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.
Wake’s winning debate team
This week, while most students are taking spring break, the Wake Forest debate team is preparing for the National Tournament. What makes ours a great squad? Synergy and commitment.
Categories: Experiential Learning, University Announcements
Kony 2012: a student’s firsthand experience
Hunter DeKoninck knows firsthand the horror inflicted by Ugandan war criminal Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistant Army (LRA). DeKoninck, a senior, traveled to Northern Uganda last summer on a Richter scholarship. There, he helped rehabilitate soldiers abducted into the guerilla leader’s forces.
Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Pro Humanitate
Humans vs. Zombies
A zombie invasion of Z. Smith Reynolds library has been caught on video as a popular college role-playing game finds its way to Wake Forest.
Categories: Campus Life, Experiential Learning
Class leads to fundraising, volunteering
Schools of Business students are exemplifying Wake Forest's motto of Pro Humanitate by applying skills they are learning in their “Dynamics in Organizations” class to support a local non-profit agency.
The IB impact on success
First-year student Micheal Green (’15) says his experience as a student in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program prepared him for the rigors of college. The Washington Post's Jay Mathews will speak March 7 in Wait Chapel about the program.
Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Happening at Wake
Student input enhances campus dining
More variety, healthier options, more flexibility, and extended hours of operation – Wake Forest students asked for these improvements and next fall they will get to enjoy several enhancements to campus dining.
Categories: Experiential Learning, University Announcements
Beauty has a dark side
Professor Eric Wilson's latest book, "Everyone Loves a Good Train Wreck," is receiving national attention for his poignant portrayal of people’s inherent fascination with morbid curiosities. From rubbernecking on the highway to watching a horror film, Wilson believes there’s something nourishing in the darkness.
The making of student entrepreneurs
Categories: Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Experiential Learning
Inspiring ideas at TEDxWakeForestU
For senior Mariama Holman, the creative director for TEDxWakeForestU, planning the visual design themes with her team required late nights, Skype and a sense of humor. But when all the planning came together Saturday, an audience of 1,400 walked away inspired and exhilarated.
Categories: Community Impact, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Leadership & Character, Research & Discovery, University Announcements