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by Cheryl Walker  |   walkercv@wfu.edu  |   336.758.6073 Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded Wake Forest a $30.7 million grant to support the University’s Program for Leadership and Character and create a national higher education network devoted to educating character. “We believe focusing on character can help […]

by Cheryl Walker  |   walkercv@wfu.edu  |   336.758.6073 The Mellon Foundation has awarded a $1 million grant to Wake Forest University to create a model program for engaging scholars and the local community in advancing environmental justice. “This is an opportunity to develop a cross-institutional […]

“Finding Holy Ground” plays are collaboration among School of Divinity, NC Black Rep and Wake the Arts The North Carolina Black Repertory Company (NC Black Rep) and Wake Forest University are proud to announce JuCoby Johnson and Eljon Wardally as the winning playwrights of the “Finding Holy Ground” playwrighting commissions.  The project, “

James Harris, a student at Carver High School, loves sports statistics and is considering a career in mechanical engineering. The 17-year-old is one of a dozen high school students from local Title I schools working in labs alongside Wake Forest scientists this summer. They are […]

Funds to commission two original plays to be presented at the 2024 National Black Theatre Festival January 18, 2022by Kim McGrath  |   mcgratka@wfu.edu  |   336.758.3209 Wake Forest University has received $250,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation to commission and produce two original plays to […]

Funding will support programs that prepare students for work in the professions HIGHLIGHTS The grant will help build character-based leadership development into professional and pre-professional programs in groundbreaking ways. Programs will serve as a resource for other schools to integrate leadership and character into their […]

December 14, 2021 Wake Forest University has received a grant of $1 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help the Wake Forest University School of Divinity establish new certificate and degree programs in theological education. The project is funded through Lilly Endowment’s Pathways for Tomorrow […]

With a grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Wake Forest University will be able to provide hands-on opportunities for high school students in Forsyth County to explore STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) studies and related careers. The Wake Forest LEAP (Lab Experiences: Academics and […]

The Honesty Project, which launched in 2020 with a $4.4 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation, has awarded grants to 16 projects exploring the science of honesty and philosophical questions related to the virtue. The Project’s funding competitions drew hundreds of proposals […]

With a $5 million grant from Gilead Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Divinity will establish a new center to fight HIV/AIDS throughout the South. The COMPASS Initiative® Faith Coordinating Center will focus on preparing ministry and nonprofit leaders to address the needs of vulnerable populations […]