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WFU announces 2021 MLK ‘Building the Dream’ award winners
April 7, 2021 | Community in Progress, Top Stories
Maj. Derri Stormer, a member of the University’s campus police, Deb Marke, who works in the Office of Civic and Community Engagement (OCCE), and Rue Cooper, a senior student leader, are Wake Forest’s 2021 winners.
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Isabel Wilkerson, author of “Caste,” to join Face to Face Speaker Forum
March 25, 2021 | Community in Progress, Events, Top Stories
Wake Forest’s Face to Face Speaker Forum will host Pulitzer prize-winning writer Isabel Wilkerson, author of “Caste: The Origins of our Discontents,” on Wednesday, April 14 at 7:30 p.m.
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Wake Forest creates new center to study the African American experience, engage the community
February 19, 2021 | Community in Progress, Faculty, Top Stories
Wake Forest University has established a new center to give critical, intellectual voice to the experience of African Americans through research-driven initiatives, programming and community facing work.
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University sings praises for Dr. Maya Angelou, her iconic autobiography
February 12, 2021 | Community in Progress, Events, Faculty, Top Stories
While celebrating her life and iconic autobiography “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings,” Wake Forest University officials, famous African Americans and her son paid tribute to renowned author and longtime University professor Maya Angelou.
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Wake Forest partners with area universities for MLK Read-In
January 15, 2021 | Community in Progress, Events, Top Stories
Wake Forest students will join Winston-Salem State University and UNC School of the Arts students to participate virtually in this year’s MLK Read-In on Saturday, Jan. 23. WSSU and Wake Forest’s long-time annual partnership featuring a keynote speaker and celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will not be held this year, but will return in 2022. Each institution will recognize faculty, staff and student members through their “Building the Dream” Award in March.
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Wake Forest earns national recognition for global campus commitment
November 16, 2020 | Community in Progress, International, Research, Student, Top Stories
Wake Forest has been recognized by the Institute of International Education (IIE) and Diversity Abroad for increasing access to global experiences for all students.
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Webinar to highlight student-curated exhibition on Black portraiture
September 25, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Community in Progress, Events, Humanities, Top Stories
“Representation Matters: Art, Space and Racial Restitution,” a webinar co-sponsored by Hanes Gallery, Wake Forest University’s Slavery, Race and Memory Project and Wake the Arts, will be held Wednesday, Sept. 30 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The panel will be moderated by humanities professor Corey D. B. Walker and feature conversations around the works. The event is free and open to the public. Registration is required.
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WFU shows commitment to diversity and inclusion with new initiatives
September 4, 2020 | Community in Progress, Top Stories
Establishing Wake Forest University as a more diverse and inclusive campus that builds bridges in the Winston-Salem community and maintains that commitment is a priority across the University. In 2019, President Nathan O. Hatch created the President’s Commission on Race, Equity and Community to lead this essential work.
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WFU professors study whether pro athletes political statements and race are influencers
August 31, 2020 | Community in Progress, Faculty, Research, Top Stories
As civil unrest continues across the country and with fall sports in jeopardy because of the COVID-19 pandemic, two Wake Forest professors are examining how professional athletes’ political statements have the ability to impact people’s racial attitudes.
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“We Cannot Forget”
February 25, 2020 | Community in Progress, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories, Valuing Diversity
At 3 p.m. on Feb. 23, about 225 people gathered at the Millennium Center in downtown Winston-Salem for a vigil commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Winston-Salem sit-in. Organized by Wake Forest and Winston-Salem State universities, the event featured remarks by Wake Forest President Nathan O. Hatch and Winston-Salem State Chancellor Elwood L. Robinson, a keynote address by WFU Dean of the School of Divinity Jonathan L. Walton and music by The WSSU Singing Rams.
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