Cheyenne Woods, a rising senior and the niece of Tiger Woods, shot a 2-under 69 to finish first in stroke-play qualifying at the Women's U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship. Woods, who won the ACC championship last month, was the only player to break par. Categories: Athletics, Experiential Learning
Wake Forest baseball coach Tom Walter and freshman outfielder Kevin Jordan were honored by the NCAA at the 2011 College World Series on Saturday night. Walter donated a kidney to Jordan before the 2011 season.Categories: Athletics, Awards & Recognition
NCAA President Mark Emmert has named Nathan O. Hatch, president of Wake Forest, to the Division I Bowl Licensing Task Force. The task force will examine the licensing procedures and other issues surrounding football bowl games.Categories: University Announcements
David Coates, Worrell Professor of Anglo-American Studies, achieved a personal first last weekend when his 20th article written for The Huffington Post was chosen for a prominent spot on the news site’s homepage, generating more than 500 comments in response.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Wake Forest's Terrafinity project, which is working to produce biodiesel from inexpensive feed stocks and other sources, was awarded a $145,665 grant from the Biofuels Center of North Carolina. Chemistry professor Abdessadek Lachgar is one of the leaders of the project.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Environment & Sustainability, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Students interrupted exam preparation to react to the announcement of Osama bin Laden's death. Cheers erupted across campus, the Quad was rolled in Wake Forest's traditional way of celebrating, and breaks were taken to watch President Barack Obama's speech.Categories: Experiential Learning
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
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
When it comes to inequities concerning race and college sports, you can talk about changing rules or paying players, but in the end, the most important reform is providing players – even the at-risk ones – with a useful education, according to experts convened at Wake Forest’s “Losing to Win” conference.Categories: Alumni, Athletics, Happening at Wake
In a wide-ranging conversation, journalists Al Hunt ('65) and Judy Woodruff talked about politics and government, working and raising a family in Washington, D.C., the rise of social media and the decline of traditional journalism, and the increasingly partisan, bitter style of politics, during an appearance at Wake Forest.Categories: Alumni, Happening at Wake, University Announcements