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An enchanted Halloween
October 26, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Life on Campus, Admissions, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
The 24th annual Project Pumpkin brought more than 1,400 Winston-Salem area children to campus for an afternoon of fall celebrations. Sponsored by the Volunteer Service Corps, Project Pumpkin is one of WFU’s largest community events.
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Connecting food and faith
October 24, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Humanities, Community, Events, Faculty, Pro Humanitate, School of Divinity, Speakers, Sustainability, Top Stories
The School of Divinity’s innovative Food, Faith and Religious Leadership Initiative will prepare religious leaders to guide congregations and religious communities in addressing food issues such as hunger, obesity and food justice.
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Law group wins national award
August 28, 2012 | Community, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Pro Humanitate, Recognition, School of Law, Top Stories
The American Bar Association Law Student Division has announced that the School of Law’s Veteran Advocacy Law Organization is the recipient of the Judy M. Weightman Memorial Public Interest Award. The award recognizes those who have made outstanding contributions to underrepresented groups or public interest causes outside the law school.
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Waking up teens
August 16, 2012 | 2012 Highlights: Mentoring, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Mentoring, Pro Humanitate, Staff, Student, Top Stories
Participants in Wake Forest’s new mentorship pilot program, WAKE ME!, learned the importance of college preparation and the value of pro humanitate.
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Reaching out to Nicaraguan children
July 6, 2012 | For Alumni, For Parents, International, Pro Humanitate, Scholars and Scientists, Student, Top Stories
Student volunteers from Wake Forest work with NicaHope in Nicaragua to help the approximately 500 children who live and work in an area of Managua called “La Chureca” — the city dump. The outreach has built lasting connections.
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Juggling it all with a soldier’s discipline
June 29, 2012 | For Alumni, For Parents, Life on Campus, Pro Humanitate, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Top Stories, Uncategorized, Wake Forest College
As the 4th of July approaches, members of the Wake Forest community reflect upon the hard work, discipline and self-sacrifice that were integral to our nation’s founding. Senior Alexis Lauria embodies these values. Lauria is a resident advisor, aspiring doctor and one of only 15 women in the Demon Deacon ROTC Battalion.
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Pro Humanitate Days a success
June 4, 2012 | Alumni, Community, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Top Stories
Hundreds of Wake Foresters volunteered in projects nationwide (and in China) as part of Pro Humanitate Days 4Good. The event ran from June 1-4. Read more on Storify.
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Pro Humanitate Days
May 30, 2012 | Alumni, Community, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Top Stories
From Philadelphia to San Diego, 18 alumni clubs and hundreds of Wake Foresters will be participating in volunteer projects nationwide as part of Pro Humanitate Days 4Good. The event will run from June 1-4.
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Off to Africa
May 8, 2012 | Alumni, Arts & Culture, For Alumni, For Parents, International, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories
Seven thousand eight hundred and forty-three miles. That’s how far a cappella singers in Chi Rho will be traveling for their spring mission tour this year. The student-run and directed ensemble has toured nationally and internationally — performing contemporary Christian pop, rock and traditional hymns and releasing 11 albums — since 1993.
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Painting desks for local students
April 23, 2012 | Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories
Several hundred Wake Forest students welcomed about 50 elementary school students to campus earlier this month to paint their very own desk. WFU students started D.E.S.K. (Discovering Education through Student Knowledge) 12 years ago to provide desks to underprivileged children.
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