Categories: Community Impact
Wake Forest students have long been known for their commitment to the University’s motto, Pro Humanitate, and now an awards program has been established to formally recognize exemplary community service, whether it’s close to home or around the world.Categories: Community Impact, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
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In his remarks to the graduates, President Nathan O. Hatch talked about the "virtue and vice" of ambition. "How do you relate the drive for achievement, to make a name for yourself, with the commitment to live for the common good — Wake Forest's motto Pro Humanitate?Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, University Announcements
The odds finally caught up with Wake Forest's Commencement ceremony. For the first time since 1991, rain forced University officials to move the ceremony from Hearn Plaza to Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Divinity school dean Bill Leonard, in his sermon to graduates at the Baccalaureate service in Wait Chapel May 16, encouraged them to "un-name" racism and evil and embrace "names like gentle, merciful, pure in heart and peacemaker."Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
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The high level of volunteerism by students has helped Wake Forest win national recognition for community service. Nearly 60 percent of the University's students, including undergraduate, graduate and professional students, contributed nearly 100,000 hours of service last year. That was among the factors that helped Wake Forest earn a place on The President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for 2009.