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Reuters
China’s foreign minister visits Kenya amid unease over rising debt
Lina Benabdallah, a China-Africa relations expert at Wake Forest, said Wang’s visit signaled Beijing’s interest in restoring stability in the Horn and improving access to Africa through Eritrea ports in the Red Sea.
January 5, 2022
The Charlotte Observer
Mary Tribble book on great grandmother Sally Merriam Wait
Mary Tribble’s new book, “Pious Ambitions,” is reviewed in the Charlotte Observer. The book tells the story of the life of Sarah (Sally) Merriam Wait, from a young Vermont woman struggling with faith to an aspiring missionary and minister’s wife. Tribble is senior advisor for engagement strategies at Wake Forest.
January 5, 2022
WS Chronicle
School of Divinity reimagines theological education with $1 million grant
Wake Forest University has received a grant of $1 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help the School of Divinity establish new certificate and degree programs in theological education. The project is funded through Lilly Endowment’s Pathways for Tomorrow initiative.
January 5, 2022
Richmond Times-Dispatch
‘Democracy is always up for grabs.’ Will January 6 become the new July 4?
Wake Forest humanities professor Corey D.B. Walker sees a through-line from the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville to the Second Amendment gathering in Richmond to the U.S. Capitol riot. “Democracy is a practice, it is not a declaration. It is not the finished product. It is an ongoing practice,” he said. And if we don’t cultivate it, we could lose the American Experiment.
January 4, 2022
tufts.edu
Why Engineering: Chanel Richardson
Winston-Salem native Chanel Richardson shares that she reached out to a Wake Forest professor to talk about engineering careers. Not only did they meet, but he also introduced her to his students. “That experience opened my eyes,” Chanel said. She is now a computer engineering student at Tufts. Richardson’s story is excerpted from “Why Engineering? We Asked Five Women” by Laura Ferguson, Tufts Now.
January 4, 2022
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Who wants to be a college president?
Wake Forest President Susan Wente is featured in this piece about how university leaders are hired. Wente, who is the first woman to be Wake Forest’s president, said she wanted to make sure board members were unified in purpose and vision, and had a realistic view of the future of the institution. She also considered the search process itself, she said, including how transparent the search was and how faculty and student input was received.
January 3, 2022
Psych Central
8 mental health trends to watch in 2022
Keep an eye out for these emerging trends and exciting new research developments in mental health in the new year. Wake Forest counseling professor Nathaniel Ivers weighs in on trauma-informed care, the mental health effects of doom scrolling, blood tests to detect depression, telehealth and more.
January 3, 2022
Winston-Salem Journal
Local universities adjust on-campus COVID-19 protocols as students return
Wake Forest issued the latest version of its pandemic policies last week that still requires all students to be fully vaccinated. Classes begin on Jan. 10. The University continues to adhere to the city of Winston-Salem’s indoor face mask requirements. “We anticipate that the current requirements will remain in effect through the month of January.”
January 2, 2022
Winston-Salem Journal
NC remains on sideline in raising minimum wage debate
“State minimum-wage increases have been passed either by Democratic-controlled legislatures or through citizen-initiated ballot measures in states that allow the public to bypass legislative opposition and place measures directly on the ballot,” said politics professor John Dinan, who is a national expert on state legislatures.
January 1, 2022
Triad City Beat
Triad artists first to be featured in nationwide ArtCities exhibit
While ArtCities is a national project by Guilty By Association, the organization teamed up with Wake Forest University’s Wake the Arts initiative to host the first ArtCities House Party on Dec. 11 at the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts. Five local artists — Krystal Hart, Ashley Johnson, Lakea Shepard, Mariam Aziza Stephan and Antoine Williams — were carefully selected by WFU Acquavella Curator of Collections Jennifer Finkel.
December 30, 2021
Triad City Beat
Indigenous artists showcase works and process at Wake Forest University
Sitting at a long white table across from two women inside the Lam Museum of Anthropology on the campus of Wake Forest, Tamra Hunt reaches across lines of watercolor paints and containers of markers to gesture in wide circles at the blank paper between them. Born and raised in Greensboro, Hunt is a member of the Lumbee tribe and a longtime arts educator in the Triad.
December 30, 2021
Triad City Beat
Inaugural Every Campus a Refuge gathering exemplifies community-making
Since its inception in 2015, ECAR has worked on building chapters with colleges and universities across the country, leveraging their resources to assist refugee resettlement processes in their communities. To date, there are 12 ECAR chapters across the country, including a chapter at Wake Forest University.
December 30, 2021