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Letter from the Editor: Nine student papers report solutions for mental health

Christa Dutton, Senior Writer March 21, 2024

When Emmy Martin, the editor-in-chief of the Daily Tar Heel, gave me a call last summer to explain this issue you’re holding in your hand, I knew it was a project to which the Old Gold & Black would...

86% of clients agreed that their quality of life was improved by the UCC in a fall 2022 survey sent out by the center.

The UCC’s journey from pandemic pitfalls and back

Breanna Laws, Managing Editor March 20, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic posed challenges to the Wake Forest University Counseling Center and forced the center to adapt its methods. Now, with the acute challenges of the pandemic largely subsided, the Wake...

Dr. Meredith Farmer, an associate professor of literature at Wake Forest, mitigates stress in her classroom by not requiring students to explain absences and offering extensions on assignments when needed.

How Wake Forest trains its faculty to be on the front line of mental health care

Christa Dutton, Senior Writer March 20, 2024

At Wake Forest and universities across the nation, students are fighting an unprecedented battle with mental health struggles, and faculty are often the first line of defense.  “Often a student first...

f Youre Reading This co-presidents Georgia Meyer (left) and Prarthna Batra (right) connect students to mental health resources.

IfYoureReadingThis: Student-led mental health resource offers fresh perspectives

Aaron Nataline, Senior Writer March 20, 2024

When students with a passion for mental health advocacy launched an IfYoureReadingThis chapter at Wake Forest University, the intent was to make a small campus feel smaller, said the organization’s co-President...

Business and Enterprise Management: Sarah Gerlach

Business and Enterprise Management: Sarah Gerlach

Josie Scratchard, Copy Chief April 27, 2023

If you could be a Renaissance person or a specialist, which would you choose? On one hand, you could perform many tasks well, or you could excel at only one task. Sarah Gerlach doesn’t want to choose....

Interdisciplinary Studies: Will Zimmermann

Interdisciplinary Studies: Will Zimmermann

Aaron Nataline, Sports Editor April 27, 2023

It’s easy to be intimidated by the accomplishments of the talented students who attend Wake Forest. I felt that intimidation in full force as I watched a short film both co-written and directed by Will...

Mathematical Business: Gracie Stanek

Mathematical Business: Gracie Stanek

Breanna Laws, Print Managing Editor April 27, 2023

For graduating senior and mathematical business major Gracie Stanek, business runs in the family. “My mom, my dad and my brother all have accounting degrees,” Stanek said. “I think a lot of people...

English: Maren Beverly

English: Maren Beverly

Maryam Khanum, Multimedia Managing Editor April 27, 2023

Maren Beverly’s favorite classes have always been her English classes. Hailing from West Hartford, Conn., Beverly described her high school English teachers as incredibly strong and inspiring and credits...

Religious Studies: Conor Metzger

Religious Studies: Conor Metzger

Virginia Noone, Photography Editor April 27, 2023

On the very last day students could apply to be in the Wake Forest Class of 2023, Conor Metzger decided to throw in his application after casually chatting with family friends. He said he had only applied...

Physics: Ariana Yu

Physics: Ariana Yu

Josie Scratchard, Copy Chief April 27, 2023

Many children dream of becoming a princess, a space cowboy or an entertainer, and for the majority of them, it is rare that dreams become reality. But for Arina Yu, her dream of pursuing science became...

Classical Languages: Gray Rucker

Classical Languages: Gray Rucker

Maddie Stopyra, News Editor April 27, 2023

Gray Rucker learned advanced Latin grammar through a semester-long campaign in Dungeons & Dragons in LAT 350.  “You roll the dice, and if your character is going to slay Medusa or something,...

Critical and Creative Media: Parker Beverly

Critical and Creative Media: Parker Beverly

Virginia Noone, Photography Editor April 27, 2023

Parker Beverly often gets teased by her friends for having an old soul and connecting more to older generations than her own. This characteristic has driven her love of history and storytelling, which...

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