Our News Service has put together some of the best stories from the 2010-11 academic year. From the lifechanging gift of a kidney, to advances in health research, to the completion of one new building and the groundbreaking on another – it’s been a […]
In late July 2007, the Wake Forest family lost one of its own in George Edward “Skip” Prosser, our beloved basketball coach. He’d gone on a midday run, came back to his office, and was stricken with a massive heart attack, which was fatal. […]
In late June, Wake Forest gathered its leadership, both administrative and volunteer, for the Summer Leadership Conference. This meeting of administrators and the various boards and councils of the University (Trustees, Boards of Visitors, Alumni and Parents’ Councils, etc.) is a wonderful event where we […]
One of the special points of pride at Wake Forest in recent years is the ZSR Library. They won the ‘Superbowl of library awards‘ this past year and have an impressive staff of engaged, enthusiastic and helpful librarians to assist our students. The […]
Deac families, I hope you are already tuned into the Office of Personal and Career Development, which is here to help your students make the transition from college to career. They have a wonderful mission – and I am paraphrasing here – it’s not […]
Amidst all the construction on campus this summer, one item is pretty much complete: The Barn. This new social space will be used this fall for on campus concerts, parties, and student organization activities. Your students will be able to visit The Barn on […]
One of my colleagues sent me an email telling me that housing and roommate information will be available on line sometime this week. It sounds like first year students will receive an email (on their WFU account), saying they should log in (w/ their […]
To close out this week, Deac families, I stumbled across this lovely painting of Wait Chapel by junior Mary Alyce McCullough (’13). If you or your student are missing the beautiful blue skies of sunny North Carolina, enjoy this!
As we await the arrival of the Class of 2015, a lot of attention is being paid to the fall courses available. New students will be registering for some of their classes on July 20-21st, and two of the required first-year courses are English 111 […]
One of the biggest changes from my time in college to today’s generation is the vast range of media available. At the end of my tenure in graduate school, we’d only recently gotten email here on campus (and computers were only available in a handful […]
