Helping families avoid foreclosure
Students in the School of Law’s Community Law and Business Clinic are working with Professor Steve Virgil to try to stem the tide of home foreclosures in the Triad area.Categories: Community Impact, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Last year, Madhura Manjunath took part in Students Helping Honduras, whose mission focuses on children and education in that country. Working with the local kindergartners inspired Manjunath to return again this year with three fellow students.
Senior Bo-Shan Xiang, who is on a mission to build American interest in the study of philosophy, has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship. Xiang plans to study metaethics at the University of St. Andrews.
Wake Forest students have taken the holiday to those most in need. Volunteers cooked traditional Thanksgiving day meals on campus and delivered them to local agencies as part of Turkeypalooza.
Thanks in part to efforts of School of Law professors and students, some local high school students recently visited college campuses in the Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia areas. The trip was designed to enhance their level of enthusiasm for the college selection process.
Some of the students who participated in Wake Forest’s first service-learning program in Ghana last summer found the experience so rewarding that they’re planning on returning -- on their own -- next year. The trip is part of the new African Studies minor.
Junior Amy Liang, through her work with Wake Forest’s Campus Kitchen, has seen the problems of the hungry and homeless. Last summer, she conducted a research project, which included creating a documentary film, to raise awareness of the issues.
The Elder Law Clinic of the School of Law sponsored a community workshop that focused on preventing the defrauding of the elderly, with six panelists ranging from medical doctors to police detectives.
Across the U.S., racial minorities and the economically disenfranchised suffer disproportionally from the ill effects of assaults on the environment and often lack access to the power to protect their communities. Leaders in environmental justice discuss what can be done.
Social media networks are essential tools for connecting, communicating, and — as many alumni have found — serving the human cause.