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Angelou champions dignified discourse
November 7, 2013 | Alumni, Community, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Top Stories
Award-winning poet, author and Civil Rights activist Maya Angelou encouraged a standing-room only crowd to take individual responsibility for creating a community of kindness and respect. The event marked the first 30 days of a yearlong, campus-wide “Dignity and Respect Campaign.”
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Project Pumpkin’s 25th birthday
October 31, 2013 | Campus Life, Campus Life Highlights, Community, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories
More than 800 community children from nearly 25 local agencies arrived on campus Wednesday afternoon with costumes and matching smiles to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of Project Pumpkin. At least 750 Wake Forest students volunteered, escorting trick-or-treaters around Hearn Plaza to the festive carnival booths sponsored by 70 different student organizations and academic departments.
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Empowering the voiceless
October 17, 2013 | For Alumni, For Parents, Mentoring, Pro Humanitate, Research, Scholars and Scientists, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
A new kind of hands-free communication device developed by Wake Forest could help people with speech impediments and poor motor control interact with the world around them.
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First in the Forest
October 17, 2013 | Admissions, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories
The first in his family to go to college, Joseph Belangia has made it his mission to mentor other first generation students so that they also find their unique place in the Forest.
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Wake Foresters “Hit the Bricks”
October 4, 2013 | Campus Life, Campus Life Highlights, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Philanthropy, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories
More than 1,000 students, faculty and staff participated in Hit the Bricks, an eight-hour relay race around Hearn Plaza that honors the memory of Brian Piccolo, a Wake Forest All-American football player who passed away from cancer during his career with the Chicago Bears.
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Hunger, not a game
September 6, 2013 | Campus Life, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Student, Sustainability, Top Stories
Rather than putting a Band-Aid on a wound, Wake Forest students, faculty and staff continue to take a proactive approach in preventing and eradicating hunger and bringing about systemic change.
Five tips for navigating the Forest
August 20, 2013 | Admissions, Campus Life, Life on Campus, Mentoring, Personal and Career Development, Pro Humanitate, Wake Forest College
1) Get out and explore “Welcome to Wake Forest! I hope your experience here broadens the mind, strengthens the body, and inspires the spirit. Find your niche by joining one of more than 150 student organizations or simply relax by
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Paving a brighter path
July 22, 2013 | Campus Life, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Since early June, senior history major Leah Schenkel has been working with blind and visually impaired children at A Brighter Path Foundation’s Summer Enrichment Experience camp as one of 16 interns in the 2013 Summer Nonprofit Immersion Program, which is run by Wake Forest’s Institute for Public Engagement.
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Malama i ka ‘Aina: take care of the land
July 17, 2013 | For Alumni, For Parents, Mentoring, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
In June, sophomore Jamal Garcia participated in a weeklong service project to help clean up the Gateway National Recreation Area, which was severely damaged by superstorm Sandy. Although 5,000 miles from home, Garcia has brought his love for the land to the East Coast and Wake Forest.
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Summer interns serve Winston-Salem
July 10, 2013 | Campus Life, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories
Summer isn’t necessarily a vacation for Wake Forest students. From late May to early August, The Campus Kitchen at Wake Forest, a student-run service organization, maintains full operations, serving 154 meals per week to underserved members of the Winston-Salem community. During the summer, three interns are at the helm of one of Wake Forest’s flagship service organizations.
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