Traffic detours for May 15 Wake Forest Commencement
Wake Forest University will be closed to through traffic for its commencement ceremony Monday, May 15, from 5:30 a.m. until the ceremony ends around noon.
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Stories by Cheryl
WFU Commencement: Media arrangements
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and presidential historian Jon Meacham will deliver Wake Forest University’s commencement address on Monday, May 15. The commencement ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. on Hearn Plaza.
Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
WFU student receives Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting fellowship
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting has selected Lila Franco as Wake Forest’s 2017 Pulitzer Fellow.
Categories: Awards & Recognition, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
Helping middle schoolers become “contenders”
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.
Categories: Athletics, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
Sports writer Robert Lipsyte to visit 8th grade literacy program
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.
Categories: Athletics, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery