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Winston-Salem Journal
Coronavirus and protests highlighted 2020 in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County: Hatch retiring
The announcement by Wake Forest President Nathan Hatch that he is retiring next year was enough to grab the attention of city residents during 2020. Under his leadership, Wake Forest mobilized alumni, supporters and parents to support Wake Will Lead, the largest fundraising effort in the school’s history. Hatch led the integration of Wake Forest University Health Services with N.C. Baptist Hospital in 2010, and more recently oversaw the combination with Charlotte’s Atrium Health. Hatch apologized for the university’s historical connection with slavery in February.
December 29, 2020
Gen
By disrupting our routines, the pandemic skewed our interpretation of time — both as it was happening and how we interpreted it retrospectively, explained Adrian Bardon, philosophy professor at Wake Forest. It also filled us with anxiety. “The combination of negative emotion and inward-directed attention makes your moment-to-moment life seem intolerable and burdensome,” Bardon continued. Yet, “when we look back on our day, we say, ‘Where did the day go? Nothing got done.’” In other words: The pandemic added new stresses and forced us to ruminate.
December 28, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
Wake Forest took a calculated risk in February when it removed its name and brand from the 2.1-million-square-foot Innovation Quarter in downtown Winston-Salem. Officials with Innovation Quarter, with an overall workforce of more than 3,400, said it was ready to stand on its own among its U.S. and global innovation peers. “Nothing about the new branding changes the commitments that Wake Forest has made to downtown Winston-Salem,” said University President Nathan Hatch.
December 27, 2020
Democracy Nerd
Chile votes to rewrite its constitution, with guests Jennifer Piscopo & Peter Siavelis
Chile’s voters approved a measure to rewrite the country’s constitution to allow for a representative democracy and more equal society. Peter Siavelis, professor and chair of the Department of Political Science and International Affairs at Wake Forest, helped provide context in the rare occasion of a Western democracy rewriting its constitution.
December 26, 2020
Democracy Nerd
Chile votes to re-write it’s constitution, with guests Jennifer Piscopo & Peter Siavelis
Chile’s voters approved a measure to rewrite the country’s constitution to allow for a representative democracy and more equal society. Peter Siavelis, professor and chair of the Department of Political Science and International Affairs at Wake Forest, helped provide context in the rare occasion of a Western democracy rewriting its constitution. Siavelis says he will be watching the April 2021 Constitutional Convention elections to see who will ultimately contribute to process: “Does this meet the promise that we all hope it does, or is it the same names as usual? What is the socioeconomic status of these people? How do the indigenous seats play out?”
December 26, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
“In regard to the general question of whether an executive order can override a contrary state law, the answer is that it cannot,” said politics professor John Dinan. “This holds true both at the state level and at the federal level, in terms of the inability of presidential executive order to override a contrary congressional statute and the similar inability of a gubernatorial executive order to override a contrary state statute.”
December 25, 2020
Geo News (Pakistan)
Couples who help each other out with household chores have a stronger bond, study says
Wake Forest researchers found “a direct link between ‘pro-social behaviour’ – such as putting partners’ desires ahead of our own – and closeness and self-esteem.”
December 24, 2020
Looper
How Starlight’s energy powers in The Boys differ from Captain Marvel
Jed Macosko, professor of physics at Wake Forest, provided a scientific interpretation of energy powers portrayed in the television show, “The Boys.” Starlight, Macosko explained, has powers that “are pretty clearly electrically-based, especially since she requires electricity as her input.”
December 24, 2020
Triad City Beat
As 2020 ends, Local colleges and universities make plans for the future amidst pandemic
Brett Eaton, the senior associate vice president and director of communications at Wake Forest, said testing standards at Wake Forest helped inform the university to change the campus’s operating status from “yellow” to “orange” when positive cases rose in October. “The change was meant to discourage students from leaving campus for anything other than necessary activities,” Eaton said
December 23, 2020
88.5 WFDD
Wake Forest University creates immersive virtual Lovefeast
For more than 50 years, Wake Forest has celebrated a Moravian holiday tradition known as Lovefeast. Initiated by a student in 1965, the gathering has grown to be one of the largest of its kind in North America. This year, due to COVID-19, the University adapted the experience into a full-length video recording. It captures every element of the ritual including well-known Christmas carols sung by the choir and various musical performances. “It’s a very simple service that provides, I think, an ideal environment for the softening of some of the divisions that we actually see every day in real time,” said University Chaplain Tim Auman.
December 22, 2020
Associated Press
Millennial Money: How to discuss family finances in a crisis
Wake Forest counseling professor Nathaniel Ivers believes that interpersonal conflicts stem from your desire to be understood by the other person, while at the same time, you don’t understand where the other person is coming from. “If you say, ‘I’m feeling overwhelmed with the extra responsibilities I have now,’ that will sometimes trigger compassion,” Ivers said. “But if it comes with finger-pointing, the last thing you get is compassion and empathy.”
December 22, 2020
Forbes
The college admission precedent
In the midst of otherwise uncertain times, college admissions teams remain steadfast in their mission to support applicants and deliver an educated populous. Eric Maguire, vice president for enrollment at Wake Forest agrees, saying that what has been steady is our “commitment to considering applicants thoughtfully and holistically.”
December 22, 2020