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Wake Forest University Lovefeasts will be held Dec. 3
November 21, 2017 | Community, Events, Staff, Student, Top Stories
Wake Forest University will hold Lovefeast services in Wait Chapel on Sunday, Dec. 3 at 4:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. This is the second year the University has offered two services.
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Turkeypalooza brings Thanksgiving meals to hungry in Winston-Salem
November 10, 2017 | Campus Life, Community, Events, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories
Wake Forest University students, faculty and staff will prepare and deliver more than 350 Thanksgiving meals to food-insecure Winston-Salem residents during Turkeypalooza. This annual event, hosted by The Campus Kitchen at Wake Forest, will be held Nov. 12 – 16.
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Undergraduate Research Day 2017 showcases student creativity
October 30, 2017 | Campus Life, Community, Events, Faculty, Mentoring, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Hundreds of students, faculty, staff and family members stopped by the Z. Smith Reynolds Library atrium on Oct. 27 to explore Undergraduate Research Day, a hallmark event at Wake Forest University.
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WFU leads the way in Rethinking Community
October 23, 2017 | Community, Events, Faculty, Pro Humanitate, Speakers, Top Stories
Wake Forest has never been more committed to being a place that celebrates free speech and encourages open and direct dialogue, thoughtful and challenging conversation, and above all, the mutual respect that each individual deserves.
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Wake Forest to host 800 children for ‘Project Pumpkin’ on Oct. 25
October 19, 2017 | Community, Events, Student, Top Stories
Wake Forest students will host approximately 800 children from local schools and agencies for ‘Project Pumpkin’ on Wednesday, October 25, from 3 to 6 p.m. on Hearn Plaza.
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WFU to host prayer walk on Oct. 4
October 3, 2017 | Community, Events, Pro Humanitate, Top Stories
Wake Forest University’s Office of the Chaplain will host “The Prayers of the People: Praying with Our Feet” in response to the mass shooting in Las Vegas, the aftermath of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, and other unsettling events happening around the world.
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WFU gathering national leaders to ‘Rethink Community’ Oct. 19-21
September 27, 2017 | Community, Events, Faculty, Pro Humanitate, Top Stories
Wake Forest University is convening a group of national thought-leaders across the ideological spectrum to explore what it means to live in a society that is more diverse, polarized, global and virtual than ever before.
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Statement from WFU President Hatch on Charlottesville
August 14, 2017 | Community, President, Top Stories
Today Wake Forest University President Nathan O. Hatch issued the following statement: “There is no place for the bigotry, racism and violence we witnessed in Charlottesville. Wake Forest University extends our condolences to the families and friends grieving the senseless harm and loss of life, as […]
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Helping middle schoolers become “contenders”
April 10, 2017 | Athletics, Community, Faculty, Student, Top Stories
Talking about sports with a Wake Forest football player is helping a group of eighth graders engage in reading. Wendell Dunn, a defensive end for the Demon Deacons, has teamed up with Wake Forest education professor Alan Brown to lead an after-school sports literacy program for students at Paisley IB Magnet School in Winston-Salem.
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Sports writer Robert Lipsyte to visit 8th grade literacy program
April 4, 2017 | Athletics, Community, Faculty, Student
Author and nationally known sports journalist Robert Lipsyte will talk about “The Contender” with a group of 8th graders who are reading his book in an after-school sports literacy program at Paisley IB Magnet School. The program is led by Wake Forest University education professor Alan Brown and Wake Forest football student-athlete Wendell Dunn.
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