Wake Forest University has raised more than $625 million through Wake Will: The Campaign for Wake Forest. Having surpassed its initial fundraising goal of $600 million by 2018 two years ahead of schedule, Wake Forest will build on support from alumni, parents and friends to extend the campaign and raise $1 billion by 2020.
Categories: Pro Humanitate, Transformative Giving
Casting that first vote in a presidential election is a rite of passage for most college students. When Jay Buchanan came to Wake Forest, he never imagined the political opportunities he would experience during the anything-but-predictable 2016 election cycle.
Categories: Happening at Wake
Bob McCreary (’61), whose generous philanthropy already distinguishes him as one of Wake Forest University’s greatest benefactors, has committed an additional $15 million to further his unrivaled support of the athletics program.
Categories: Alumni, Athletics, Transformative Giving
Hundreds of Wake Forest University students from a range of political perspectives came together to hear Chelsea Clinton speak at a Women in Leadership roundtable on Sept. 13.
Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake
What constitutes a life well lived? Wake Forest University professors are addressing this age-old question with the support of nearly $4.2 million in new research funding to study eudaimonia (yoo-dye-mo-NEE-uh)—Aristotle’s term for “flourishing.”