WFU students raise more than $500K for charity this week
Wake Forest University students lived up to the motto of Pro Humanitate this week while raising more than $500,000 at various philanthropy events on campus. Wake Forest University students lived up to the motto of Pro Humanitate this week while raising more than $500,000 at various philanthropy events on campus. Wake ‘N Shake dance-a-thon to raise funds for cancer research
Wake Forest's Wake 'N Shake dance-a-thon will be held March 24 to raise funds for cancer research. Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate
Turkeypalooza brings Thanksgiving meals to hungry in Winston-Salem
Wake Forest University students, faculty and staff will prepare and deliver more than 350 Thanksgiving meals to food-insecure Winston-Salem residents during Turkeypalooza. This annual event, hosted by The Campus Kitchen at Wake Forest, will be held Nov. 12 - 16.Categories: Campus Life, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate
Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to speak at Wake Forest
Muhammad Yunus, an economist who won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for founding the global microfinance movement, will discuss his life’s work and his vision for “A World of Zero Poverty” at Wake Forest University on Dec. 6.Categories: Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate
WFU students to teach ‘kitchen chemistry’ to kids at Kaleideum North
Lemon volcanoes, floating marshmallows and dancing popcorn – these are just some of the treats awaiting children who visiting Kaleideum North on Friday, Nov. 3.Categories: Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery
WFU leads the way in Rethinking Community
Wake Forest has never been more committed to being a place that celebrates free speech and encourages open and direct dialogue, thoughtful and challenging conversation, and above all, the mutual respect that each individual deserves.Categories: Community Impact, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery
WFU to host prayer walk on Oct. 4
Wake Forest University’s Office of the Chaplain will host "The Prayers of the People: Praying with Our Feet” in response to the mass shooting in Las Vegas, the aftermath of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, and other unsettling events happening around the world.Categories: Community Impact, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate
Porter Byrum makes final $70+ million gift to Wake Forest University
In a concluding act of extraordinary generosity that will make college more affordable and accessible for generations of students, Porter B. Byrum (JD ’42) has donated more than $70 million to Wake Forest University for scholarships.Categories: Alumni, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, Transformative Giving
WFU gathering national leaders to ‘Rethink Community’ Oct. 19-21
Wake Forest University is convening a group of national thought-leaders across the ideological spectrum to explore what it means to live in a society that is more diverse, polarized, global and virtual than ever before.Categories: Community Impact, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery
NSF grant supports biochemistry research and mentoring outreach
The National Science Foundation recently awarded a $680,000 grant to Wake Forest University Associate Professor of Chemistry Patricia Dos Santos. In addition to funding research that helps scientists better understand life on earth, the grant also enables her to mentor students from other Triad-area colleges.Categories: Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery