“Hit The Bricks” Raises Record $300,000 for Cancer Research
Wake Forest University’s Hit The Bricks raised a record-breaking $301,722.22 for cancer research during this year’s event. The grand total was announced during the closing ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 5. It was an emotional moment for many participants, as the fundraising amount was shared with the crowd. The steps of Wait Chapel were lined with luminaries honoring cancer survivors and those impacted by the disease. More than 1,700 students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends ran or walked laps around Hearn Plaza during the eight-hour relay race. The student-led fundraising event at Wake Forest University began in 2003.Categories: University Announcements
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More than 1,700 Wake Forest students, faculty, staff and friends of the University will run laps around Hearn Plaza on Thursday, Oct. 5, for Hit the Bricks. The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The eight-hour relay race raises money for cancer research in honor of Brian Piccolo. The Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund Drive was started by students in 1980 in memory of the Wake Forest All-American football player, who passed away at age 26 from cancer during his career with the Bears. 
As part of the University’s Face to Face Speaker Forum, political historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Michael Beschloss talked with Wake Forest students about leadership and character by shining a light on the U.S. presidency. 
Alton B. Pollard III will join the faculty of Wake Forest University as the James and Marilyn Dunn Chair in Baptist Studies in the School of Divinity and University Professor of African American Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences beginning July 1, 2024.
Wake Forest University’s URECA student research day is held in the fall each year during Family Weekend. It began nearly 20 years ago and has grown. This year, 140 undergraduate students and more than 120 faculty mentors participated in the event. It provides an opportunity for undergraduate students to present their recently completed and ongoing research projects in both poster format and in oral presentations.
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With a leadership gift from the Andrew Sabin Family Foundation, Wake Forest University will substantially expand its work to answer the world’s most pressing environmental and sustainability questions.
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WFU Theatre is launching its 2023-24 season with Agatha Christie's "Witness for the Prosecution." The play opens on the Tedford Stage on Friday, Sept. 22.