Dear Wake Forest community, As I shared earlier this week, Wake Forest University believes that the recent guidelines suggested by the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), an office of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), are dangerous and threatening to international students and […]
Dear Wake Forest community, In the midst of unprecedented circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, we are facing yet another challenging and damaging situation. This week, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), an office of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), issued modifications […]
Dear Wake Forest Community, I am pleased to share that we have completed the major elements of our plans to reopen Wake Forest University for the Fall 2020 semester. Our intent is to create a path forward which prioritizes the health of our community, maintains […]
Dear Wake Forest community, Our mission to open the doors of opportunity, seek truth and cultivate a community of people of good character and mutual support has never been more important, and perhaps has never been more deeply challenged. The communities in which we live […]
This message was sent to the entire Wake Forest community. Dear Wake Forest community, The recent and ongoing perfect storm of a global pandemic, an economic recession and civil unrest have brought to the forefront, with renewed vigor, the injustices and inequity that plague our […]
Dear Wake Forest community, Once again, we have seen our fellow human beings killed. George Floyd, Steven Taylor, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery did not have to die. Their deaths have caused grief, anger, frustration, fear and hopelessness for many. Because of the deep effects […]
Remarks at the Virtual Conferring of Degrees by President Nathan O. Hatch on May 18, 2020 Greetings! Welcome to the Conferring of Degrees ceremony for the Wake Forest University Class of 2020. It is my great pleasure to celebrate this group of graduating students today. […]
This essay ran as a guest column in the Winston-Salem Journal on May 17, 2020. Last week, I was invited to a conversation with Vice President Mike Pence and 13 other college and university presidents across the country to discuss what it will take to […]
The following message was sent by President Hatch to the Wake Forest community on May 15. Dear Wake Forest community, Congratulations for completing one of the most challenging and unexpected semesters in memory. No one could have imagined the dramatic turn our lives would take […]
This message was sent to faculty, staff, students and parents on April 30. Dear Wake Forest community, Today, as I update you on important matters at Wake Forest, I again want to express my gratitude for your flexibility and patience as we adapt to the […]
