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Student Storytellers: Research in India
December 21, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, International, Pro Humanitate, Research, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
A summer course in India brought together three students and inspired a second trip, rooted in discovering the road blocks to effective education. Read about the research conducted by the students, as well as their hopes for the future.
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Student awarded for service
December 14, 2011 | Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, School of Law, Student, Top Stories
Law student Kelly Amell recently received a community service award from the Coalition for Drug Abuse Prevention in Winston-Salem. She was nominated for her volunteer work with the students at the Hanes Hosiery Community Center through the School of Law’s Youth Advocacy Group and the Sports and Entertainment Law Society.
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Athletes are Santa’s Helpers
December 13, 2011 | Athletics, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories
For the 26th straight year, Wake Forest student-athletes came together to help needy families as part of the Santa’s Helper program. This year, 172 student-athletes, coaches and athletic staff wrapped and delivered presents to 166 families with 586 children and wrapped additional presents for 47 other families with 170 children.
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Student Storyteller: Habitat for Humanity, a learning partner
December 2, 2011 | Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories
Senior Max Denker’s business class has partnered with Habitat for Humanity in Forsyth County to learn first-hand how to develop and run a successful organization. Find out how you can help.
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Dance-Off brings cultures together
November 27, 2011 | Arts & Culture, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories
Nearly four hundred students and faculty watched diverse performances of tap, hip-hop, Bollywood, Korean pop, Palestinian Dabke, Bhangra and Indian Folk Dance, from six dance teams during the Wake Forest’s first World Cultural Dance-Off.
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Turkeypalooza 2011
November 23, 2011 | Community, Events, For Alumni, For Parents, Life on Campus, Pro Humanitate, Student, Sustainability, Top Stories
North Carolina has one of the highest rates of food hardship in the country. To ease the hunger and share the holiday, students cooked and delivered over 200 Thanksgiving meals to members of the Winston-Salem community.
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Pro Humanitate: Service in Action
November 11, 2011 | Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Recognition, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Senior Amy Liang is one of 20 students statewide to receive the Community Impact Student Award and a certificate of appreciation from Governor Bev Perdue for her work to combat hunger and homelessness. The award recognizes her volunteer efforts and her ability to inspire others to get involved.
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Pro Bono Project helping communities
November 4, 2011 | Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, School of Law, Top Stories
The School of Law’s Pro Bono Project provides free legal advice and services to community organizations. Recently, it has connected law students with youths in the juvenile-justice system and held Wills Clinics in Pembroke, N.C.
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Student Storyteller: Faith, Service, Learning
October 31, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories, Wake Forest College
Robert Gmeiner, a senior double major in economics and Russian, used his studies of to prepare him for a two-year missionary trip. His experience reaffirmed his faith and commitment to “Pro Humanitate.”
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Shriver: America’s mission to serve
October 14, 2011 | For Alumni, For Parents, International, Pro Humanitate, Speakers, Top Stories
Mark Kennedy Shriver stressed the power of the Peace Corps in a Voices of Our Time speech. “Compassion in service can shatter barriers,” Shriver said, as he discussed the history and future of the organization, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
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