Wake Forest helped junior Chakayla Taylor find her voice around her passion for fashion. "I have been encouraged to remain outside the box," she says.Categories: Experiential Learning, University Announcements
Neither wind, nor rain, nor the threat of lightning dampened the spirits of 30 students at Camp Hatch 2012. Students camped out on the front lawn of the President's home while enjoying food, games, and the chance to interact with Hatch and his wife, Julie.
More than 1,000 students danced in Reynolds Gym as part of the seventh annual Wake 'n Shake Dance Marathon. The event raises money for the Brian Piccolo Cancer Research Fund and the Cancer Center at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.
Categories: Campus Life, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate
About 40 students are enrolled in “Options in the World of Work,” a half-semester course that began just after spring break. It’s the second in a series of four “College to Career" courses designed to better prepare students for life and work after college.
Categories: Experiential Learning, Personal & Career Development, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Political science majors Kathryne Doria (’13) and Tamara Guillen (’12) witnessed first-hand how global issues shape local communities in Winston-Salem when they took Latino Political Behavior and Public Opinion, taught by assistant professor Betina Wilkinson.
As I listened to Roald Hoffmann's introduction, I was mesmerized by his ability to excel in chemistry, poetry and philosophy. In Hoffmann’s hour-long address as part of the Oakley R. Vail Lecture Series, I learned how these different fields, and really any fields, can intertwine.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
The Wake Forest Ethics Debate Team finished in the top four nationally in its inaugural season. The team, which was formed in the fall of 2011 under the guidance of Charles Lankau of the Schools of Business, also won the N.C. Ethics Bowl.
The student-run festival includes a free week-long series of film screenings and workshops and ends on March 23 with a keynote address by Morgan Spurlock, the director of "Super Size Me."Categories: Arts & Culture, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake
A group of young entrepreneurs at Wake Forest is setting out to make campus life a bit sweeter. Since 2010, Campus Cakes, an Internet-based business designed primarily to appeal to parents, has been delivering cakes and other baked sweets to students on campus. 
Twins Jessica and Tiffany Blackburn are playing an integral role in the ongoing development of BioBook, an interactive biology e-textbook. The e-book is teaching the sophomore biology majors much more than science, it has also enhanced their writing and drawing skills.