Course registration will begin July 11-15 for incoming first year students. There is some excellent information on the mechanics of how to register via this video on the New Students web site, as well as some overview material about our academic requirements. If […]
There is a terrific article on the Wake Forest News website about our philosophy professor, Dr. Christian Miller, and his work with The Character Project. Dr. Miller is young and energetic and has won teaching awards on campus – a really special guy from […]
The Parent Programs office received a very good question from an incoming parent yesterday, and we thought it might be worth posting here because there are likely other new families who have the same question. “My student has taken a foreign language for four years […]
There are a lot of great blogs and websites within the WFU community of which one should take note. President Hatch has a video message about Commencement and his plans for the summer. View it here. The Deacon Blog is written by my […]
It’s the home stretch of the semester – and most of our students have an enormous case of Spring Fever – so it might be a good time for a couple of reminders, to-do list style. Think about summer school – The online phase of […]
Wake Forest is hosting the “Rethinking Success” conference this week, examining the role of the liberal arts and higher education. I sat in on some of the conference sessions yesterday and found the speakers to be very engaging. The capstone to the conference was […]
There have been a number of occasions in recent weeks where the discussion has turned to the high-achieving nature of our students, and how hard it is for many of them to experience disappointment. Most of our students arrive on campus already incredibly accomplished, having […]
As your students come toward the end of Spring Break, they will have access to their midterm grades, and once they get back to campus they will begin the process of meeting with their academic advisers to plan their Fall 2012 coursework. Putting on […]
Last week, my colleagues from the Office of Academic Advising and the Learning Assistance Center sent this information to the Parent Programs office. I think it is a truth universally acknowledged that between students’ cell phones, laptops, and iPads, they literally have the entire planet […]
A dear friend of mine and Wake Forest alumna posted a link on Facebook to an article from the Harvard Business Review entitled “Create a Meaningful Life Through Meaningful Work.” It is a short, thought-provoking read. The author recounts his time spent in various […]
