Students interrupted exam preparation to react to the announcement of Osama bin Laden's death. Cheers erupted across campus, the Quad was rolled in Wake Forest's traditional way of celebrating, and breaks were taken to watch President Barack Obama's speech.Categories: Experiential Learning
For nearly 20 years, Professor of Political Science Helga Welsh has been reaching out to students as a partner in education — embracing a concept of learning that pairs classroom work with mentoring relationships.Categories: Alumni, Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Seventy paintings, drawings, prints, videos, sculptures and photographs are included in the Student Art Exhibition in the Charlotte and Philip Hanes Art Gallery through May 16. See a slide show of selected pieces from the show.
Categories: Alumni, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Kites, balloons, food and decorations. Sounds like a party, and, in a sense, it is — Wake the Library is a semiannual tradition that heralds the start of exam-week frenzy.
Imagine standing in the footprints of Mary Cassatt and Paul Cézanne, copying the masters in the Musée du Louvre to improve your artistic talents. Junior Amanda Bowers doesn’t have to imagine. She has been living the experience. Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Ten seniors have been named Wake Forest Fellows and will work in the President’s Office, Information Systems, University Advancement and in other offices for the next year.Categories: Experiential Learning, University Announcements
A fascination with physics put Claire McLellan, a junior from Winchester, Va., on a path to win a Goldwater Scholarship. McLellan was recently selected as one of 275 students from around the country to earn the scholarship for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Kelsey Zalimeni made a dress out of discarded fast-food paper as part of an exhibit of "green" art at the START gallery. Zalimeni is a recipient of the Karyn Dingledine Scholarship in Art and is pictured with (from left) Trustee Tom and Karyn Dingledine and her mother, Lori. [Video]Categories: Arts & Culture, Environment & Sustainability, Experiential Learning, University Announcements
Dennis Godfrey is a rising senior on Wake Forest's football team, and he is also from Sanford, which had parts of it torn apart by a tornado. So Godfrey organized a relief drive on campus to collect items he plans to drive home. [Video]
Categories: Athletics, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate