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.
Fast-food dress highlights exhibit
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
Player leads tornado relief drive
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
Godfrey leads tornado relief drive
Senior football player Dennis Godfrey, a native of Sanford, N.C., has helped mobilize the campus to collect food and clothing to donate to the state's tornado victims. Items can be donated at 5 p.m. today in front of Wait Chapel. Godfrey and friends will deliver the items Friday.
Categories: Athletics, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Cheyenne Woods wins ACC title
Wake Forest junior Cheyenne Woods fired a bogey-free 3-under 68 on Sunday to seal her first ACC individual championship. Woods finished the 54-hole event at 5-under par, which was seven shots better than Allie White of North Carolina.
Categories: Athletics, Experiential Learning
Songs without instruments
For 19 years, Chi Rho, Wake Forest’s men’s a cappella group, has been entertaining the community — performing contemporary Christian, pop, rock and traditional hymns using only their voices.
Working toward a ‘green’ planet
At Wake Forest, one day to celebrate the Earth is not enough. From April 14-26, 13 Days of Celebrating the Earth will offer nearly two weeks of activities, and informational and motivational events around Earth Day.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Environment & Sustainability, Experiential Learning
Building on classroom learning
How do you increase attendance at an international film festival for the most difficult demographic to attract — young adults? Ask junior communication major Mandi Yohn. She took on the challenge when she accepted an internship position with RiverRun International Film Festival.
Abroad in South America
Seven students are spending the 2011 spring semester studying abroad in Santiago, Chile, in the newly established Wake Forest Southern Cone Program. The Wake Forest faculty-led program includes home stays with host families, classes with Chilean students and travel in the region.
Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest
Students win world championship
A team of undergraduate students from the Schools of Business won the world championship title on April 8 at the KPMG International Case Competition in Istanbul, Turkey. Wake Forest, representing the U.S., defeated the Czech Republic, Russia and Sweden in the final round.