From art exhibitions to dance-offs to film festivals to theatre productions, Wake Forest faculty and students are exercising their talents throughout the school year. Here are some highlights from 2011-2012.
With so many assumptions and stereotypes surrounding Father’s Day, it is easy to lose touch with the meaning behind the holiday. Members of the Wake Forest community remind us why we honor our fathers.Categories: Community Impact
Hundreds of Wake Foresters volunteered in projects nationwide (and in China) as part of Pro Humanitate Days 4Good. The event ran from June 1-4. Read more on Storify.Categories: Alumni, Community Impact, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate
From Philadelphia to San Diego, 18 alumni clubs and hundreds of Wake Foresters will be participating in volunteer projects nationwide as part of Pro Humanitate Days 4Good. The event will run from June 1-4.Categories: Alumni, Community Impact, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate
Wake Forest University is one of 24 schools in North Carolina to be named to the 2012 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.Categories: Community Impact, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, University Announcements
On most Saturday mornings, the pool in Reynolds Gym is filled with just a few people swimming laps. But on April 28, it was filled with underwater robots built by students at Hanes Magnet School, thanks to a partnership with Wake Forest’s Society of Physics Students.
Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, University Announcements
Several hundred Wake Forest students welcomed about 50 elementary school students to campus earlier this month to paint their very own desk. WFU students started D.E.S.K. (Discovering Education through Student Knowledge) 12 years ago to provide desks to underprivileged children.Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate
Elementary education students and their professor, Michelle Klosterman, have partnered with a rural Yadkin County school to put hands-on science back into the school day in creative ways.Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, University Announcements
On April 10, more than 180 students walked barefoot on Hearn Plaza and lined the Quad with paper feet to show support for children in sub-Saharan Africa who walk to school without shoes.Categories: Campus Life, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Pro Humanitate
More than 50 alumni writers returned to campus for the first Words Awake! conference last weekend. Find out more about how the writers interacted with students, the campus community and local schools, and learn about the first class of the WFU Writers Hall of Fame. Categories: Alumni, Arts & Culture, Community Impact, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery