Statement from WFU President Hatch on Charlottesville
Categories: Community Impact, University Announcements
Helping middle schoolers become “contenders”
Talking about sports with a Wake Forest football player is helping a group of eighth graders engage in reading. Wendell Dunn, a defensive end for the Demon Deacons, has teamed up with Wake Forest education professor Alan Brown to lead an after-school sports literacy program for students at Paisley IB Magnet School in Winston-Salem.Categories: Athletics, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
Sports writer Robert Lipsyte to visit 8th grade literacy program
Author and nationally known sports journalist Robert Lipsyte will talk about "The Contender" with a group of 8th graders who are reading his book in an after-school sports literacy program at Paisley IB Magnet School. The program is led by Wake Forest University education professor Alan Brown and Wake Forest football student-athlete Wendell Dunn.
Categories: Athletics, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
’Turkeypalooza’ brings Thanksgiving to hungry in Winston-Salem
Wake Forest University students, faculty and staff will prepare and deliver more than 300 Thanksgiving meals to food-insecure Winston-Salem residents during TurkeyPalooza. This is an annual event hosted by The Campus Kitchen at Wake Forest.Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate
WFU to host 9/11 remembrance service
Wake Forest University will hold an interfaith service of prayer and remembrance to honor the victims and commemorate the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.Categories: Campus Life, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
First Lesson at Wake Forest: Building Community
With its most diverse student body ever, the University has increased opportunities this year for incoming students – from 45 states and 24 countries – to cross cultural, political, racial and social boundaries.Categories: Campus Life, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Inclusive Excellence
Teens test out college life in Wake Forest summer programs
Two of Wake Forest University’s most popular academic summer programs have hosted nearly 650 high school students this year — meeting a growing desire among high school juniors and seniors for a taste of the college experience.Categories: Community Impact, Enrollment & Financial Aid
$625 million in construction over 10 years enhances residential experience
Wake Forest University is in the midst of a 10-year, $625 million construction effort that reflects the institution’s commitment to offer the best residential college experience in the country.Categories: Athletics, Campus Life, Community Impact, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Transformative Giving, University Announcements, Wellbeing
Band of brothers
The Pro Humanitate spirit is alive and well in Lins Barwick, as well as the friends and family lining the corridors of a nearby hospital, where he is recovering from injuries sustained during an off-campus shooting.Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate
WFU to hold vigil to honor victims of Orlando shooting
Wake Forest University is holding a brief interfaith gathering today at noon in Davis Chapel to honor the victims and families affected by the mass shooting in Orlando. Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate