Pro Humanitate & Winning Championships: Wake Forest celebrates historic $20 Million Gift from Bob McCreary, launches the McCreary Triple Double Challenge
Wake Forest University today announced a transformational $20 million gift from longtime benefactor and football alum Bob McCreary (’61), one of the most generous philanthropic leaders in Demon Deacon history. This landmark investment further elevates Wake Forest Football’s competitive trajectory and reinforces the extraordinary momentum established in head coach Jake Dickert’s first season. McCreary’s new…Categories: Transformative Giving
On a cold December morning in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, activist, artist and filmmaker Joel Tauber walked with Rebecca and Sarah, guiding them with a firm grip as they dashed across Robinhood Road during morning rush hour. People honked their horns and waved as they drove by, drawn by the unusual sight of two sheep on…
Perched on a plastic chair overlooking a colony of Nazca boobies in the Galápagos Islands, researcher David Anderson carefully studied the seabirds. Anderson, a research professor and professor of biology emeritus at Wake Forest University, was shocked to discover that female Nazca boobies had hundreds of conspicuous sexual liaisons with multiple males. And, their promiscuity…
Volunteering while studying at Wake Forest University has changed senior Reagan Smith’s life, given her a greater sense of purpose—and earned her a Community Impact Student Award from North Carolina Campus Engagement (NCCE). Every year, the award goes to a student at each participating NCCE member school. The organization is a statewide network of colleges…
Students are more likely to attain their degree when they report a stronger sense of belonging in their first year of college, according to a new study by Wake Forest University psychology professor Shannon Brady. A one-point increase on a five-point belonging scale corresponded to a 3.4 percentage-point bump in the likelihood that a student…
The Institute of International Education’s (IIE) Open Doors 2025 report—published on Nov. 17 and considered the world's benchmark for global educational exchange—showed that 85.7% of Wake Forest undergraduates received credit for study abroad in the 2023-24 academic year and summer of 2024, placing Wake Forest fourth on the list of leading doctoral universities. "The high…
Jason Fanning has spent a lot of time talking to older adults about leading healthy, active lifestyles. And he knows that the minute he utters the word “exercise,” he loses many of them. Instead, he talks to them about movement across the day, a key component of his current research study, A Mobile Health Intervention…
Two debate teams faced off at Wake Forest University on Nov. 12. All of the debaters were over the age of 70. One was about to turn 97. Inspired by the Wake Forest University Debate Team’s 2023 national championship, residents of Salemtowne Retirement Community launched their own debate society with the help of Wake Forest…
In a career spanning over 45 years, Branford Marsalis has become an iconic figure in the music world as a saxophonist, composer, and bandleader, yet he maintains a sense of humor about his work. “We’re always laughing before the concerts,” he said. “We take the music very seriously, but we don’t take ourselves seriously.” Marsalis…
With community partners ramping up for an increased need for Thanksgiving meals this season, the Campus Kitchen at Wake Forest University kicks off its annual TurkeyPalooza on Sunday, Nov. 16. The goal of this annual tradition: Prepare a Thanksgiving feast for those in need in Forsyth County—more than 600, at last count. Student volunteers will…