food and clothing to donate to the state's tornado victims. Items can be donated at 5 p.m. today in front of Wait Chapel. Godfrey and friends will deliver the items Friday. Categories: Athletics, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Longtime mathematics professor Ellen Kirkman has received an award for outstanding service from the Mathematical Association of America. She received the MAA's Southeastern Section Distinguished Service Award for her long service to Wake Forest and to the MAA.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Mentorship, Research & Discovery
Creativity studies is a new area of research that is becoming increasingly influential in social, political and business realms. The Program for Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship recently sponsored a conference titled "Teaching Creativity in Higher Education."Categories: Happening at Wake, University Announcements
The Schools of Business Family Business Center and Business North Carolina will recognize the community contributions and achievements of four family-owned businesses -- Baker Roofing, Stephenson Millwork, Salem Printing and Ruff Housing -- during a special event on April 28.Categories: Alumni, Community Impact, University Announcements
Rising food and gas prices make consumers worry about inflation, but Assistant Professor of Economics Sandeep Mazumder says they should be more concerned about deflation. He predicts little-to-no growth in the inflation rate for 2011-2013. [Video]Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
A new polymer-based solar-thermal device is the first to generate power from both heat and visible sunlight – an advance that could shave the cost of heating a home by as much as 40 percent, according to research done at Wake Forest. Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Wake Forest junior Cheyenne Woods fired a bogey-free 3-under 68 on Sunday to seal her first ACC individual championship. Woods finished the 54-hole event at 5-under par, which was seven shots better than Allie White of North Carolina.Categories: Athletics, Experiential Learning