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by Betsy Chapman

In this Issue:

  • Wake Washington summer housing availability
  • Testing of the Wake Alert emergency system
  • Summer jobs for current Wake Forest students
  • Walk with Wente featuring Patricia Dos Santos of the Chemistry department
  • The father-daughter divide

Today I have a little bit of everything: announcements, academic research news, and more. Dig in to what interests you and scroll by anything that does not :)

Wake Washington summer housing availability

My good friends at Wake Washington shared some exciting news: once again, Wake Washington will be opening its apartments to any continuously-enrolled Wake Forest student (undergraduate, graduate, law, business, etc.) who will be interning in Washington, DC this summer. Students may visit this website for the dates, rates, and application.

Please note that we cannot lease to recent graduates (i.e., students not continuing at WFU) or non-WFU students due to the terms of our lease with our housing provider.

Review of applications will begin next week and will continue on a rolling basis until all available beds are filled. There are 12 total beds to fill across three 2-bedroom apartments, and we give preference to students staying in groups of 4 for the full summer.

Testing of the Wake Alert emergency system

Wanted to give a heads up that we will be testing our emergency alert mechanisms next week:

“A test of the Wake Alert emergency notification system will occur on Tuesday, Feb. 18, at 9 a.m. No action is required from the campus community. The test will include text, email, phone, app, and digital alerts, as well as the outdoor emergency alert system.”

So in the event your students/you get a message at 9 a.m. next Tuesday, remember that is is just a test.

Summer jobs for current Wake Forest students

This one is hot off the presses! If your Deac/you (for our student readers) is looking for a summer job, this could be a great opportunity:

“Is your Wake Forest student searching for a paid summer internship? They could spend their summer earning valuable career experience while mentoring high school students at the Wake Forest Summer Immersion Program.

Each summer, we welcome hundreds of high school students to campus for immersive academic institutes led by Wake faculty and industry experts. Behind the scenes? An incredible team of Wake Forest undergraduates who serve as Teaching Assistants, Operations Interns, Marketing Interns, Student Engagement Interns, and Residence Life Coordinators.

These roles are not just ‘summer jobs.’ They are professional development experiences.

Summer interns:

  • Work alongside Wake Forest University professional staff and faculty
  • Develop leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills
  • Build experience that translates directly to future internships and careers
  • Participate in a paid staff training prior to the start of programming
  • Serve as mentors and role models for motivated high school students

What your student receives:

  • $500 weekly stipend
  • On-campus housing and meals
  • June 1 – July 24 commitment (except for the week of June 28)
  • Intensive, paid staff training prior to the program

For many students, this is their first opportunity to supervise, mentor, manage logistics, support faculty, or contribute to a professional marketing campaign. Those are résumé builders.

But perhaps more importantly, it’s a confidence builder.

Just as summer programs help high school students prepare for college, these internships help Wake students step into leadership roles with responsibility, accountability, and purpose.

Positions Currently Hiring:

Our Pre-College Programs team is actively hiring for the following roles on Handshake:

Encourage your student to apply on Handshake as soon as possible — positions fill quickly.

Walk with Wente featuring Patricia Dos Santos of the Chemistry department

We have a new episode of Walk with Wente: President Wente talks with Patricia Dos Santos of the chemistry department. They discuss biochemistry, enzymes and current research that could help develop better technologies for natural fertilizers to mitigate the environmental damage done by artificial fertilizers:

“Enzymes are present in all aspects of metabolism and can help us understand human disease and nitrogen fixation in plants,” Dos Santos said. She has seen many of her students go on to graduate school and successful research careers, including one who is a Fulbright Scholar in Germany. “As faculty, we are forever learners,” she said. “It is a privilege to be a mentor to undergraduate and graduate students.”

Watch the episode.

The father-daughter divide

I like to include articles about faculty research when I can, because our faculty are working on some amazing things. And over the years, this particular topic seems to resonate with a lot of Daily Deac readers:

“Professor, Adolescent & Educational Psychology Linda Nielsen has studied father-daughter relationships for much of her career and has written five books on the topic. As one 2023 study shows, parents (and especially fathers) who were in regular contact with their adult kids were, on average, more satisfied with their lives. ‘Parenting time is closely related to the quality of your relationship with that parent,’ Nielsen told The Atlantic, and lots of fathers and daughters just don’t get enough of it.” Read the full story.

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