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Wake Forest University Awarded $30M Lilly Endowment Inc. Grant to Build National Capacity for Character Education
January 24, 2023 | Humanities, Philanthropy, President, Pro Humanitate, Top Stories, University Announcement
The Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded Wake Forest a $30.7 million grant to support the University’s Program for Leadership and Character and create a national higher education network devoted to educating character.
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Bob McCreary’s historic gift drives Wake Forest football forward
October 29, 2021 | Athletics, Philanthropy, Top Stories
In 1957, Bob McCreary came to Wake Forest from his home in rural Caldwell County thanks to a football scholarship he credits with transforming his life. More than six decades later, McCreary continues to provide transformational investments for new generations of student-athletes while inspiring others to support the continued development of the Wake Forest football program.
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Wake Forest’s annual Hit The Bricks fundraiser was record-breaking
October 8, 2021 | Events, Philanthropy, Pro Humanitate, Top Stories
Wake Forest University’s annual Hit the Bricks campaign was record-breaking this year, with more laps run or walked, more teams participating and more money raised than ever in the event’s 18-year history.
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$5M gift affirms Wake Debate and moves program forward
August 5, 2021 | Philanthropy, Student, Top Stories
An extraordinarily generous gift of $5 million will help ensure the Wake Forest debate program has the resources needed to build on its legacy of success.
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$1M in gifts will support vision of integrated arts at Wake Forest
May 12, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Philanthropy, Top Stories, University Announcement
The Interdisciplinary Arts Center at Wake Forest has received $1M from anonymous donors to support the University’s commitment to integrating the arts across all corners of campus, in the classroom and in the community.
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New African American Studies Program supported by $1M gift
January 26, 2021 | Faculty, Philanthropy, Top Stories
As Wake Forest prepares to launch its African American Studies Program this fall, an anonymous donor has made a $1 million gift to support the new academic initiative.
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Wake Forest to hold virtual Wake ‘N Shake dance-a-thon Saturday
April 3, 2020 | Faculty, Philanthropy, Pro Humanitate, Staff, Student, Top Stories
For this year’s Wake ‘N Shake, a 12-hour dance marathon organized by Wake Forest students, participants will join in from places across the country instead of gathering on campus.
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Arnold Palmer Trust moves Wake Will Lead campaign past $1 billion milestone
October 15, 2019 | Philanthropy, Top Stories, Wake Will
A $1.5 million gift from Arnold Palmer’s Trust establishing the Winifred W. Palmer Professorship in Literature at Wake Forest, moved the University’s Wake Will Lead campaign beyond the $1 billion milestone. The campaign is scheduled to conclude June 30, 2020.
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WFU’s ‘Hit the Bricks’ event for cancer research to be held Sept. 26
September 24, 2019 | Community, Events, Philanthropy, Pro Humanitate, Top Stories
The annual ‘Hit the Bricks’ cancer research fundraiser in honor of Brian Piccolo will be held on Thursday, Sept. 26 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. along the brick pathway of Hearn Plaza.
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WFU athletes win big with new sports facilities
September 13, 2019 | Athletics, Philanthropy, Top Stories, Wake Will
Walk into the new Sutton Sports Performance Center and Shah Basketball Complex and you can sense the camaraderie, excitement and anticipation that comes when student-athletes have a new state-of the art facility supporting their competitiveness as athletes and their success as students.
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