Computer science graduate student Michael Crouse (BS ’10, MS ’12) and his faculty mentor, Associate Professor Errin Fulp, apply biological design principles to address the ever-changing and growing concern of cyber security.
Student Storyteller: Service in Vietnam
Kristen Bryant, a senior sociology major from Augusta, Ga., joined ten other students helping to build homes in Vietnam during a two-week international service trip.
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Study abroad aids career path
At Wake Forest, more than 60 percent of students spend time visiting countries around the world. The University takes many steps to help students make the connections between their study abroad adventures and their personal strengths and career journey.
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TEDx comes to Wake Forest
Chemistry major Lucy Lan (’12), an avid TED Talk fan, worked to bring a TED-like event to Wake Forest. Eighteen speakers have signed on for a day of inspirational talks from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on Feb. 25 in Wait Chapel.
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Printmaking exhibition opens
START Gallery's first spring exhibition, “Lightening Strikes: The Illumination of the Self,” runs through Feb. 25. The show features works by 18 students who studied in art professor David Faber’s introductory, intermediate or advanced printmaking classes.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
Student Storyteller: Project Nicaragua
Senior Victoria Osborne writes about Project Nicaragua and her experiences helping local entrepreneurs in and around Managua improve their business skills.
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Interfaith pilgrimage
School of Divinity and undergraduate students led by Associate Professor Neal Walls and Associate Chaplain for Muslim Life Khalid Griggs spent two weeks exploring the history and religious traditions of Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities during Wake Forest’s Interfaith Pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
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Small groups, big issues
The campus book club brings together faculty and students for valuable conversations outside the classroom. This time, the topic was globalization, as the campus prepares for a visit from Pietra Rivoli, author of “The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy."
Invitation to lead
An invitation from the White House sent to the Office of Multicultural Affairs invited five Wake Forest students to join nearly 200 delegates from across the country for the first Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Youth Leadership Briefing.
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Focus on: Mentoring
In a speech in 2010, Provost Emeritus Edwin G. Wilson (’43) recalled the friendliness between professors and students that defined the Wake Forest of his college days. “Beyond the Monday, Wednesday and Friday classes and the Tuesday and Thursday afternoon laboratories, where teaching and learning officially took place, there were frequent encounters between students and teachers here and there, on the campus or in town, which opened eyes and inspired confidence and led to new insights about one’s life and career.” That fabric of friendliness remains at Wake Forest, although it goes by a more formal name today — mentoring.