Dear Wake Forest community, On October 22, we moved our campus operations to Orange Status and implemented several mitigation strategies to help further contain the spread of COVID-19 in our community. Daily symptom monitoring and contact tracing have assisted in quickly identifying positive cases […]
Dear Wake Forest colleagues, I hope this message finds you healthy and coping as well as possible with the many emotions and stress that we live with these days. I remain grateful for the response all Wake Foresters have demonstrated over past months as we […]
Dear Wake Forest community, In a few days, the election for our nation’s president will be over. It is possible that it may take some time before we learn the results of the election and have some clarity as to how our country will be […]
Dear Wake Forest community, We have made the decision to move the campus to Orange Operating Status — Modified Campus Operations. This decision comes after thorough analysis of recent trends in positive COVID-19 cases in our community. The goal of moving to Orange Status is […]
Dear Wake Forest community, Fifteen years ago, Julie and I accepted the call to join the special educational community of Wake Forest University. These years have been the opportunity of a lifetime – a great gift. We are thankful to work alongside such richly talented […]
This message was sent on behalf of President Hatch. Dear Wake Forest faculty and staff, This week marks one month since we started classes on campus in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. While other institutions determined it best to remain completely virtual and some […]
Dear Wake Forest community, In June, I shared the final report of the President’s Commission on Race, Equity and Community with you. That report outlined 20 recommendations and offered historical and contextual information. It also introduced the RIDE Framework, which grounds our […]
Dear Wake Forest students, Welcome to the Fall 2020 semester. Our goal this fall – what you desire and what we have been working toward – is to remain on campus until Thanksgiving. Earlier today, I learned of several new confirmed COVID-19 cases among Wake […]
Dear faculty and staff, This summer, for the first time in over 40 years, Julie and I did not go to Priest Lake, Idaho, and visit the land and cabin which her great grandfather began visiting in 1920 – exactly 100 years ago. Like a […]
Dear Wake Forest community, Today, local law enforcement released video footage related to the death of John Neville, and our community is once again hurting as we grieve anew the loss of Mr. Neville, another Black man who died of injuries suffered while in law […]
