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.Categories: Athletics, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate
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.Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate
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.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery
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.Categories: Campus Life, Community Impact, Environment & Sustainability, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate
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.
Categories: Awards & Recognition, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
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.Categories: Community Impact, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
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."Categories: Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
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.Categories: Global Wake Forest, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate
The Wake Forest community “Hit the Bricks” hard this year. Eighty-nine teams ran 25,571 laps around Hearn Plaza, raising $26,782 for cancer research and the Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund. More than 900 students, faculty and staff participated.Categories: Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate
Categories: Alumni, Global Wake Forest, Pro Humanitate