The Wake Forest Fellows Program:

February 1, 2011

Office of Advancement: Student Philanthropy Greg Banks

“The opportunity to see the University from the ‘other side’ has been eye-opening, and yet expected at the same time. You realize just how much goes into making Wake what it is, but

it’s still the same wonderful school and family that you knew as an undergrad.”

• Develop and execute plan to increase undergraduate awareness of the importance of philanthropic gifts to, and a lifelong relationship with Wake Forest • Manage 1834 Student Giving Campaign in a variety of capacities including advertising, website design, committee management, and event planning • Assist reunion team through various reunion activities and visiting alumni in reunion years

Office of Advancement: Wake Forest Fund Adam Parker and Mark Russell

“We have learned the importance of Advancement in a University setting.

Discussing our love for Mother So Dear with alums who feel the same way has made this

year a truly special experience.”

•  Fundraise for the University’s annual fund • Met with Wake Forest alumni in cities such as Boston, Chicago, New York, and Washington DC • Partnered with Senior Advancement members on significant special projects

Office of Advancement: Alumni Relations Kellyn Springer

“This fellowship has allowed me the opportunity to explore my personal strengths, develop new skills and experiences, and meet wonderful people. I could not be more thankful for the

experience and am looking forward to making a deeper impact on the University in the coming months.”

•  Met with over 80 alumni in cities around the country to engage them with Wake Forest • Develop an assessment of all alumni programs and activities across the University Member of the Mentoring Resource Center Director search committee • Edit and enhance the alumni club handbook as well as implement club Facebook strategies • Develop a project plan for volunteer tracking and management

Information Systems: Cisco Gretchen Edwards

“The Cisco Fellowship is the perfect intersection of the higher education and corporate worlds. The

experience has opened my eyes to new opportunities within the fields of IT, Libraries, and business.”

• Coordinated on campus Cisco/WFU Executive Briefing • Leverages collaborative technologies across campus through avenues such as WebEx, one-on-one faculty support, blogging, Flip video • Gains unique experience through collaboration between IS, ZSR Library and Cisco Executives • Lilly Conference presenter (upcoming)

Information Systems John Track

“The Fellowship in Information Systems is outstanding because members of the department make technology accessible to

students of any academic background. If you value excellent resources, mentoring, trust, respect, and personal development

this Fellowship is an unparalleled investment in your future.”

•  Focuses on themes of sustainability, IT governance, and the standard load • Coordinate Student Technology Council • Lead committee investigation into e-readers such as Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader, Barnes&Noble Nook, and Apple iPad

Information Systems: The Bridge Josh Walters

“As the Service Desk fellow, I have had the amazing opportunity to see and be a working part of what

goes on behind the scenes in Information Systems and have thoroughly enjoyed serving the campus

community in this capacity.”

• Created and maintain a library of technology self-help videos online • Created a new Study Abroad Computing Website to support abroad students and faculty • Helped with the development of a strategy for deploying Windows 7 to the campus community members possessing ThinkPad T400's. • Continue to perform Service Delivery duties at the Service Desk such as answering calls to 758-HELP, working at Bridge help desk

Office of Diversity and Inclusion Nitya Anand

“As a student, you only see about 10% of what’s actually happening at Wake Forest. Being a Fellow gives you the

chance to both learn about and affect that other 90%.”

•  Develop the Wake~UP~Winston Initiative to foster social and professional networking opportunities for employees of color within the WFU community and in the greater-Triad area • Facilitate, manage, and teach the Gatekeepers Workshops, a diversity and inclusion workshop series participated in by over 400 faculty and staff members. • Collaborate with the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences to increase graduate student of color enrollment through HBCU-targeted recruiting and pipeline programs.

Office of the Provost Rachel Cook

“Administrative leaders welcome and appreciate your student perspective, but also cultivate your professional expertise.”

• Webmaster for the Provost’s site • Developing faculty-student engagement initiatives including the second annual BIG Campus Connect, the Off-Campus Connections dinner program, and the Faculty-Student Lunch Coupon Program. • Engaged in higher education policy and best-practices research. • Speech Writing and Strategic Development

Office of the President Jermyn Davis

“The WFU Fellows Program provides an exhilarating work experience that is both challenging professionally and enlightening. It exposes fellows to the wonderment of Wake Forest beyond the

rich academic experience we had as undergraduates.”

•  Established new temporary student social venue, The Tent •  Collaborated with Office of Investments to create Demon Deacon Invest-Connect • Charged with assessing and developing plan to realize and minimize university’s institutional risk as member of Enterprise Risk Management Team • Coordinated and managed the university president’s involvement in 2010 United Way Campaign with goal of raising $17.3 million dollars.

