Tiny technology growing in N.C.
Nanomedicine, nanogreen and nanomaterials — Wake Forest University's Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials is a leader in North Carolina's growing nanoindustry and an emerging revolution. Nanomedicine, nanogreen and nanomaterials — Wake Forest University's Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials is a leader in North Carolina's growing nanoindustry and an emerging revolution. LinkedIn to the liberal arts
Students at Wake Forest University learn ways the professional business network LinkedIn can help them prepare for their careers after college.Categories: Alumni, Mentorship, Personal & Career Development, University Announcements
Advertising the liberal arts
How is senior Ally Landuyt distinguishing herself from other job candidates in advertising? By strategically marketing her liberal arts education to potential employers, she believes the intersection of her double major in economics and anthropology is truly an advantage. Categories: Experiential Learning, Personal & Career Development, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
More exercise can help older diabetics
Professor Jack Rejeski finds that weight loss and exercise for older adults with type 2 diabetes will help prevent them from becoming physically disabled. The research makes the case for patients to not rely solely on support and education.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Lyons named Truman Scholar
Wake Forest junior J’Taime Lyons of Whitakers, N.C., is among a distinguished group of undergraduate students nationwide who have been named 2012 Truman Scholars by the Washington-based Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation.Student Storyteller: Fashion and the liberal arts
Wake Forest helped junior Chakayla Taylor find her voice around her passion for fashion. "I have been encouraged to remain outside the box," she says.Categories: Experiential Learning, University Announcements
Fun and fellowship at ‘Camp Hatch’
Neither wind, nor rain, nor the threat of lightning dampened the spirits of 30 students at Camp Hatch 2012. Students camped out on the front lawn of the President's home while enjoying food, games, and the chance to interact with Hatch and his wife, Julie.
From College to Careers
About 40 students are enrolled in “Options in the World of Work,” a half-semester course that began just after spring break. It’s the second in a series of four “College to Career" courses designed to better prepare students for life and work after college.
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Global issues on a local scale
Political science majors Kathryne Doria (’13) and Tamara Guillen (’12) witnessed first-hand how global issues shape local communities in Winston-Salem when they took Latino Political Behavior and Public Opinion, taught by assistant professor Betina Wilkinson.Where are you from?
“We all have our own stories to tell whether we’ve been U.S. citizens for our whole lives or we just moved here,” said professor Alessandra Beasley Von Burg. She is leading a project that asks one burning question: Where are you from?
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