第28章 Wake Forest University:
For humanity
威克弗里斯特大学：服务人类
英文导读
Back to its origin
Wake Forest University is a private， coeducational university in Winston-Salem， North Carolina， founded in 1834 as the Wake Forest Manual Labor Institute， named because students and staff were required to spend half of each day doing manual labor on the plantation. In 1967 the school became the fully accredited Wake Forest University. In 1838， it was renamed Wake Forest College， and the manual labor system was abandoned. The university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest， north of Raleigh， North Carolina， the state capital. The University prides itself on its strong arts and sciences and basic medical sciences programs， all of which emphasize close student-professor interaction. And it also prides itself on offering its undergraduate students small classes that encourage critical thinking to help students develop informed opinions and communicate them both in writing and verbally.
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System： Wake Forest is divided into six schools that off bachelor"s， master"s， law， medical and biomedical sciences and divinity programs. Its graduate programs include the highly ranked School of Law， Babcock Graduate School of Management， and School of Medicine. There are close to 40 undergraduate and graduate programs to choose from and the school offers a small student-to-teacher ratio. The university has a School of Divinity， where students will study subjects such as pastoral care， systematic theology， church history and the Bible. The school offers Division I NCAA athletic programs as well as intramural sports. Financial aid is also available.
Study programs： A master"s program can generally be completed in two years and a Ph.D. program in approximately five years. Foreign language and special skill requirements vary with each program. Graduate programs are tailored to the individual. The Graduate School"s educational philosophy encourages students to pursue an area of specialization in depth and to broaden their training while filling in any gaps in their earlier education. A Ph.D. scholar should be able to carry out teaching and research independently and competently. Various special programs of an interdisciplinary or tutorial nature enhance students" opportunities to develop their full potential.
生词助读
manual labor 手工；体力劳动
plantation [plntein] n. 栽植；殖民；大农场
accredit [kredit] vt. 授权；委派；信任
verbally [v：bli] adv. 口头地，非书面地
biomedical [baiumedikl] adj. 生物医学的
pastoral care 教牧关怀
systematic theology 系统神学
中文概述
威克弗里斯特大学建于1834年，位于美国北卡罗来纳州的温斯顿塞勒姆，是一所文理兼顾的四年制名牌私立大学，学制四年。作为美国东海岸享有盛誉的贵族名门，它的商科、法律、医学三大学术领域稳居北美顶尖行列。
威克弗里斯特大学以其丰富高科技资源在全美颇受好评，学校承诺，每一位入学的新生，都可以获得IBM品牌的笔记本电脑和打印机一台。如学生顺利完成学业并进行硕士的学习，该笔记本电脑就赠送给学生，成为其私人资产。学校的各个学习场所，如教室、讲座大厅和图书馆等，到处都设有和大学的网址相连的电脑。学生们也可以在家里上网查阅电子邮件或某位教授的课堂笔记。
威克弗里斯特大学学科专业数量较少，学生人数也少，这就使得全校都能实现小班教学，有利于学生与教师之间的直接交流与接触，强调学术自由的教育，以及学生和教授间一对一的互动。团队合作和小组讨论就是教授教学的主要特点之一。
威克弗里斯特大学有大学部、会计学院、法学院、医学院、商学院、神学院和三十个研究所部门。威克弗里斯特大学的商学院提供总体管理教育，环境舒适而富有人情味，还提供学生到英国、奥地利、法国或德国进修一个学期的学习机会和到国外公司实习的项目。法学院常年入选普林斯顿评论全美十大教师资源最好的法学院。医学院更拥有再生医学等领域最尖端的研究人才和创始性的科研成果。威克弗里斯特大学再生医学研究院的人体组织工程学家安东尼·艾塔拉在实验室造出了真正的人类膀胱，给成千上万需要膀胱移植的病人带来了福音。此外，威克弗里斯特大学也是引导纳米技术发展的领军者。
梦想成功录
The earlier you practice， the more you will acquire.
越早开始努力你获得的越多。
We should tolerate opinions different from our own.
应当能容忍与自己不同的观点。
Knowledge makes humble， ignorance makes proud.
博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。