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 […]
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 […]