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Student Storytellers: Saturdays with math and jicama

December 19, 2013  |   Alumni, Campus Life, Community, Humanities, Life on Campus, Mentoring, Pro Humanitate, Research, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Top Stories, Uncategorized

Erin Hellmann (’14) and Logan Healy-Tuke (’14) founded The Ashley Explorers Saturday Academy to strengthen the reading and math skills of elementary students in Winston-Salem.

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Lovefeast: A unifying tradition

December 11, 2013  |   Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Campus Life Highlights, Community, Events, Faculty, For Alumni, Student, Top Stories

Christmas decorations, music, and the smell of sweet coffee filled Wait Chapel as more than 2,000 students, faculty, staff, alums and friends of the University gathered to celebrate the 49th annual Lovefeast.

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Imagining the next ‘big idea’

December 9, 2013  |   Alumni, Campus Life, For Alumni, For Parents, Personal and Career Development, Pro Humanitate, School of Business, Student, Top Stories

James Beshara (’08), CEO and co-founder of Crowdtilt, a social group-funding platform, came to campus to meet with student innovators and shared ideas with faculty on how to prepare students to launch start-ups after graduation.

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Students fight hunger for children

December 5, 2013  |   Campus Life, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, School of Business, School of Law, Student, Top Stories

Students at the School of Business turned an assignment about food insecurity and hunger in Forsyth County into a competition that raised $20,000 to feed school children over the holiday break. They presented a check to Forsyth Backpack, a nonprofit agency founded by School of Law professor Barbara Lentz.

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Turkeypalooza: A week of Thanksgiving

November 27, 2013  |   Admissions, Alumni, Campus Life, Campus Life Highlights, Community, Philanthropy, Pro Humanitate, Staff, Student, Top Stories, Uncategorized

Wake Forest students cook and deliver made-from-scratch Thanksgiving dinners to local residents during Turkeypalooza, an annual event hosted by The Campus Kitchen.

Media Advisory: The 49th Lovefeast: A Wake Forest Holiday Tradition

November 21, 2013  |   Campus Life, Media Advisory

Who and What: Since 1965, Wake Forest University has annually held a lovefeast, a unique tradition of the Moravian community. More than 2,000 students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members will gather for the 49th annual Christmas Lovefeast – the largest single lovefeast in North […]

Media Advisory: Turkeypalooza: ‘Home-Cooked’ Thanksgiving Meals for the Hungry

November 13, 2013  |   Campus Life, Media Advisory

Who and What: Wake Forest students, faculty, and staff volunteers will prepare and deliver 400 traditional Thanksgiving dinners to food-insecure Triad-area residents during Turkeypalooza, an annual event hosted by The Campus Kitchen at Wake Forest University during the national Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. […]

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Project Pumpkin’s 25th birthday

October 31, 2013  |   Campus Life, Campus Life Highlights, Community, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories

More than 800 community children from nearly 25 local agencies arrived on campus Wednesday afternoon with costumes and matching smiles to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of Project Pumpkin. At least 750 Wake Forest students volunteered, escorting trick-or-treaters around Hearn Plaza to the festive carnival booths sponsored by 70 different student organizations and academic departments.

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An attitude of gratitude

October 25, 2013  |   Campus Life, Faculty, Humanities, Mentoring, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Top Stories 2013-2014, Wake Forest College

To celebrate Wake Forest’s ranking 11th in U.S. News and World Report for commitment to undergraduate teaching, Volunteer Service Corps (VSC) partnered with the Office of the Dean of the College to launch the “11 Days of Teaching Appreciation” social media campaign.

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A memorable weekend

October 23, 2013  |   Alumni, Campus Life, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories, Wake Will

Under a big tent on Manchester Plaza, students and alumni wrote about the Wake Forest people who have inspired them on a book standing more than 10 feet tall. The outsized pages reflect the big dreams Wake Forest will achieve with “Wake Will: The Campaign for Wake Forest.” Relive the highlights of the weekend events.