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Winston-Salem Journal
“We’re deeply committed to amateur athletics and to have student-athletes and to have students that graduate, be educated for life. I think there’s a common commitment to that,” Wake Forest President Nathan O. Hatch said of the league’s membership. “And the proper role that athletics can play at a great university. Not an outsized role but an appropriate role.”
August 13, 2020
Reuters
Coping with campus coronavirus: U.S. fraternities, sororities give it the old college try
At Wake Forest, Zach Skubic joined Sigma Pi fraternity last year as a freshman to meet new people and have some fun. These days, he is willing to squash any plans of throwing or attending a party, he said. “Going to a party where people will not be able to maintain a six-foot distance is asking for trouble,” said the 19-year-old. “It’s not safe.”
August 12, 2020
Psychology Today
“Hope is not a plan. Your dreams are not a strategy. But they are important first steps,” said Allison McWilliams is assistant vice president of mentoring and alumni personal and career development at Wake Forest. “Where do you want to be, and then what’s going to help you get there? Most of us stop with the first part of that equation. We know where we want to be. But the people who turn their dreams into reality are the ones who complete the sentence. Set some goals. Make a plan. And little by little you can make your dreams come true.”
August 10, 2020
WAMU (Washington, DC)
Is an eviction crisis on the horizon
The federal eviction moratorium has expired, yet a staggering number of Americans still can’t make rent during the pandemic. Without a safety net, are renters barreling toward an eviction crisis? Emily Benfer, law professor at Wake Forest and co-creator of the Eviction Lab housing policy scorecard, joined WAMU’s “On Point” to discuss.
August 10, 2020
CNBC
Millions of evictions are a sharper threat as government support ends
Whatever the final tally, it is increasingly clear that if the Great Recession was personified by empty subdivisions and foreclosed homeowners, the enduring symbol of coronavirus, with its disproportionate impact on hourly workers, is likely to be a laid-off tenant struggling to keep an overcrowded apartment. “The United States is on the brink of an eviction crisis of unprecedented magnitude,” said Emily A. Benfer, a professor at Wake Forest School of Law.
August 7, 2020
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy Podcast
The Virtue Illusion: Are you as good as you think you are
Christian Miller, a professor of philosophy at Wake Forest who studies character and virtue, appeared as a guest on the “Micro-Digressions” podcast. He explained that, unfortunately, evidence shows that most people aren’t nearly as good as they believe themselves to be. Miller discussed that evidence and why it matters.
August 7, 2020
Public News Service
Brenna M. Casey, assistant professor of women’s, gender and sexuality studies and English at Wake Forest, published a reflection on Carmen Laforet’s ‘Nada’ (1944). “I return to Laforet’s meticulous anatomy of disillusionment, when I, too, am let down—by an institution, an experience, a person,” Casey said.
August 6, 2020
WXXI
Connections: Discussing the looming eviction crisis
Emily Benfer, professor in the Wake Forest School of Law, joined a panel of experts to discuss the looming eviction crisis. There are a number of factors that could lead to a possible eviction crisis. The pandemic has put many people out of work, and now additional federal support for unemployment has run out. Advocates say something has to be done very soon or the crisis will hit Western New York.
August 6, 2020
Newsweek
Preserve our traditions of religious freedom and church-state separation
“Nonetheless, there are increasing calls for a massive overhaul of our religious liberty and church-state separation traditions—an overhaul that would include overruling decades of United States Supreme Court precedent,” said Melissa Rogers, author, visiting professor at Wake Forest School of Divinity and former director of the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships.” We shouldn’t discard these traditions. Instead, we should celebrate them and redouble our efforts to live up to their demands.”
August 5, 2020
The New York Times
Major U.S. health insurers report big profits, benefiting from the pandemic
Even though the federal government is now encouraging insurers to turn over excess funds to consumers more quickly this year, the Obamacare law gives companies a three-year window to calculate how much to return as a way to offset any mistakes they made in setting rates or if they experienced unexpected expenses. “There’s a cushioning effect for swings,” said Mark Hall, the director of the health law and policy program at Wake Forest.
August 5, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
Serving as the Wake Forest director for the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) program and the Lifelong Learning Program, Tom Frank gets to shepherd educational programs aimed at keeping Winston-Salem community members mentally stimulated and engaged. “The people who come in are really eager learners,” he said. “Professors often comment on this. They’re amazed at the level of intellectual curiosity. I think that’s why people are there… to keep the mind alive.”
August 5, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
Dani Parker-Moore, who heads up the Freedom School held on the Wake Forest campus, is particularly interested in learning gap and achievement gap data. Parker-Moore first encountered the program in Durham while at Duke University, and she thought Wake could provide a similarly ideal setting for a Freedom School. “In Winston-Salem, we have so much data on poverty and reading levels,” she said. “For a lot of the population of young people we serve, it’s really important that they get to walk around on a college campus so they can envision themselves there.” Preparing children for a successful future is one of the over-arching goals of Freedom Schools.
August 5, 2020