Randy Paris, a junior political science major and religion minor, from Pittsburgh, Pa., spent the fall semester working at the White House through The White House Internship Program and gained a unique perspective into the daily workings of the Obama administration.Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, University Announcements
A new animated film to teach students about the inner workings of cells — made by students at Atkins High School in cooperation with Wake Forest professors — had its premiere on campus this week.
Born in the midst of a civil war in Sudan, senior Leek Deng spent his early years living in a refugee camp in Kenya. Last summer, nine years after leaving Sudan for the United States, he returned to Africa to volunteer at a hospital in Kampala, Uganda. Categories: Experiential Learning, Mentorship, University Announcements
Last year, Wake Forest students used nearly a quarter of a million polystyrene, clamshell containers for carry-out food from campus dining rooms — about 7,000 containers per week. Containers made from polystyrene foam, more commonly known as Styrofoam, aren't recyclable in the Winston-Salem area. 
Categories: Athletics, Experiential Learning
Categories: Experiential Learning
Sustainability director Dedee DeLongpré Johnston received a gift for the campus just in time for the holidays: the newest-model solar-electric hybrid shuttle that will begin serving the campus in 2010.Categories: Environment & Sustainability, Experiential Learning
Rebecca Matteo and students in her first-year seminar tackled a timely subject this fall: health-care reform. Worrell Professor David Coates follows the debate in Washington in a health-care blog. Categories: Experiential Learning
Two groups of students are spending their winter break on service trips, one group in Brazil helping build a community center for children, and a second group in Calcutta, India, working with Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity.Categories: Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements