Like many universities founded in the American South, Wake Forest University has historical ties to slavery. In 2019, ...

Chase Clark grew up going on educational trips once a year with her family to explore new spaces and see new cultures. Even as a child, Clark gravitated toward shaping those experiences herself, ...

Art history has always been a part of Caroline Helmer’s life. “I still remember the first time I went to an art museum with my mom when I was six years old, and we saw a Renoir exhibit,” Helmer said. ...

Annelise Witcher’s fascination with anthropology emerged from a favorite television show, “Bones,” which focuses on the work of a forensic anthropologist who solves crimes. When applying to college, ...

Scott Zhao enrolled at Wake Forest intending to major in engineering and computer science, but quickly changed his plan. “Right off the bat, I realized the engineering major was going to take too much ...

Amy Sepucha said mathematics has always played a significant role in shaping her identity. “For as long as I can remember, it’s always been my favorite subject,” Sepucha said. “I always used to say it ...

If there was one thing Hannah Reynolds took seriously growing up in the small town of Hastings, Neb., it was her iMovie films. In middle school, she’d regularly gather a group in her friend Lexi’s ...

Ever since she took her first computer science class at Wake Forest, Ruby Flanagan knew that the major was the right path for her. Having previously excelled in other computer science and math classes ...

In her first year seminar, Grace Bauer walked in as a freshman and walked out as Marcus Tullius Cicero. In the class, called “Beware the Ides, Beware the Hemlock: Roleplaying Crisis in Ancient Greece ...

The 2026-2027 Face to Face Speaker Forum will host Cynthia Erivo, Ken Burns, Michael Schur, José Andrés and a final speaker who is yet to be announced. Every year, Face to Face Speaker Forum brings ...

Emily Lawrence is a Chinese Language and Culture major from Miami, Fla., who has studied Chinese since the first grade. Even though Chinese was always an integral part of Lawrence’s academic career, ...

Nate Deiuliis, an Accountancy major from Columbia, Md., has long been drawn to numbers. He recalls sitting in a stroller while his grandmother quizzed him with simple math problems as they walked ...