It started as a classroom assignment: start your own business with $40 and run it for three days. The result: Wake Wash, launched by seniors Scott Graber, Julie Musgrave and Eleanor Smith, has lasted far more than three days and has liberated fellow students from late-night laundry room duty.
Senior Andrew Collins studies global health issues
Andrew Collins’ classroom for studying global health issues this semester is Switzerland, where he is conducting research on environmental health issues with international health and development organizations.
Honoring our nation’s veterans
Wake Forest’s ROTC program — which has experienced a significant growth in enrollment — is training the next generation of Army leaders.
Categories: Experiential Learning, University Announcements
A more welcoming Welcome Center
Construction will begin soon on a new home for the Admissions and Welcome Center to accommodate the growing number of prospective students.
Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid, Environment & Sustainability, Experiential Learning, University Announcements
New shuttle service offered to commuting students
Instead of commuting to campus and searching for parking spaces, students can soon “Ride the Wake” from local apartment complexes and leave their cars at home.
Theatre major talks about her role as an actress and student
Senior Abby Suggs, one of four students starring in the Wake Forest Theatre production of “Doubt,” talks about acting at Wake Forest and how the cast prepared for the play.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, University Announcements
New appointments
A number of administrative appointments were made over the summer, including most recently Ladd P. Flock, who was named director of Career Services.
Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
‘Cuban Artists Books and Prints’
Senior Marcus Keeley, one of the more than 60 students who worked on the “Cuban Artists Books and Prints” exhibit, says the experience helped him “appreciate the cultural and artistic offerings of a nation that should proudly be called ‘neighbor.’”
Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, University Announcements
Welcome Class of 2013
Vocation Exploration
Eight students interested in careers serving others learned the challenges of helping the poor, the wrongly accused, and recent immigrants during internships at local nonprofit organizations this summer.
Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, University Announcements