OCCE hosts "Get Connected to Wake Forest" webinar
The Office of Civic & Community Engagement (OCCE) at Wake Forest University will host a “Get Connected to Wake Forest” Zoom webinar today, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. 
Open to Winston-Salem nonprofit organizations and community members, “Get Connected” will explore ways to get involved with Wake Forest community initiatives. Participants will learn how to connect with WFU for internships, volunteer opportunities, program or project support, clinics, resources and more.
“Our new area of community partnerships has been working diligently over the last year so that resources and information available from Wake Forest are accessible to community partners and residents,” said Camry Wilborn, assistant director of community partnerships in the OCCE. “Our goal for this webinar is to allow people who want to get connected to WFU and utilize resources available to them to have direct contact with the faculty and staff affiliated with those initiatives.”
Webinar panelists will include faculty and staff from various offices leading community engagement, including:
- Office of Civic & Community Engagement, which will outline possibilities for organizations to receive support through full- and part-time summer interns, as well as the High Skill Volunteer Network. In addition, virtual education programs will be highlighted for community members and local nonprofits.
- Program in Community-Engaged Research (Wake Forest Baptist Health), which will speak on upcoming grant opportunities available to local nonprofits and community organizations.
- Wake Downtown, which will cover the new ‘Science of Winston-Salem‘ initiative, as well as its annual Maya Angelou Garden Party.
- Wake Forest Law School, which will review services provided through its Pro Bono Project, including clinics available to community members, such as Expungement Project, Teen Court, Health Care Advocacy Project and more.
- Wake Forest School of Divinity, which will detail its ‘Clergy in Community‘ and ‘Thriving in Ministry‘ programs and explain how organizations can host an intern through its The Art of Ministry
The event is free and open to the public; however, registration is required. Fill out this form to register and receive the webinar link.
Categories: Events, Inside WFU
Office of Civic & Community Engagement reflects expanded Pro Humanitate commitment
There’s no mistaking the purpose of the Office of Civic & Community Engagement as Wake Forest’s central hub for community-based activities, including service, teaching and research.
The recently reconfigured office combines the spirit of Wake Forest’s beloved Pro Humanitate motto with a new name, website and physical footprint that reflect its mission to engage community partners, faculty, staff, and students to affect meaningful social change.
“The Office of Civic & Community Engagement builds on the work of generations of Wake Forest students, faculty and staff by maintaining our philanthropic and service traditions, supporting new and existing community partnerships, and refining our commitment to civic learning and social justice education,” said Marianne Magjuka, executive director of the Office of Civic & Community Engagement and Assistant Dean of Students.
The rollout is the culmination of a yearlong community engagement mapping project to better understand how Wake Forest is engaged beyond campus. Faculty and staff identified 86 distinct programs, initiatives or projects supporting community-based service, engagement, research or teaching.
More information available here.
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2016-17 Wake Forest Fellows selected
Wake Forest Fellows for 2016-17
Twelve seniors will remain in the Wake Forest campus community following graduation in May as Wake Forest Fellows. They will work in offices across campus, including the President’s Office, the Pro Humanitate Institute, the Z. Smith Reynolds Library and the Office of Personal and Career Development.
Since 2008, the Wake Forest Fellows program has provided exceptional Wake Forest college graduates with the opportunity to work in higher education administration for a year. Each fellow will serve as a full-time Wake Forest employee, starting this summer. In addition to working with top administrators in a particular department, the fellows will participate in leadership activities and interact with faculty, staff and students to learn about the inner workings of higher education.
The Wake Forest Fellows for 2016-17 are:
- Olivia Clark: Reynolda House (Ellicott City, Md.), History/minor, Italian
- Kent Garrett: Information Systems (Noblesville, Ind.), Sociology/minors, Journalism and Entrepreneurship
- Brian Hart: Dean of the College (Oxford, N.C), Politics and International Affairs
- Millicent Hennessey: President’s Office (New York, N.Y.), Chinese Language and Culture
- Sarah Hoyle: Personal and Career Development (Clemmons, N.C.), Politics and International Affairs
- Kylie Kinder: START Gallery (Oak Park, Calif.), Art History and Psychology
- Alexa King: Campus Life (Dallas, Texas), Psychology/minor, Health and Human Services
- Sophia (Sophie) Leveque: Z. Smith Reynolds Library (Newport Beach, Calif.), Communication and English
- Alexa King: Campus Life (Dallas, Texas), Psychology/minor, Health and Human Services
- Aishwarya (Ash) Nagar: Wake Downtown/Biomedical Sciences and Engineering (New Delhi, India), Biology/minors, Religion, Neuroscience, Philosophy
- Chanel Shulman: Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (Myrtle Beach, S.C.), Psychology and Economics
- Terry (T.J.) Smith: Provost’s Office (Greensboro, N.C.), Politics and International Studies
- Camry Wilborn: Pro Humanitate Institute (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Politics and International Studies and Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies/minor, Communication
“My selection as a fellow means that I have been given a tremendous opportunity to continue to learn and grow while simultaneously giving back to the institution I have to come to love,” said T.J. Smith. “I have the chance to be mentored by a cadre of esteemed leaders in what will be the developmental opportunity of a lifetime.”
As a fellow, Smith said, he expects “to gain a new insight and perspective into how the strategic direction and inner mechanics of the University come together to move our community forward.”
Alumni of the Wake Forest Fellows program have pursued careers in law, medicine, public policy and more. Several have since received prestigious academic awards such as Rhodes and Fulbright scholarships.
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