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Winston-Salem Journal
Drive-in church gaining favor among some congregations
People of all faith backgrounds are finding unusual ways to come together during this crisis, said Jill Crainshaw, a professor of Worship and Liturgical Theology at Wake Forest. “In these uncertain days, being together as people of faith, even in peculiar and unexpected ways, is important because of the hope and strength people find in seeing each other’s faces and hearing each other’s voices. In those simple acts and gestures, they are reminded that God is with them, a belief and hope that is at the center of many religious traditions.”
April 3, 2020
Business Insurance
University risk managers adapt to empty campuses, remote work
Julie Groves, director, risk services, financial services for Wake Forest, said the pandemic has “certainly changed risk management because everything right now is all centered around the virus.” The university’s students are gone, except for about 400 students who may have travel restrictions. “Right now, we’re still managing the risk of who is still going to campus,” who are considered essential employees, “making sure their exposure is minimized, and making sure those students who remain are able to get the services they need.”
April 2, 2020
Mongabay
A third of Peru’s La Pampa forest cleared for illegal mining ponds, study finds
Luis Fernández, executive director of Wake Forest’s Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation (CINCIA) and assistant research professor in the university’s biology department, said restoration plans for areas that now contain ponds are practically impossible to execute, given that trees cannot be planted where the ground no longer exists. “A vast and novel complex of wetlands has been created in an area that, historically, was primary tropical forest, radically altering biodiversity and the potential recuperation of the ground.
April 2, 2020
North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
Law schools move online and into new grading systems
North Carolina law school deans told Lawyers Weekly that the transition has been surprisingly seamless, for the most part. Jane Aiken, dean of Wake Forest School of Law, teaches a class and called online instruction a “rich learning environment,” with students engaged, paying attention, and asking questions. But disagreements have arisen over how to mostly fairly and accurately grade students under the current conditions. Aiken said that Wake Forest opted for a credit/no-credit system rather than a pass/fail one because a “fail” designation could wreck students’ GPA. The pass/fail system would be especially burdensome on students who were close to passing a course, but didn’t because of the stressful circumstances that COVID-19 has brought them as they earn their law degree remotely.
April 2, 2020
WXII
Wake Forest University field hockey player makes masks for health care workers
Abbie Ashcraft, a Wake Forest sophomore and field hockey player from Bloomfield Hills, Mich., and her mother teamed up to make home-made masks for healthcare workers in their area. Ashcraft said they started making the masks for family and friends in the medical field in need of supplies, but they eventually began donating the masks to nearby hospitals. “My area in Michigan is the fifth-worst [affected by the coronavirus] in the United States. It might be better now, but it’s been hit pretty hard. We knew there was a mask shortage and wanted to help. Our [field hockey] coach Jen Averill has been having us do daily positive messages, so my positive message was sharing what my mom and I have been doing.”
April 2, 2020
NC Policy Watch
College students, professors adjust to COVID-19 life
Wake Forest senior Natalie Alms and journalism professor Barry Yeoman spoke of the challenges of adapting to a world suddenly changed by global crisis while working to support each other and complete the academic year. Last week was Yeoman’s first full week of online teaching — a magazine writing course at Wake Forest and an interviewing course he’s co-teaching at Duke. There were no significant technology glitches and he had perfect attendance in both classes. But he has changed the way he teaches. “I haven’t totally scrapped lesson plans. But I’ve put much more emphasis than I had originally planned on checking in with people, taking the time to have conversations.”
April 1, 2020
Psychology Today
Managing Change in the Midst of Uncertainty
“What we are all dealing with, right now, is a massive amount of change. The world has changed, in ways we don’t fully understand yet,” said Allison McWilliams, assistant vice president of mentoring and alumni personal and career development at Wake Forest. McWilliams shared tips for weathering this time of global crisis and uncertainty with intentionality and patience. “It’s important to recognize and acknowledge what your emotions are around this point of transition.”
April 1, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
Beer and STEM subjects collide in series presented by Wake Downtown & Wake Forest University
“People have this thought process that a scientist looks a certain way, or only certain things qualify as science, but we participate in science every day,” said Alana James, associate director of community engagement for Wake Downtown. James leads Wake Downtown’s multifaceted science-meets-community efforts, an initiative called “The Science of Winston-Salem” that’s designed to make STEM topics less intimidating. James and colleagues like Wake Forest chemistry professor Rebecca Alexander and Wake Forest Fellow Daniel Oberti are bringing science to the masses in Winston-Salem through a growing list of creative Local and international partnerships and programs. “We’re not the ‘City of Arts OR Innovation. We’re the ‘City of Arts AND Innovation.’”
March 31, 2020
Billings Gazette (Billings, Mt)
Prolonged or chronic stress can negatively impact the immune system by reducing the body’s ability to defend against viruses and bacteria, explained Allison Forti, licensed clinical mental health counselor and associate director of the Online Master’s in Counseling Program at Wake Forest. To calm our anxiety during this stressful time, first acknowledge that it is okay to feel stressed, anxious and afraid. “It is okay to feel panicked … look for ways to ground yourself in a safe and healthy way that does not cause harm to others.”
March 29, 2020
News & Record
Reynolda’s Greater Gardens provide relaxing trails
“Before I started working here, I thought Reynolda Gardens consisted of the four acres of the formal garden,” said Jon Roethling, director of Reynolda Gardens of Wake Forest. But Reynolda Gardens, he said, includes all of the ground surrounding Reynolda House Museum of American Art — another 125 additional acres of woodlands, meadows and wetlands referred to as The Greater Gardens. Roethling encourages students and others to visit the Greater Gardens when stressed. “People need these spaces to get away and recover.”
March 29, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
Helping out during a time of crisis
It’s always a great thing when people reach out to find ways to serve our community during uncertain times. There are a number of organizations in need of volunteers and donations at this time, including Wake Forest’s Virtual Tutoring Program, which matches undergraduate and graduate students as tutors with Winston-Salem/Forsyth County K-12 students during school closures.
March 29, 2020
Winston-Salem Journal
React and adapt may be best advice for dealing with COVID-19
Although retail was evolving from brick-and-mortar to online sales rather quickly anyway, the coronavirus may have “just kicked that evolution into a much higher gear overnight,” said Roger Beahm, executive director of the Center for Retail Innovation at Wake Forest School of Business. Consumers may utilize curbside pickup, home delivery and online shopping for the first time, in order to practice social distancing and stay healthy. “Like every other behavioral change, once consumers make a switch, many will not switch back.”
March 28, 2020