Join the summer business ‘boot camp’
Parents: Encourage your student to go to “boot camp” this summer. The Summer Management Program provides students with valuable business skills in an intensive summer session. From being a team player to learning how to interview, this five-week “business boot camp” elevates a student’s liberal arts education to a whole new playing field, increasing their marketability in today’s highly competitive job market. Students receive 8 hours of course credit.
Categories: Experiential Learning
The threads that led to a profitable business tie Laura Bullins Lough ('07) to Wake Forest.
She credits the launch of her business, Unique Sheep, to help she received from the Office of Entrepreneurship and Liberal Arts.
Instead of the usual spring break trip to the beach, sophomore Matthew King and junior Lexi McBride are leading a group of students to El Salvador to work in a dental clinic this week.
For most high school students, learning happens one individual discipline at a time. But in the world outside the classroom, finding solutions to challenges requires looking across disciplines. Wake Forest is starting a summer residential program this year to help high school juniors and seniors learn that the biggest challenges in the world can only be solved by studying a variety of perspectives.
Opportunities for students interested in film direction and production have grown at Wake Forest, both in and out of the classroom. WAKE TV, the student-run campus television station, has filmed nine sports segments for ESPN-U, which have aired during basketball games this year and on ESPNU.com.