Focus on community is recognized
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching recognized Wake Forest as an institution with a tradition of focusing on community engagement. Wake Forest was among 115 U.S. colleges and universities selected by Carnegie.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Community Impact, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Hanes, champion for arts, passes away
The Wake Forest family mourns the passing of Phil Hanes, a force for developing the local and national arts scene. The Hanes family donated the President's home to Wake Forest, and the Hanes Art Gallery in the Scales Fine Arts Center is named after Phil and his wife, Charlotte. Categories: Arts & Culture, Community Impact
Medical students plan health fair
School of Medicine students, along with the Northwest Area Health Education Center, will hold the 12th annual “Share the Health” fair on Jan. 15 at Marketplace Mall. Last year, 200 student volunteers participated in the fair and served more than 650 community members.Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Emergency responder
Ken Hoglund, professor of religion, is a trained spotter for the National Weather Service and a ham radio operator trained to relay messages during emergencies. He will be teaching a first-year seminar on the ethical and moral questions that arise around disasters.Categories: Community Impact, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Community reach
Wake Forest has been recognized by the North Carolina Theatre Conference with the 2010 College/University Award, which recognizes efforts to spread the word about the opportunities in higher education for high school students interested in theatre. Categories: Arts & Culture, Community Impact, University Announcements
Student-athletes play Santa
For the 25th straight year, Wake Forest student-athletes donated their time to deliver personalized, tagged Christmas gifts to needy children all across the city, in a program called Santa’s Helpers.Categories: Athletics, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Pro tennis event, new facility planned
Wake Forest and the City of Winston-Salem announced plans today to host a professional tennis event and to build a state-of-the-art tennis facility for both professional and collegiate tennis events.Categories: Athletics, Community Impact
Helping families avoid foreclosure
Students in the School of Law’s Community Law and Business Clinic are working with Professor Steve Virgil to try to stem the tide of home foreclosures in the Triad area.Categories: Community Impact, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Saving endangered flying squirrels
Endangered Carolina Northern flying squirrels have a better chance of survival in the Appalachian Mountains, thanks to research by Professor of Biology Peter Weigl. Categories: Community Impact, Research & Discovery, University Announcements