Research shows that college internships can be one of the quickest routes to full-time employment after graduation. That’s one of the reasons why Wake Forest involves students in the internship process very early in their college years.
The Office of Sustainability is experimenting with ways to reduce food waste. One possible solution is an organic waste recycling system that works as a dehydrator.Categories: Campus Life, Environment & Sustainability, Experiential Learning
Admissions information about Wake Forest can now be read in 12 languages, thanks to a campus-wide translation project led by Olgierda Furmanek, the head of the Translation and Interpreting Program.Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, University Announcements
The work of 127 Wake Forest students was displayed at the fourth annual Undergraduate Research Day. Students earned funding for their projects, then executed them on campus or internationally with guidance from a faculty mentor.
Janelle Summerville ('10) turned her trip to Kenya into the inspiration behind last year's Wake Up! events to raise money for Kenya Kids Can!, a program which provides meals for Kenyan children.Categories: Alumni, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest
The "Transforming Race Art Exhibition," a joint effort between the Winston-Salem Human Relations Department and Wake Forest's art department, opens with a public reception today at the START Gallery in Reynolda Village.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning
Two Wake Forest seniors, Cate Berenato and Katherine Sinacore, spent four weeks in Peru this summer helping to determine which programs are best at helping sustain Brazil nut harvesters, their families and the rainforest.
Categories: Environment & Sustainability, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Mentorship, University Announcements
Sixty-five teams of Wake Forest students, faculty and staff competed in an all-day relay race around Hearn Plaza on Thursday to raise both money and awareness for the fight against cancer.Categories: Campus Life, Community Impact, Experiential Learning
Student government president Natalie Halpern has a track record of leading people and getting projects accomplished in her time at Wake Forest.
Wake Forest students Henderson Trefzger and Przemyslaw “Dalton” Wilczewski traveled to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, this summer for the Global Model United Nations conference.Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest