‘Big Tent’ addresses racial prejudice
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. 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.Project Pumpkin circus fun
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
WFU welcomes Cuban theatre troupe
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
Athletes walk in heels for charity
The Wake Forest baseball team was a big hit at the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event Saturday to raise awareness and money for the prevention of domestic violence and sexual assault.Categories: Athletics, Community Impact, Pro Humanitate
Athletes help with Habitat blitz
Hundreds of volunteers - including members of the Wake Forest baseball and basketball teams - worked over Labor Day weekend on eight Habitat for Humanity houses in two Winston-Salem neighborhoods.Categories: Athletics, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate
Community connections
First-year students took part this week in a Wake Forest program to introduce them to volunteer opportunities and community agencies in the Winston-Salem area. See photos of students putting Wake Forest’s “Pro Humanitate” (for humanity) motto into action.Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate
Alumnus brings pro tennis to town
Trustee and Board of Visitors member Don Flow (MBA '83) is the chairman of Winston-Salem Professional Tennis Inc., the nonprofit group that persuaded the U.S. Tennis Association to move this week's ATP tournament to Winston-Salem.Categories: Alumni, Community Impact
Social media and safety
The Wake Forest police department has taken the lead in combining social media and safety — developing a public safety mobility app and using Twitter to reach the community. The department's efforts have been recognized by the International Association for Chiefs of Police.
Categories: Community Impact, University Announcements
Supporting diverse businesses
Wake Forest and the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce are partnering to offer 25 minority businesses one year of free Chamber membership. The program will assist the growth and development of minority and women-owned businesses.
Categories: Community Impact, University Announcements
Guiding young filmmakers
Last week, a group of local middle- and high-school students got the chance to learn how to be filmmakers, thanks to a documentary short "boot camp" run by seven graduate students from Wake Forest's Documentary Film Program.