SAC updates: November 2020
The next Staff Advisory Council (SAC) meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 11, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Staff will receive an emailed link to the Zoom Webinar the day before each meeting. November meeting topics and speakers are listed below.
Spring sports updates from:
- Coach Steve Forbes, Men’s Basketball
- Frank Davis, director of Men’s Basketball
- Liv Bresnahan, director of Women’s Basketball
Title IX updates from:
- Penny Rue, vice president of Campus Life
- Aishah Casseus, Title IX director
Newsletter highlights
- The 2020 WakeUnited Campaign is underway. The annual campaign aims to unite our global campus community in the spirit of pro humanitate. We are partnered with the United Way to identify and address the most significant needs among those most at risk here in Winston-Salem and the surrounding areas. Visit the WakeUnited site to learn more, and consider making a pledge.
- Campus Kitchen is raising funds for Turkeypalooza, its largest event of the year. During last year’s Turkeypalooza, Wake Forest volunteers prepared and delivered 350 traditional Thanksgiving meals to food-insecure Winston-Salem residents. All funds will go towards ingredients for the meals made and non-perishable food distribution.
- International Education Week 2020 begins on Monday, Nov. 16. It serves as a reminder that college that university campuses play a special part in shaping the awareness of our role in the global village. Staff, faculty and students are invited to join events throughout the week, sponsored by The Center for Global Programs and Studies, Intercultural Center, Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures, Museum of Anthropology, University Counseling Center and Campus Recreation. Office of Diversity and Inclusion, East Asian Languages and Campus Recreation.
- The Chaplain’s Office is collecting gift cards to help our campus community this holiday season. The holiday deadline is Nov. 20, though the Chaplain’s Office accepts gift cards year round.
The Office of Civic and Community Engagement, LGBTQ+ Center, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Office of Wellbeing and others are offering a wide range of events, workshops and virtual engagement opportunities for staff and faculty.
View the full list on the SAC Nov. 2020 newsletter.
Categories: Events, Inside WFU, Staff News
Wake Forest receives Outstanding Corporate Member Award from United Way
The United Way of Forsyth County’s Women’s Leadership Council recognized Wake Forest University, recently, with the Outstanding Corporate Member Award.
Wake Forest received the award at the Women’s Leadership Council’s annual celebration at the Millennium Center, held Nov. 1. The council celebrated its tenth year in existence, as part of its annual meeting.
The council also recognized outstanding volunteer and youth recipients.
The University’s WakeUnited Campaign is underway now, in coordination with the United Way. The campaign has regularly sent emails to faculty and staff with information on how to participate in the campaign. The WakeUnited website provides information on how to give.
Categories: Inside WFU, University Announcement
WakeUnited: Keslar strives to help others succeed
This is the fifth of a series of pieces written about Wake Forest community members who are committed to WakeUnited, the United Way campaign at Wake Forest.
Vicki Keslar’s drive to help others succeed is clear, not just through her work at the Office of Personal & Career Development (OPCD), but also through her involvement in WakeUnited.
As operations manager for OPCD at Wake Forest, she helps students find meaningful careers that reflect their values and allow them to become involved members of the community.
Through her investment in WakeUnited, Keslar works to support the success of all who live in Forsyth County.
“It all goes back to community and the responsibility of each of us to do what we can to continue improving it, not only for ourselves but for our neighbors as well,” Keslar says.
She feels fortunate to live and work in a community that understands how the United Way supports local agencies that help people in need.
“The United Way provides hope for the people in our community who, often, do not feel like there is any left,” she says. “They provide opportunities that have seemed unlikely or impossible.”
Keslar has been involved with the United Way since she started working at Wake Forest University in 2009; this is her third year as a member of the Women’s Leadership Council. She sees the university’s support of the United Way as a “natural overlap” with its vision of shaping ethically informed leaders to serve humanity.
It is an opportunity to take our university’s spirit of Pro Humanitate and broaden it beyond our campus,” she explains. “It is the support from our fellow Wake Forest friends that make such important investments in our community possible.”
The 2016 WakeUnited campaign encourages faculty and staff to pledge support for United Way and its critical mission in the community. A personalized pledge link has been sent to your email, or you can make your pledge at unitedway.wfu.edu.
Categories: Guest Post
WakeUnited: Pugel encourages working in harmony for change
This is the fourth of a series of pieces written about Wake Forest community members who are committed to WakeUnited, the United Way campaign at Wake Forest.
As Chief of Staff for President Hatch, Mary Pugel coordinates a lot of moving parts – from organizing meetings with senior administrators to overseeing the staff of the President’s Office. It’s not surprising, then, that she sees her work as a perfect fit with her commitment to United Way, which coordinates community responses to challenges in Forsyth County.
“Wake Forest’s spirit of Pro Humanitate and United Way’s mission are beautifully aligned,” Pugel explains. “Our active commitment to and engagement with our local community is part of the Wake Forest DNA.”
She likes the proactive approach United Way takes in helping the most vulnerable members of the community, “through educational support, improving access to health care and improving the means to financial security – to name a few.” Pugel believes that by addressing such systemic issues, United Way is making tangible, measurable community changes where they are needed the most.
“As a member of the Women’s Leadership Council my annual United Way gift has allowed me to invest in our community with the assurance that my gift is being targeted to our community’s greatest needs,” Pugel says. One of those areas is education – the Council’s goal is to increase the Forsyth County high school graduation rate from a previous low of 71 percent to 90 percent by 2018.
Pugel’s work with United Way is an integral part of her commitment to Wake Forest University and Forsyth County. As she explains, “Support of the United Way campaign seems like a natural and easy fit!”
Mary serves on the 2016 WakeUnited campaign cabinet and notes, “This year we have reached over 80 percent of our goal with three weeks remaining in the campaign. It’s not too late for those members of our campus community who have not yet given, to contribute. We hope everyone will do their part as we raise the remaining $70,000 and help ensure everyone in our community has the opportunity to thrive.”
The 2016 WakeUnited campaign encourages faculty and staff to pledge support for United Way and its critical mission in the community. A personalized pledge link has been sent to your email, or you can make your pledge at unitedway.wfu.edu.
Categories: Staff News
