The ECI will extend its impact on character education across the country by offering a new round of grants in 2027 for U.S higher education institutions with support from a nearly $44 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. The grant will also enable ECI to award additional grants in 2026.
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Leadership and Character in the Law Scholars take a trip through Germany to discover the tension between the German laws of the past that enabled atrocities and the growth since then that enabled empathy and compassion in modern lawmaking. In March, 10 Leadership and Character […]
Universidad Austral in Buenos Aires visited Wake Forest, then created a series of sessions that helped faculty reach students by redesigning their courses. Back in 2024, character experts from the Universidad Austral in Buenos Aires attended our “Character across the Curriculum” workshop. Then, they […]
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Every other year, our Leadership and Character Scholars spend a week in London and Oxford to explore leadership, culture, and character in a global context. Last month’s trip, supported by the Jenkins Charitable Foundation, opened with a walking and bus tour of post-colonial London […]
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The Program for Leadership and Character partnered with the Wake Forest Department of Theatre and Dance to develop a course that aims to cultivate acting students’ ability to develop their characters from the standpoint of character virtues. “Part of what sets actors apart is that […]
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The grant from the Kern Family Foundation will enable the Wake Forest University School of Law and the Program for Leadership and Character to sustain campus-based initiatives while also paving the way for a network of law schools committed to leadership and character in the […]
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The university’s Program for Leadership and Character will lead an initiative to help young golfers and Demon Deacon student-athletes live a life well played. The Arnold & Winnie Palmer Foundation and the Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University are forming a partnership […]
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Bloom Where You’re Planted Clare Magee was a member of the Leadership and Character in the Law Scholars Cohort. Now, as an alumna, she’s using that experience to navigate life as an attorney. There’s a small potted plant on Clare Magee’s desk. Magee, who’s now […]
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“I teach courses in leadership and ethics in the law, and I begin most of those courses by asking students a series of questions, including: ‘By a show of hands, how many of you think there’s a decent chance you’ll go to prison for something you do related to your future work as a lawyer?’ writes Kenneth Townsend, Executive Director of Leadership and Character in the Professional Schools.
Wake Forest soccer star Cooper Flax found brotherhood and meaning at a Leadership and Character retreat. Throughout his four years at Wake Forest, Cooper Flax (’25) was short on time. Flax, who served as captain of the Wake Forest soccer team, would get up […]
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