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
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
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
Wake Forest will host a community forum to explain the benefits of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program to local students and their parents on Dec. 15. The program offers a rigorous comprehensive curriculum, placing an emphasis on global awareness and community service.Categories: Community Impact, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Following a tradition started by a student in 1965, more than 2,000 people gathered for the annual Christmas Lovefeast and Candlelight Service in Wait Chapel Sunday night. Chaplain Tim Auman led the service, which featured a message by Gail R. O’Day, dean of the School of Divinity.Categories: Arts & Culture, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, University Announcements
Up to 65 percent of runners sustain an overuse injury each year. Wake Forest researchers, funded by a $600,000 grant from the U. S. Army, plan to find out why.Categories: Community Impact, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Wake Forest students have taken the holiday to those most in need. Volunteers cooked traditional Thanksgiving day meals on campus and delivered them to local agencies as part of Turkeypalooza.
Categories: Community Impact, Environment & Sustainability, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Tough economic times may make people more thankful this Thanksgiving, says Samuel T. Gladding, professor of counseling and an expert on families.Categories: Community Impact, University Announcements
Thanks in part to efforts of School of Law professors and students, some local high school students recently visited college campuses in the Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia areas. The trip was designed to enhance their level of enthusiasm for the college selection process.
Junior Amy Liang, through her work with Wake Forest’s Campus Kitchen, has seen the problems of the hungry and homeless. Last summer, she conducted a research project, which included creating a documentary film, to raise awareness of the issues. Categories: Campus Life, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery, University Announcements