Wake Forest Fellows announced for 2017-18
Wake Forest Fellows for 2017-18
Nine seniors will remain in the Wake Forest campus community after graduation in May as Wake Forest Fellows. They will work across the campus, including in the offices of the President, the Provost and the Dean of the College.
Since 2008, the Wake Forest Fellows program has provided exceptional Wake Forest college graduates with the opportunity to work in higher education administration for a year. Each fellow will serve as a full-time Wake Forest staff member, starting this summer. In addition to working with top administrators, the fellows will participate in leadership activities and interact with faculty, staff and students to learn about the inner workings of higher education.
The Wake Forest Fellows for 2017-18 are:
- Campus Life: Allie Chambers, Raleigh, NC
Major: Psychology; Minors: Health and Human Services, Entrepreneurship & Social Enterprise - Information Systems: Elliott McKoy, Silver Spring, MD
Major: Economics; Minor: Psychology - Office of Personal & Career Development: John Idzik, Atlanta, GA
Major: Psychology; Minor: Health and Human Services - Office of the Dean of the College: Anita Patel, Winston-Salem, NC
Major: Health and Exercise Science; Minors: Chemistry and Psychology - Office of the President: Sydney Feinglass, Charlotte, NC
Major: Economics; Minors: French Studies and Philosophy - Office of the Provost: Mia Harris, Chicago, IL
Major: Biology; Minors: Neuroscience and Psychology - Pro Humanitate Institute: Cazandra Rebollar, Elon, NC
Major: Psychology; Minor: Latin American and Latino Studies - Reynolda House: Ashley Laughlin, Reno, NV
Majors: English and French; Minor: Creative Writing - Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center: Frank Dy, Fayetteville, NC
Major: Economics
Alumni of the Wake Forest Fellows program have pursued careers in many fields, including law, medicine, public policy and more. Fellows have since received prestigious academic honors such as Rhodes and Fulbright scholarships.
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Wake Forest MLK 'Building the Dream" award winners announced
Religion professor Derek Hicks and two students Rose O’Brien and Cazandra Rebollar have been named Wake Forest University’s 2017 Martin Luther King Jr. “Building the Dream” award winners.
The award is traditionally presented to a professor or administrator and a student from both Wake Forest and Winston-Salem State University who exemplify King’s qualities and promote diversity within the community. This year, one faculty member and two students were selected as winners at Wake Forest.
Faculty award winner Derek Hicks is an assistant professor of religion and culture in Wake Forest School of Divinity and Department for the Study of Religions, and the Henry Luce Diversity Fellow. He joined Wake Forest in 2011.
Hicks has spoken nationwide and in the Winston-Salem community at various churches and events to discuss and provide insight on current race relations in America. He works closely with community leaders such as Melissa Harris-Perry, Rev. William A. Lawson, Dr. John Mendez, and Wake Forest President Nathan Hatch to ensure meaningful discussions continue that build and enhance community relations.
“It is an honor for the School of Divinity to have the contributions of one of our faculty members recognized with this award,” said Gail O’Day, dean of the divinity school. “Dr. Hicks’s scholarship, teaching, student mentoring, and community engagement do indeed help bring the dream of racial justice closer to a lived reality for all of us.”
More information is available here.
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