Dayna Bowen Matthew will discuss racial health disparities in the U.S. during her lecture titled “Just Medicine” on Sunday, March 28, at 6 p.m.Categories: Happening at Wake
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.Categories: Happening at Wake, Inclusive Excellence
When Wake Forest senior Jack Rolle was 10, doctors discovered a malignant tumor on his pituitary gland. After it was removed, he endured more than a dozen rounds of chemotherapy and missed a year of school.Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate
Leading scholars will join physicians, attorneys, religious leaders, government leaders, engineers, educators, business executives and other professionals to explore the role of character in the professions at a three-day virtual conference.Categories: Happening at Wake
Donna A. Boswell, Wake Forest University’s former and first female chair of the Board of Trustees, received the Medallion of Merit during the annual Founders’ Day Convocation.Categories: Alumni, Happening at Wake
Wake Forest’s Face to Face Speaker Forum will host Former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and General Colin L. Powell for a virtual conversation on Thursday, March 18 at 7 p.m.Categories: Happening at Wake, University Announcements
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.Categories: Happening at Wake, Inclusive Excellence, Research & Discovery
IdeasCityWS will host “Scale,” a Beta Bonfire discussion on scaling a business and the process of helping ideas grow, on Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 5 p.m. Registration free.Categories: Community Impact, Happening at Wake
Twelve years ago, Joe Biden was the first sitting Vice President to give Wake Forest University's commencement address. Biden spoke to the class of 2009 on May 18 on Hearn Plaza.Categories: Happening at Wake
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.Categories: Happening at Wake, Inclusive Excellence