Wake Forest’s Educating Character Initiative to expand its nationwide network promoting character education with $30M in new funding
Wake Forest University’s Educating Character Initiative (ECI) will expand its support for character education at colleges and universities across the country with more than $30 million in new funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The ECI has built a community of educators from more than 400 higher education institutions engaged in developing and implementing ideas for integrating character education on their campuses.
Categories: Community Impact, Leadership & Character
In an era where everyone seems to be doing two things at once, Wake Forest University psychology professor Anthony Sali is working with neuroscience experts to learn more about how the brain works. By studying the nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves, new findings debunk the myth of multitasking. The biggest…
Jazz musician Branford Marsalis has been named Wake Forest University’s 2025 Maya Angelou Artist-in-Residence. Marsalis, a globally celebrated artist known for his unparalleled contributions to jazz, classical music, film, and Broadway, will bring his vast experience and creative spirit to the Wake Forest campus. The Maya Angelou Artist-in-Residence Award was established to bring world-renowned artists…
Teenagers are often seen as moody, rebellious and overly focused on what their peers think. Wake Forest Psychology Professor Christy Buchanan says these stereotypes can hinder good parenting and negatively affect parent-teen relationships. Buchanan, a developmental psychologist, has spent years researching parenting beliefs and practices. Her research suggests that negative stereotypes about adolescents can lead…
A new randomized clinical trial, led by a team of researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Wake Forest University, did not find evidence that wearing a weighted vest or engaging in resistance training prevented bone loss in older adults undergoing intentional weight loss. The study, published today in JAMA Network Open, underscores the persistent need for alternative strategies to protect skeletal health in aging populations with obesity.
Wake Forest University School of Divinity is pleased to announce the appointment of Melissa Rogers as Distinguished Scholar in Residence in Faith, Law, and Public Policy effective August 1, 2025. A nationally recognized leader at the intersection of religion, law, and public life, Rogers brings decades of public service, policy expertise, and scholarly depth to…
Wake Forest University has named Kenneth T. Kishida, Ph.D., as the inaugural Boswell Presidential Chair of Neuroscience and Society, advancing the University’s interdisciplinary initiative to connect brain science with pressing societal issues.
Wake Forest University is dramatically increasing its impact in North Carolina by developing a new academic campus in The Pearl, Charlotte’s innovation district. The Pearl officially opened its doors this week. Anchored by the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, the expansion is poised to transform medical education, research and economic development in one of…
In a speech filled with urgency and hope, award-winning '60 Minutes' journalist and author Scott Pelley delivered a powerful commencement message to Wake Forest University's Class of 2025, telling them, “Your country needs you.” “America works well when we listen to those with whom we disagree and when we listen and when we have common…
The Educating Character Initiative (ECI), a part of the Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University, has awarded 40 grants of up to $50,000, impacting 42 institutions nationwide seeking to educate and embed character in their distinctive contexts of higher education. “We were overwhelmed by the quality of the proposals we received this…