Dear Wake Forest community, For 16 years, we have had the pleasure of serving Wake Forest University beside you. What we have achieved together in the last decade and a half has taken the best of all of us in this community, and we have […]
Dear Wake Forest Community, For the past eight years, Vice President for Campus Life Penny Rue has been a transformative leader at Wake Forest. Dr. Rue has demonstrated a remarkable ability to both lead a complex organization and personally connect with individual students. The University […]
Dear Wake Forest Community, Last week, we paused the implementation of the renaming of Wingate Hall to become May 7, 1860 Hall. This proposed change generated a critical and difficult conversation among our students, faculty, staff and alumni. I have listened and heard the need […]
Dear Wake Forest Community, I write today to share that we have decided to pause the implementation of our plan to rename Wingate Hall as May 7, 1860 Hall. On May 7, we made an announcement to the Wake Forest community sharing our intent to […]
Dear Wake Forest community, One of the greatest strengths of higher education is that it is dynamic. It changes. What is a fundamental principle today was a revelatory thought for past generations. Education invites all into an ongoing journey of discovery. The exploration of our […]
Dear Seniors, Congratulations! In less than two weeks, you will receive your college degrees. The entire Wake Forest community is proud of all you have accomplished, especially in these challenging times. Given how unprecedented this past year has been, we felt it only fitting to […]
Dear Wake Forest community, Today, a jury in Minneapolis, Minnesota, found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. For some, this verdict brings relief, feeling that justice […]
This message was sent to students. To read the introduction sent to faculty and staff, see here. Bottom Line Up Front: Fall semester undergraduate classes are scheduled to start on August 23, with the assumption that improving public health conditions will enable a full […]
Dear Wake Forest community, In the past year, violence and hate toward the Asian American and Pacific Islanders community has been rising at an alarming rate. Following the attacks in Atlanta last week, Dean Walton and Chaplain Auman shared a message of solidarity, vowing […]
Dear Wake Forest community, Over the course of the last several years, our community has taken important steps to illuminate our history, address our present and reaffirm our commitments for the future. The work of the Slavery, Race and Memory Project as well as the […]
