Senior Max Denker's business class has partnered with Habitat for Humanity in Forsyth County to learn first-hand how to develop and run a successful organization. Find out how you can help.Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate
Matthew Potter ('09) hasn't let the cerebral palsy that has crippled his body slow his whip-smart brain or dim his desire to leave an impact on the community. Categories: Alumni, Community Impact
North Carolina has one of the highest rates of food hardship in the country. To ease the hunger and share the holiday, students cooked and delivered over 200 Thanksgiving meals to members of the Winston-Salem community.Categories: Campus Life, Community Impact, Environment & Sustainability, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate
On Saturday, Nov. 12, when they could have been resting and catching up on much-needed sleep, about 120 Wake Forest students volunteered their day to participate in "Rake" Forest, working in neighborhoods around campus.
Categories: Campus Life, Community Impact, Experiential Learning
Senior Amy Liang is one of 20 students statewide to receive the Community Impact Student Award and a certificate of appreciation from Governor Bev Perdue for her work to combat hunger and homelessness. The award recognizes her volunteer efforts and her ability to inspire others to get involved.
Categories: Awards & Recognition, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
This summer, incoming first-year students to Wake Forest University completed an academic project involving writings by Dr. James Jones on bioethics, medical research, and ethics. Now Jones, the author of Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, comes to campus all week for the Center for Bioethics, Health and Society’s conference.Categories: Campus Life, Community Impact, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
The School of Law's Pro Bono Project provides free legal advice and services to community organizations. Recently, it has connected law students with youths in the juvenile-justice system and held Wills Clinics in Pembroke, N.C.Categories: Community Impact, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Talking about race can be challenging. Art professor David Finn, with the help of both Wake Forest and local high school students, is creating a space where people can learn to celebrate their differences.
The 23rd annual Project Pumpkin Halloween festival provided an afternoon of Halloween fun for more than 1,000 Winston-Salem area children. The event was organized by students and sponsored by the Volunteer Service Corps.Categories: Campus Life, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake
On Thursday, Oct. 6, the Stevens Center in downtown Winston-Salem will light up with the sights and sounds of the internationally acclaimed Cuban theatre troupe Teatro de la Luna in its premiere of "Delirio Habanero / Havana Delirium."Categories: Arts & Culture, Community Impact, Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery