Former members of Congress bring civic education to Wake Forest
Wake Forest University welcomed two former Congressional representatives to campus on Tuesday, Oct. 22, as part of a program called Congress to Campus. Donna Edwards (D-MD) and Barbara Comstock (R-VA) met with students throughout the day to talk about their career journeys, finding bipartisanship and the importance of civic engagement. “Part of the mission of…Categories: Campus Life, Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Personal & Career Development
Setting out to prove that movement indeed is medicine for older adults with chronic knee and hip pain, Wake Forest University researchers have received a $5.7M grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct a five-year study. The Mobile Intervention to Reduce Pain and Improve Health-III (MORPH-III) study will track how adults age…
As Wake Forest students return from fall break this week, they are preparing for one of the University’s biggest student-led events. Project Pumpkin will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 29, from 3 to 6 p.m. on Hearn Plaza. Hundreds of Wake Forest student volunteers dressed in costume will welcome children for an afternoon of carnival…
Classics professor T. H. M. Gellar-Goad sets out name plates assigning roles to the students in his first-year seminar class. As they enter the classroom, they don chitons, the standard clothing worn by ancient Athenians. Some add fake beards. As citizens of Greece in 403 BCE, the students are arguing whether Athens should expand voting…
Senior leaders from AmeriCorps and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention visited Winston-Salem this week to see first-hand the impact Wake Forest’s Public Health AmeriCorps program is having in the community. The federal agencies awarded the University more than $200,000 to continue the program for a third year. “Hearing about the personal connection that…