The third annual Reynolda Film Festival on March 24 – 27 will feature film screenings, a world premiere, a film competition, and talks by film-industry insiders, including award-winning filmmaker Spike Lee.

With the ACC Tournament this week, check out the historical photos of Wake Forest basketball on the Digital Forsyth archive. And read about Charlie Davis (’71), who scored a school-record 51 points against American University in 1969. Tournament preview: Wake Forest vs. Miami, Thursday, 2 p.m.

About 80 undergraduates are taking part in an “alternative” spring break this week, volunteering at a dental clinic in El Salvador, working with Habitat for Humanity in Florida, Tenn. and S.C., and tutoring children in Atlanta. Law students volunteer over break.

More than a dozen Wake Forest law students are spending their spring break this week in Miami helping Haitians dislocated by January’s earthquake obtain temporary legal status and U.S. work permits.

Retired business professor and assistant dean Helen Akinc has published a book, “The Praeger Handbook for College Parents,” to help parents get their children through college. More on Helen Akinc.

Any Wake Forest student who is at least 18-years-old is eligible to join the Zipcar car-sharing program. Zipcars are an ideal solution for students who choose not bring a vehicle to campus. Zipcar’s cutting edge technology allows students to reserve online or on their mobile device, 24/7. Low hourly and daily rates include gas, insurance and 180 free miles per day.

Thanks to the generosity of donors and a grant from the NSF, Wake Forest is funding a large number of internships for students in entrepreneurial organizations this summer. If you know of any entrepreneurial organizations or for-profit or non-profit organizations that would be interested in having a talented, hard-working Wake Forest student as an intern, please visit the Career Services Web site for more information.

WAKE TV, the student-run campus television station, has filmed nine sports segments for ESPN-U, which have aired during basketball games this season and on ESPNU.com. Watch a clip on the men’s soccer team on ESPNU.com.

The 8.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Chile on Feb. 27 was many times more powerful than the one that struck Haiti two months ago, but Professor Peter Siavelis says Chile’s strong government will help the country recover quickly.

Wake Forest is starting a new summer program for high school students to introduce them to college-level, interdisciplinary learning. The priority deadline for the program is March 5.

Parents were recently mailed a tuition deposit notice. A $500 non-refundable tuition deposit is required of all undergraduate students who plan to enroll for the Fall 2010 semester; the deposit will be applied towards the student’s Fall 2010 tuition charges. Full details are included in the parents’ letter. If you have questions, please contact 336.758.5234 or fas-ar@wfu.edu

Since it opened last year, the StArt Gallery in Reynolda Village has become a center for students to showcase — and perhaps even sell — their paintings, prints, sculpture and photography.