“’The American Dream’ is the belief that, in the United States of America, hard work will lead to a better life, financial security, and home ownership,” said Margaret Supplee Smith, Harold W. Tribble Professor of Art, who teaches a first-year seminar on the topic.
Dennis Godfrey is a rising senior on Wake Forest's football team, and he is also from Sanford, which had parts of it torn apart by a tornado. So Godfrey organized a relief drive on campus to collect items he plans to drive home. [Video]
Categories: Athletics, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate
Senior football player Dennis Godfrey, a native of Sanford, N.C., has helped mobilize the campus to collect food and clothing to donate to the state's tornado victims. Items can be donated at 5 p.m. today in front of Wait Chapel. Godfrey and friends will deliver the items Friday. Categories: Athletics, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
The Schools of Business Family Business Center and Business North Carolina will recognize the community contributions and achievements of four family-owned businesses -- Baker Roofing, Stephenson Millwork, Salem Printing and Ruff Housing -- during a special event on April 28.Categories: Alumni, Community Impact, University Announcements
Several hundred Wake Forest students welcomed about 50 elementary school students to campus Wednesday to paint their very own desk. Wake Forest students started D.E.S.K. (Discovering Education through Student Knowledge) 11 years ago to provide desks to underprivileged children.Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate
Students in Alessandra Beasley Von Burg's communications class are putting what they've learned in the classroom about citizenship into action with a symposium today on the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. The symposium is free and open to the public.Categories: Campus Life, Community Impact, Happening at Wake, Mentorship, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
To chart a course of action for the protection of American Indian land rights, scholars, policy makers and community members will gather to consider issues such as environmental pollution and the protection of sacred sites.
Several Wake Forest staff members, professors and students are putting their dancing shoes on -- and their pride on the line -- to raise money for the Bethesda Center for the Homeless. Vote for your favorite team now. Categories: Community Impact, Pro Humanitate
With concern for healthier eating, community gardens are experiencing unprecedented growth. Experts offer insights into the benefits of sharing the work and the food.Categories: Community Impact, Environment & Sustainability, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Wake Forest Professor of Church History Bill Leonard and Divinity School graduate Rev. Yvonne Hines (MDiv. ’04) each received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Community Service at The Chronicle’s 26th annual Community Service Awards on March 19.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Community Impact, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, University Announcements