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Wake Forest’s Educating Character Initiative announces $15.6M in grants to 29 institutions

August 7, 2024

Thanks to the support of Lilly Endowment Inc. and Wake Forest University, the Educating Character Initiative (ECI) has awarded $15.6 million in Institutional Impact Grants to 24 projects among 29 colleges and universities seeking to undertake a substantial and sustained effort to educate character in undergraduate populations across their institutions.

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Wake Forest’s Educating Character Initiative to grant an additional $10M to support character education across the U.S.

July 30, 2024

Wake Forest University’s Program for Leadership and Character will grant an additional $10 million to further help colleges and universities nationwide develop their own character education programs and initiatives.

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WFU in the news: July 22-28, 2004

July 29, 2024

Communication professor Nate French and WGHP morning host Brad Jones talk during the morning show.

Selected news clips courtesy of the Wake Forest News & Communications team

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Media advisory: High schoolers showcase STEM research at WF Leap

July 23, 2024

This summer, 25 high school students from six Title I Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools are participating in the Wake Forest LEAP ( (Lab Experiences: Academics and Professions) program. Among them is Autumn Taylor, a 15-year-old rising junior at Glenn High School who loves building theater sets and dreams of becoming an architect or structural engineer. WF LEAP offers these students a unique opportunity to gain hands-on lab research experience while earning a paid internship. The goal is to increase the number of traditionally underrepresented youth and minorities in the STEM education pipeline.