Students in Engineering 311: Control Systems and Instrumentation, are used to hands-on activities such as building circuits and sensors and using their lab bench equipment.Categories: Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
Wake Forest held a Virtual Conferring of Degrees ceremony Monday night for nearly 2,000 graduates in the Class of 2020. The broadcast began at 7 p.m. with more than 1,200 participating live. An in-person commencement celebration for the class of 2020 is scheduled for a later date.Categories: Experiential Learning
At the heart of a Wake Forest education are student-professor relationships and faculty are determined to find ways to keep connections strong no matter what form learning takes. Categories: Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
Justin Catanoso knows one of journalism’s sacred rules is that reporters shouldn’t use friends and family members as sources.Categories: Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
When first-graders at Brunson Elementary were learning about birds, 17 Wake Forest students visited their classrooms to connect the biology lessons with the arts by exploring how birds move and leading bird-themed creative projects.Categories: Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
In mid-January, a 3-hour dance audition was held in studio D101. 50 Wake Forest students were selected by 12 student choreographers to perform in the Spring Dance Concert – a usually sold-out event held on the University’s Tedford Stage in Scales Fine Arts Center.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
When music professor John Beck’s Afro-Cuban drumming class moved online, his students didn’t miss a beat – even though only one of the 17 seniors in his class had access to a drum.Categories: Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
For an assignment from Elizabeth Clendinning’s modern popular music class, students were tasked with listening to Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon.” The goal: to experience a concept album. The result: their families engaged, too.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
When Declan Sander learned that Wake Forest classes would be taught remotely for the remainder of the semester because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the freshman from Hendersonville, N.C., was disappointed.Categories: Experiential Learning
Wake Forest senior Erik Schultz doesn’t want to develop poor eating habits while he’s back at home in Asheboro sheltering in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic. So he’s been checking out Gold Apron on Monday afternoons to pick up some good tips.Categories: Experiential Learning, Wellbeing