Turkeypalooza 2011
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
It’s not unusual for college students to feel like they are running in circles — but on Thursday, Oct. 6, they really will be. Students, faculty and staff will run on Hearn Plaza in the "Hit the Bricks" event to raise money for cancer research.
Nicole Little, a junior sociology major, used her passion for social justice to protest the execution of a death row inmate in Georgia and inspire fellow students to stand up for improving the criminal justice system. Find out more in Little's own words.
Robin Roy Ganzert (’87, MBA ’91) is president and CEO of the American Humane Association, one of the nation’s most prestigious and oldest humanitarian charities devoted to protecting children and animals. She talks about her role and how Wake Forest prepared her for it.