Pro Humanitate Archive

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Giving back to the community

October 18, 2010  |   Community, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Staff, Student, Top Stories

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.

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Focusing on childcare conditions

October 18, 2010  |   International, Pro Humanitate, Top Stories

Midwives from Ghana were learning and observing in Winston-Salem last weekend, courtesy of Kybele, an organization started 10 years ago by professor Medge Owen to improve childbirth conditions throughout the world.

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Dean awarded for service leadership

October 12, 2010  |   Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Pro Humanitate, Top Stories

School of Law Dean Blake D. Morant has won the Equal Justice Works’ John R. Kramer Outstanding Law School Dean Award. The award honors a law school dean who has demonstrated leadership in building an institution that nurtures and fortifies a spirit of public service.

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Students travel to Nicaragua to encourage healthy lifestyles

June 21, 2010  |   International, Pro Humanitate, Provost, Student

Eleven students and two professors are in Managua, Nicaragua, for a month for a service-learning experience combining health care, communication and service.

With communication professor Steven Giles and health and exercise science professor Gary Miller, the students are studying global health issues and using a variety of communication techniques to promote healthier lifestyles among the local people.

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Embodying Pro Humanitate

June 1, 2010  |   Admissions, Community, Graduate School, Pro Humanitate, Student, Wake Forest College

Wake Forest students have long been known for their commitment to the University’s motto, Pro Humanitate, and now an awards program has been established to formally recognize exemplary community service, whether it’s close to home or around the world.

Senior Orations

May 17, 2010  |   Pro Humanitate, Student, Wake Forest College

Leaving for college was by far the scariest experience I had faced in my first 18 years on this planet. I was plunged into a world completely unfamiliar to me and learned firsthand that there is truth to the statement that we, as humans, fear […]

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Seniors leave behind lasting projects that will continue to have an impact on campus and beyond

May 14, 2010  |   Pro Humanitate, Student, Sustainability, Wake Forest College

Some seniors, in the spirit of Pro Humanitate, have left legacies at Wake Forest that will last long after the last tasseled cap falls on Hearn Plaza.

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A heart for service: Senior wins Community Impact award

May 2, 2010  |   Community, Pro Humanitate, Student, Wake Forest College

There are students who enjoy volunteering during their free time, and there are volunteer enthusiasts. Senior Amy Bachman fits into the second group. “We’re here to do so much more than academics, we need to experience the community,” says Bachman, a history major from Potomac, […]

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Pro Humanitate: Students recognized for their commitment to volunteering and service

April 15, 2010  |   Community, Pro Humanitate, Provost, Student, Wake Forest College

The high level of volunteerism by students has helped Wake Forest win national recognition for community service. Nearly 60 percent of the University’s students, including undergraduate, graduate and professional students, contributed nearly 100,000 hours of service last year. That was among the factors that helped Wake Forest earn a place on The President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for 2009.

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Not the typical spring break

March 7, 2010  |   International, Pro Humanitate, Student, Wake Forest College

Instead of the usual spring break trip to the beach, sophomore Matthew King and junior Lexi McBride are leading a group of students to El Salvador to work in a dental clinic this week.