Diversity at Wake Forest

[rockvillemom]

<p>Since the issue of diversity comes up a bit - thought I would share this article from a recent issue of the school paper. Shout out to Creative Crew for mentioning it to me,</p>

<p>[Food</a> diversity increases with Pit keeping kosher Old Gold & Black](<a href=“http://oldgoldandblack.com/?p=15868]Food”>http://oldgoldandblack.com/?p=15868)</p>

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ARAMARK has taken steps to making minority students more welcome in their dining facilities by by serving religiously conscious foods.</p>

<p>Due to the growing Jewish and Muslim student populations on campus, ARAMARK is bringing kosher, halal and other religion-conscious prepared foods to the Pit, especially during religious holidays.</p>

<p>The word kosher stems from the Hebrew word kosher,meaning right or proper. Kosher and halal foods denote foods prepared according to religious and dietary laws. For meats to be declared kosher or halal, the animals must be killed in a humane manner that does not cause suffering.</p>

<p>“We are valuing people by valuing their traditions,” Chaplain Tim Auman said, regarding this recent movement by ARAMARK to incorporate Muslim and Jewish-friendly food options.</p>

<p>For many students, the impact reaches their families as well. Freshman Shoshanna Goldin explained that her mother used the web-site “College Confidential” to learn more about the activity of Hillel, the Jewish student organization on campus, and Jewish life in general at Wake.</p>

<p>After ARAMARK’s inclusion of Jewish foods, the word is out to possible incoming students.</p>

<p>“[My mother] now leaves feedback so that other students can see what we’re doing,” Goldin said.</p>

<p>According to the WFU Factbook, in 2010 Muslims accounted for 0.6 percent of the undergraduate student population and Jews accounted for 2.6 percent.</p>

<p>However, the number of Muslim and Jewish students has barely increased since 2000, with the population of Muslim students increasing by only 0.3 percent in the past 10 years and the number of Jewish students increasing by 1.5 percent.

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[Wneckid99]

<p>Whether or not the #s of Jewish/Muslim students on campus have increased much since 2000, the presence both groups have had on campus has increased significantly.</p>

<p>Both Hillel/MSA host a large number of events, speakers, etc and both have people come to their dinners and what not who aren’t of their faith.</p>

[rockvillemom]

<p>Which is fabulous! Exposing students to different faiths and cultures makes everyone a little more open-minded and tolerant. I applaud the progress Wake Forest is making on this issue.</p>