Understanding the Middle East
Michaelle Browers has spent half her academic career in the Middle East.
An associate professor in the political science department, she’s conducted research in Lebanon, Egypt, Yemen, Syria, Jordan and Morocco. She's fluent in Arabic, yet one of the first things she does when she prepares for a trip is to hire a language tutor. The language is complex, but so is her area of expertise. And language is the vehicle that led to two decades of study in the politics and culture of the Middle East.Categories: Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Senior Maddie Brandenburger is spending nine weeks in Africa this summer working with journalism instructor Mary Martin Niepold (’65) to study the effects of microfinance projects.
Romance languages professor Kendall Tarte has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to explore how the 16th-century French Wars of Religion affected the writers and literary and visual styles of the time. 
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.
History professor Emily Wakild is passionate about Mexican parks.
She has spent more than a decade researching and writing about the legacy of the Mexican Revolution in the early- to late-1900s, a period in which government planners created a system of national parks to achieve both social goals and environmental conservation. 
With the UK General Election now announced for May 6, some background information on what is likely to unfold might be of general interest.
A team of four undergraduate business students has won the KPMG Global Case Competition in Athens, Greece.
Four undergraduate business students who won the national KPMG Global Case Competition earlier this semester are competing in the international competition in Athens, Greece. They have advanced to the Final Four and will compete against teams from France, Sweden and Germany on April 9.