Social media, social good
Social media networks are essential tools for connecting, communicating, and — as many alumni have found — serving the human cause.Categories: Alumni, Global Wake Forest, Pro Humanitate
Social media networks are essential tools for connecting, communicating, and — as many alumni have found — serving the human cause.Helping hands
Senior Lisa Northrop was one of 34 college students from across North Carolina to receive the Community Impact Student Award and a volunteer recognition certificate of appreciation from Governor Beverly Perdue. Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Leadership & Character, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Rescue in the Gulf
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill left many feeling adrift about how to respond, but not Brian Yablonski (‘89). He mobilized forces to defend Florida’s coast and marine life.
Categories: Alumni, Pro Humanitate
Project Pumpkin magic
Students turned Hearn Plaza into Hogwarts for this year’s Harry Potter-themed Project Pumpkin. The 22nd annual Halloween Festival brought more than 1,100 Winston-Salem area children from local agencies and organizations to campus for an afternoon of scary and not-so-scary fun.
Black feminist: Progress being made
Barbara Smith, an activist against sexism and racism, told an audience on campus that the American public is more aware of the importance of diversity. She also cautioned that there is work to be done for black feminists.Categories: Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate
African adventure
Junior Ashley Millhouse was so inspired by her first trip to Africa that she returned this fall. She's spending fall 2010 in Accra, Ghana, after traveling to Zinkwazi, South Africa, with the University’s Volunteer Service Corps in May.Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Pro Humanitate
Law students take on case
Law-school students working with professor Carol Turowski and Wake Forest's Innocence and Justice Clinic are investigating the innocence claim of a former Winston-Salem man who has been convicted twice of killing his lover’s husband in South Carolina. Expressions of humanity
Patricia Willis, activist-in-residency with the women’s and gender studies program, and students in her human rights class organized the Human Rights Clothesline Project. Members of the community painted T-shirts with messages about human rights violations, then hung them on 60-foot clotheslines.Categories: Campus Life, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Students take fall service trip
Ten students spent fall break on a service trip to Cove Creek Farm, a residential retreat for at-risk young men and their families near Boone, N.C. Wake Forest has traditionally offered spring break service trips, but this was the first fall break service trip offered by the university. Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate
Giving back to the community
More than 100 faculty and staff members and about 75 students have joined forces to help build a house for Habitat for Humanity this fall. Groups have been working on the house in the Smith Farm neighborhood, near Kernersville. Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, University Announcements