Lyons named Truman Scholar
Wake Forest junior J’Taime Lyons of Whitakers, N.C., is among a distinguished group of undergraduate students nationwide who have been named 2012 Truman Scholars by the Washington-based Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.