Law student Kelly Amell recently received a community service award from the Coalition for Drug Abuse Prevention in Winston-Salem. She was nominated for her volunteer work with the students at the Hanes Hosiery Community Center through the School of Law's Youth Advocacy Group and the Sports and Entertainment Law Society.
Athletes are Santa’s Helpers
For the 26th straight year, Wake Forest student-athletes came together to help needy families as part of the Santa's Helper program. This year, 172 student-athletes, coaches and athletic staff wrapped and delivered presents to 166 families with 586 children and wrapped additional presents for 47 other families with 170 children.
Categories: Athletics, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate
Student inspiring others to tap
Single-handedly responsible for breathing new life into the Wake Forest tap dancing community, junior Gerson Lanza is a student worth knowing. Coming to campus from Harlem, N.Y., by way of Honduras, Lanza is a history and Spanish major with a passion for tapping.
Categories: Experiential Learning
New Zealand connections
Associate Professor of Education Ann Cunningham and Wake Forest student teachers, Laura Mayerchak and Caroline White, led a project to connect 47 first, second and third graders from Winston-Salem with students at Pt. England Primary School in Auckland, New Zealand, more than 8,000 miles away.
Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Student Leader: Ashley Millhouse
Ashley Millhouse has found satisfaction volunteering on campus and in Africa. She says the key is the same either way: "Wake Forest has so many opportunities and wants you to achieve, you just have to take the risk to apply."
Categories: Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, University Announcements
Telling the story of Pearl Harbor
On this 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, students analyze films and read stories to learn how this event continues to shape America's national identity.
Let it Show: A celebration of art
This evening, Wake Forest’s student art gallery (START) will unveil its final exhibition of the semester, featuring the work of 22 undergraduate students.
Student Storyteller: Habitat for Humanity, a learning partner
Senior Max Denker's business class has partnered with Habitat for Humanity in Forsyth County to learn first-hand how to develop and run a successful organization. Find out how you can help.
Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate
Dance-Off brings cultures together
Nearly four hundred students and faculty watched diverse performances of tap, hip-hop, Bollywood, Korean pop, Palestinian Dabke, Bhangra and Indian Folk Dance, from six dance teams during the Wake Forest's first World Cultural Dance-Off.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery
Turkeypalooza 2011
North Carolina has one of the highest rates of food hardship in the country. To ease the hunger and share the holiday, students cooked and delivered over 200 Thanksgiving meals to members of the Winston-Salem community.
Categories: Campus Life, Community Impact, Environment & Sustainability, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate