There was big, wonderful news on campus this past Friday. Wake Forest has hired a new provost (chief academic officer of the university). Our new provost is Rogan Kersh, a member of the Wake Forest Class of 1986 and one of our first Reynolds Scholars. […]
There was a glorious, beautiful sunrise over campus this morning. Probably most of our students missed it, sadly, but those who are early morning joggers or walkers might have seen it. The sky looked a bit like a wonderful rainbow sherbet – oranges and lilacs […]
For those of you with first year daughters who went through the recruitment process, you likely heard a lot about it over the past week. Bids went out over the weekend and for some it was a joyous process, for others a disappointment. I suspect […]
If you go back and ask my graduating class (1992) about what were some of their favorite moments on campus, I bet you a pretty high percentage of them would say the Love Feast. It forms some of the strongest memories of love, happiness, […]
Many of our Deac families have students who have studied/plan to study abroad; in fact, around 60% of our students have logged time in an abroad experience (academic or volunteer). It is a major part of our campus culture. We have a robust Center for […]
To commemorate the 40th anniversary of “Brian’s Song” on November 30, Wake Forest is conducting a survey of Wake Forest students, alumni, parents and fans about their favorite football movies. We believe WFU is one of two schools* to have three major motion pictures based […]
Wake Forest students are very much volunteer-oriented. We have a large and thriving Volunteer Service Corps (VSC) that connects our students to service opportunities both on and off campus. Each week, I receive a digest of news from VSC. Here’s some select highlights of things […]
Yesterday on the Quad there were a lot of hand-painted signs on the campus with facts about young adults and cancer diagnoses, research and treatment. I am putting a sampling of the signs in this post. I am not sure if this is part […]
Since we are a liberal arts institution, it feels right to recognize Halloween on a number of fronts and from a number of academic disciplines. First, music: your students should not miss going to the midnight Halloween Concert, which is a terrific event […]
It’s Halloween weekend – or almost, anyway – and typically this is a time on campus for a lot of fun. Chapel Hill is a popular destination to spend Halloween, so it is a safe bet that many a WF student will be making a […]
