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2015-16 Faculty Fellows Announced

south.300x175Wake Forest prioritizes engagement inside and outside of the classroom. With an 11:1 student-faculty ratio and national recognition, like the U.S. News #11 ranking for undergraduate teaching, the Faculty Fellows program is an extension of the University’s teacher-scholar model.

The Faculty Fellows program increases faculty-student engagement by promoting informal, regular interactions between students and faculty in the residence halls for first-year students. The program fosters exceptional faculty-student engagement and helps to educate the whole person through enriching the intellectual, cultural, and social lives of the first-year students.

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Browne directs local science competition

Wake Forest senior Sean Cusano ('13) and first-year Wake medical student Matthew Martin (BS '12) examine a team's bottle rocket.

Wake Forest senior Sean Cusano (’13) and first-year Wake medical student Matthew Martin (BS ’12) examine a team’s bottle rocket.

On Saturday, 179 local middle and high school students competed in a regional Science Olympiad tournament, a track meet-like event that featured 46 different events in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

Nine high school and eight middle school teams from Alleghany, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin counties participated.

Wake Forest biology professor Carole Browne served as the Science Olympiad regional director and coordinated more than 40 volunteers from Wake Forest and the Winston-Salem community.

In addition to students from the Reynolda and Bowman Gray campuses, the following faculty and staff also gave of their time to oversee events such as Bottle Rocket, Forensics, Shock Value, Designer Genes and Elastic Launched Glider: Read more

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Professors stress out, too

Sam Gladding in the library

In addition to his roles as professor and chair of the counseling department, Sam Gladding is working on the next edition of the History of Wake Forest. Teaching, scholarship and other projects keep faculty on the go.

Across the nation, faculty roles are becoming more complex and more demanding, says Catherine Ross, director of Wake Forest’s Teaching and Learning Center. The resulting stress affects both their personal and professional lives.

The University decided to combat the phenomenon this spring by hosting workshops and discussions for Wake Forest professors and faculty from other nearby North Carolina universities.

Ross created the Graylyn Teaching Renewal Retreat to give professors a space outside the pressures of the academic calendar where they could discuss their challenges with like-minded faculty and provide each other with resources and strategies for relaxation and more efficient teaching.

Eric Carlson, an associate professor of physics who joined Wake Forest in 1995, chose to attend the retreat to de-stress and gather new ideas. “After teaching for more than 20 years, it’s hard to be innovative. Creativity takes effort, and it can tire you out,” he says. Read more

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