Former Olympian, professional football player, and activist John Carlos will join The Nation’s sports editor Dave Zirin and Wake Forest University professor Melissa Harris-Perry for a conversation about the politics of sports, race and gender at the Olympics, and athlete activism as a tool for social change. The event, “Power, Protest, and Patriotism: A Conversation on Race & Gender at the Olympics,” will be held on Friday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. at the Wake the Vote Election Hub, located at 2599 Reynolda Rd.
‘Hit the Bricks,’ an eight-hour relay race along the brick pathway of Hearn Plaza to raise money for cancer research in honor of Brian Picccolo, will be held on Oct. 6 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. 
Eboo Patel, a leading voice for interfaith cooperation, will participate in an open dialogue on leadership with Wake Forest President Nathan O. Hatch on Wednesday, Oct. 5 as part of The Leadership Project series.
On Thursday, Sept. 22, Wake Forest University will demonstrate its commitment to wellbeing with a campus-wide event called "Arrive and Thrive" for faculty, staff and students. 
Hundreds of Wake Forest University students from a range of political perspectives came together to hear Chelsea Clinton speak at a Women in Leadership roundtable on Sept. 13.
Peggy Noonan, former presidential speech writer, columnist for The Wall Street Journal, and the best-selling author of eight books on American politics, history and culture spoke on Sept. 8 to a standing-room-only crowd in Wake Forest’s Brendle Recital Hall as part of the University’s Voices of Our Time series.
Wake Forest University will hold an interfaith service of prayer and remembrance to honor the victims and commemorate the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Tracy Clayton, writer, humorist, and co-host of the nationally recognized BuzzFeed podcast 'Another Round,' has been named the 2016-2017 Ida B. Wells Media Expert-in-Residence for the Anna Julia Cooper Center at Wake Forest University.
With its most diverse student body ever, the University has increased opportunities this year for incoming students – from 45 states and 24 countries – to cross cultural, political, racial and social boundaries.
Peggy Noonan, columnist for The Wall Street Journal and the best-selling author of eight books on American politics, history and culture will speak at Wake Forest on Sept. 8 at 6 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall as part of the University's Voices of our Time series.