When students moved out of residence halls for summer break, they donated 108 carpets, 20 ironing boards, 11 chairs, one ladder and hundreds of other items through the DEACS Donate program.Categories: Community Impact, Environment & Sustainability, Experiential Learning, University Announcements
Marianne Schubert, the director of the University Counseling Center, is the consummate counselor. She draws people out while letting herself fade into the background, holds deeply felt convictions without running them up the flagpole, and solves problems without revealing any confidences.Categories: University Announcements
From Wake Forest’s baseball coach donating his kidney to a player to the creation of an iPad app to assist children with verbal challenges to the discovery that beet juice is good for the brain, here are news highlights from this academic year.Categories: Arts & Culture, Athletics, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
On St. Patrick’s Day, Jeff Holdridge, director of the Wake Forest University Press -- the premier publisher of Irish poetry in North America -- discusses the future of Irish poetry after "The Troubles" and shares his five favorite Irish poems.Categories: Arts & Culture, Community Impact, Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Creation narratives from Genesis are sometimes interpreted as giving humans domination over the earth. But what if instead that language has implications for stewardship rather than control? Questions like this and others related to feminism and the environment will be explored during the Phyllis Trible Lecture Series to be held March 1 and 2 on the Reynolda Campus.Categories: Environment & Sustainability, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Wake Forest has long been known for its commitment to educating the whole person, and faculty and staff members are now helping students explore their spiritual side, through a mentoring program.Categories: Campus Life, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Categories: Arts & Culture, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Students, faculty and alumni were honored during the annual Founders’ Day Convocation, celebrating Wake Forest’s founding, on Feb. 17. The program featured seniors Catherine Berenato, Ashley Gedraitis and Ava Petrash presenting their senior orations.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Sharon Andrews and her colleagues in the theatre and dance department would like to make the University Theatre the community’s theatre. Andrews, who is directing the "The Grapes of Wrath” on the Mainstage Theatre, has included undergraduates, graduate students and faculty and staff in the production and related events.
Students, faculty and alumni will be honored during the annual Founders’ Day Convocation, celebrating Wake Forest’s founding, on Feb. 17. The program will feature seniors Catherine Berenato, Ashley Gedraitis and Ava Petrash, who will present their senior orations.Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery, University Announcements