Want to know how the sports industry really works? The Wake Forest Summer Immersion Program Sports Business Institute guides high school students through a week-long intensive. Meeting high-profile sports execs, touring professional sports facilities, and creating their own sports business strategies, students walk away […]
José Villalba is the Vice President and Special Advisor to the President at Wake Forest University. He is also a two-time parent of Summer Immersion Program alumni and advocate for access to higher education. Villalba shared a few thoughts with us at the […]
By Betsy Schneider, Director, Summer Immersion Program This past Tuesday, we celebrated a milestone that felt both humbling and extraordinary: the 10th anniversary of the Wake Forest Summer Immersion Program. It was a moment to pause and reflect – to bring together the many Academic […]
Wake Forest University celebrated 10 years of the Summer Immersion Program at the Graylyn Estate on September 23, 2025. In attendance were former and current Academic Leaders and university staff members who have each played a role in the success of the program. Kyla […]
Summer Immersion Program participant from the 2024 Business Institute shares her insights and takeaways from her experience. Favorite moment from this week: One highlight of my week was spending time with new friends from around the world at the Wake Forest Pre-College Program. It’s been […]
High school students from around the country joined us for the Summer Immersion Business, Health and Exercise Science, Screenwriting, Psychology, and Women’s Health Institutes to engage in a week of academic discovery. Students spent 9:00 – 5:00 pm learning […]
The last week of SIP 2024 was an unforgettable experience for 217 high school students. Participants traveled from all over the globe to challenge themselves in one of six different academic pathways. From Engineering to Entrepreneurship, Filmmaking, Law, Sports Business, […]
Over 200 students dove into their futures this week at the Wake Forest Summer Immersion Program. Participants chose one of six different pathways from Debate and Public Advocacy, Engineering, Medicine, Neuroscience, Policy and Politics, and Sports Medicine. During their […]
178 Summer Immersion Program participants discovered one of six different pathways this week including Debate and Public Advocacy, Neuroscience, Policy and Politics, Sports Business, Technology, and Writing for Life. During their time on campus, they were challenged academically and […]
We welcomed 213 students to campus for our third week of Wake Forest Summer Immersion programming. Students immersed themselves in one of six immersive institutes; Bioscience Institute, Finance and Investing Institute, Health and Exercise Science Institute, Leadership Institute, Screenwriting Institute, Technology Institute. Check out a […]