This past summer Amy DeSalvo enrolled in ACC 221. What made this accounting class different than a regular semester-long class was the chance to study abroad and fulfill a degree requirement in one summer term.Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
The newly renamed Alumni Hall was dedicated Thursday with a hope that it will become as hallowed as its namesake on the Old Campus. “Rather than put a single person’s name on the building, we are naming it for all alumni who love and support this University,” President Nathan O. Hatch said at the dedication.Categories: University Announcements
Ben Sutton Jr. has given Wake Forest a leadership gift that will renovate and expand Reynolds Gym, creating a facility with more than 250,000 square feet of space dedicated to fitness and well-being. The facility will bring the elements of campus life, student health, academics, student recreation and NCAA Division I athletics under one roof.Categories: Alumni, University Announcements
Wake Forest's Student Art Gallery (START) been showcasing works by Anderson Williams in an exhibit entitled "(Re)Generations." This Homecoming, the 1999 graduate visits his alma mater and shares his thoughts about what it means to be an artist.Categories: Arts & Culture, University Announcements
One year after the execution of Troy Davis, whom many believe was innocent of shooting a police officer, several Wake Forest groups will discuss whether wrongful executions occur. Events on Sept. 20-21 include a documentary screening and a news conference at the School of Law's Innocence & Justice Clinic.Categories: Community Impact, Happening at Wake, University Announcements
For Hispanic Heritage Month, NBC Latino is featuring people who have not only made incredible strides in their careers but also pioneered change in the country. Wake Forest's Paul Pauca was honored for developing Verbal Victor, an app to help children with communication challenges. Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Daniel Kim-Shapiro, physicist and director of Wake Forest’s Translational Science Center, will offer beet juice samples after his talk at the upcoming Technology Briefing, which highlights innovative local companies and institutions. Three others with WFU ties also will present. Categories: Community Impact, Happening at Wake, Mentorship, Research & Discovery
Forty years from now, the world's rainforests may be gone and with them our chance for a stable environment. Wake Forest's JAMAZON celebrates that creative minds from biology to music to history to English can join together to find the answers. Categories: Arts & Culture, Environment & Sustainability, Global Wake Forest, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
President Nathan Hatch is involved in decisions at the highest levels of collegiate athletics and academics today. He recently sat down to discuss the latest developments in intercollegiate sports, leadership and academics.Categories: Athletics, University Announcements
In September 1962, a Ghana native named Ed Reynolds ('64) became the first black full-time undergraduate to attend Wake Forest. Fifty years later, Reynolds comes come back to campus to mark the anniversary of the integration of Wake Forest as part of “Faces of Courage: Celebrating 50 Years of Integration."Categories: Alumni, Happening at Wake