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
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-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. 
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
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
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
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. Categories: Global Wake Forest, Pro Humanitate
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.Categories: Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery
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.
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.Categories: Community Impact, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements