How do you take a small story and make it big? Two documentary film students started with a story about a man breaking the law by handing out peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to homeless people, and created the award-winning film, “Civil Indigent.”Categories: Arts & Culture, Awards & Recognition, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Several hundred Wake Forest students welcomed about 50 elementary school students to campus Wednesday to paint their very own desk. Wake Forest students started D.E.S.K. (Discovering Education through Student Knowledge) 11 years ago to provide desks to underprivileged children.Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate
Students in Alessandra Beasley Von Burg's communications class are putting what they've learned in the classroom about citizenship into action with a symposium today on the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. The symposium is free and open to the public.Categories: Campus Life, Community Impact, Happening at Wake, Mentorship, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
On April 4, more than 250 students walked barefoot on Hearn Plaza and lined the Quad with paper feet to show support for children who face challenges while trying to gain access to education — such as walking to school without shoes.Categories: Global Wake Forest, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate
Several Wake Forest staff members, professors and students are putting their dancing shoes on -- and their pride on the line -- to raise money for the Bethesda Center for the Homeless. Vote for your favorite team now. Categories: Community Impact, Pro Humanitate
Wake Forest Professor of Church History Bill Leonard and Divinity School graduate Rev. Yvonne Hines (MDiv. ’04) each received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Community Service at The Chronicle’s 26th annual Community Service Awards on March 19.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Community Impact, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
More than 800 students danced in Reynolds Gym as part of the sixth annual Wake 'n Shake Dance Marathon. So far, the event has raised more than $52,000 for the Brian Piccolo Cancer Research Fund and the Cancer Center at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate
Catharine McNally ('06) recently received the Hearne Leadership award, which comes with a $10,000 prize, from the American Association of People with Disabilities. McNally, who is deaf, is both an advocate and entrepreneur, having developed captioned video tours for cellphones.Categories: Alumni, Awards & Recognition, Pro Humanitate
More than 50 Wake Forest accountancy and law students are preparing tax returns for free at the Goodwill Industries in Winston-Salem through April 16. The VITA program helps lower-to-moderate-income, elderly, disabled or non-English-speaking taxpayers get their refunds faster.Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Six students from the School of Law spent the week of spring break in Pembroke, N.C., offering free legal assistance to members of the Lumbee tribe. The students were participants in the school's Pro Bono Project.