Office of Student Life Meghan Haenn

“Working in Student Life at Wake Forest has thus far been my most rewarding life experience. The people

and the projects have made this year an unforgettable learning experience.”

• The Fellow in Student Life has a wide variety of duties and gets to experience the world of Student Affairs at every level • From researching major strategic initiatives to planning Campus Life activities, there is never any sense of repetition in this job • In Student Life, you will be called on as a creative resource and be asked to develop new programs which improve life outside of the classroom at Wake Forest

stART Gallery Marcus Keely

“Working at START Gallery as part of the WFU Fellows Program has afforded me the invaluable opportunity to build

meaningful relationships with my peers and community leaders in a variety of fields. It is exciting to constantly be learning and maturing in such an applied atmosphere.”

•  Creating START Gallery website that will integrate various social media • Developing a pricing guide for student artwork • Built both campus and community relationships through involvement with students and local arts organizations • Collaborated with faculty, staff, and students to further standardize START Gallery exhibition schedule

Office of Career and Personal Development Meredith Smith

“The support I’ve received has been life-changing. I’m being mentored by people who are genuinely interested in me reaching

my full potential – this year and for many years to come.”

• Increased student feedback possibilities for the Office of Career Services through surveys and focus groups. • Revised the Career Services website and created new, student friendly content. • Managed the development and revision of new websites for the Office of Personal and Career Development. • Spoke at Freshman Orientation explaining the importance of career development while at Wake Forest.

Office of Multicultural Affairs Anthony Williams

“There are always going to be opportunities but will you be willing to take that risk?”

•  Coordinated Forsyth Academy Pipeline Program and Martin Luther King Jr. Basketball Tournament of 12 teams •  Served as the liaison to the National Pan-Hellenic Council, Office of Admissions, Wake~UP~Winston Committee, and student organizations •  Collaborated with Director to draft documents and reports on gaps in student support services •  Co-facilitator of the M4 Initiative (Making Manhood Mean More), an 8 week course discussing what it means to be a Black Man

Class of 2009

• Velvet Bryant: Assistant Director, Institute for Public Engagement, WFU • Darcy Delph: Academic IT Coordinator, IS, WFU • Trayonna Floyd: Graduate student, George Washington University • Lauren Hubbard: Giving Societies Team Lead, Advancement Office, WFU • Trevor Taylor: First year medical student , WFU School of Medicine • Matt Triplett: Mordecai Scholar, Duke University Law School Class of 2008

•  Lydia Harter: Assistant buyer, Pottery Barn, San Francisco • Keon McGuire: Ph.D. candidate, University of Pennsylvania • Parul Patel: Special Assistant to the Dean of Business, WFU • Tristan Salvanera: Graduate student in public policy, Duke University

Beyond the Fellowship: Fellows Class of 2008 and 2009

2

• One-year employment beginning summer 2011

• Professional development opportunities

• University benefits package

• Annual salary

Program Highlights

Leadership Development

•  Fellows are mentored by University administrators and staff in their respective offices.

•  Mentors manage workload and also provide career guidance and advice.

Mentorship Opportunities

Application Process

•  Applications are currently available online •  http://president.wfu.edu/fellows/

•  Applications must be made to individual offices of interest •  Required: resume, cover letter. Supplementary applicant

information is department-specific. •  DEADLINE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2011 •  Once applications are reviewed by individual departments, those departments will determine the applicants they wish to interview. Interviews will take place by department in March.

• WF Fellow in Advancement (contact Holly Battle, battleah) • WF Fellow in Career Development (contact Andy Chan, achan) • WF Fellow in Office of the Dean (contact Perry Patterson, patterso; Rebecca Thomas, thomasrs) • WF Fellow in Humanities Institute (contact Mary Foskett, foskettm) • WF Fellow in Information Systems (contact Nancy Crouch, crouch) • WF Fellow in the Office of the President (contact Mary Pugel, mpugel) • WF Fellow in the Office of the Provost (contact Jennifer Collins, collinjm) • WF Fellow in START Gallery (contact Paul Bright, brightpb) • WF Fellow in Student Life (contact Mary Gerardy, gerardym) • WF Fellow in Sustainability (contact DeDee Johnston, johnstdm)

3

2011- 2012 Fellows Positions and contact information

Questions?

Contact Marybeth Wallace

wallacem@wfu.edu 758-4684

Next Steps