Five tips for navigating the Forest
Categories: Campus Life, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Mentorship, Personal & Career Development, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Paving a brighter path
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.Categories: Campus Life, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Malama i ka ‘Aina: take care of the land
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.
Categories: Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Summer interns serve Winston-Salem
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.
Categories: Campus Life, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate
Reconciliation in Rwanda
In Rwanda, genocide survivors are making a conscious choice to promote a community based in kindness and forgiveness, healing the city of Kigali, and having a lifelong impact on the lives of Wake Forest students.Categories: Campus Life, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Pro Humanitate
The best of community, campus life
What’s it like at to live at Wake Forest? One way to find out is to look at the many ways students, faculty and staff build community. Its people are committed to making the world a better place on campus, within the community and beyond. Check out these highlights from the past school year.Categories: Campus Life, Community Impact, Pro Humanitate
4Good: Deacons give to those in need
From Columbia, S.C., to San Diego, Calif., Wake Forest alumni joined forces with their local communities May 31-June 3 to restore parks, plant fruits and vegetables, and collect food for the hungry. The national push to give back to the various places Demon Deacons call home was part of the second annual Pro Humanitate Days or 4Good.Categories: Alumni, Campus Life, Community Impact, Pro Humanitate
Distinguished alumni reflect Wake Forest spirit
A senator, a humanitarian and a banker received the University’s 2013 Distinguished Alumni Award in recognition of their extraordinary service to Wake Forest, their field, humanity or society. Richard Burr (’78), Jane Cage (’78) and Graham Denton Jr. (’67) were honored. Read their individual stories and watch tribute videos.Categories: Alumni, Awards & Recognition, Community Impact, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Wake ‘N Shake breaks records
This year’s Wake ‘N Shake event, a student-run 12-hour dance marathon to benefit the Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund Drive, raised a record $125,722.57. More than 1,300 students, faculty and staff “danced for a difference” in memory of someone they have loved who has been affected by cancer.Categories: Campus Life, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate
Wake Forest recognized for service
Named to the 2013 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the University is one of 28 schools in North Carolina to be recognized for engaging its students, faculty and staff in meaningful service that achieves measurable results.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Campus Life, Community Impact, Pro Humanitate