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  • Staff Advisory Council meeting dates and times announced for 2026-2027

    Staff are encouraged to mark their calendars and plan to join us for this year’s Staff Advisory Council meetings. Based on feedback from staff, we are piloting a return to in-person…

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  • Paula Gentius to Step Down from Board Secretary Role

    Paula Gentius will step down from her roles as Secretary of the Board of Trustees and Director of the Board Office. She will continue in her current role through the October…

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  • Peter Rodriguez

    A message from President Peter Rodriguez on his first day

    Today marks the official first day for Dr. Peter Rodriguez as the 15th president of Wake Forest University. In a message sent to the campus community, Dr. Rodriguez shared his excitement…

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  • Mother, So Dear is turning 179

    This week will mark the 179th birthday of Wake Forest. On Monday, Feb. 3, 1834, Wake Forest Manual Labor Institute opened its doors and admitted its first student. In those early…

  • Professor Emeritus Carlton Mitchell dies

    Longtime religion professor Carlton T. Mitchell (’43) remained devoted to his alma mater long after he retired in 1991. As president of the University’s Half Century Club — for alumni who…

  • WFU is Silver recipient in NASPA Excellence Awards

    NASPA (Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education) selected Wake Forest as the Silver recipient in the NASPA Excellence Awards program for transforming higher education through outstanding programs, innovative services, and effective…

  • Gatewood receives Entrepreneurship Award

    Elizabeth (Betsy) Gatewood, the associate director of the Center for Enterprise Research and Education, has been awarded the 2013 Max S. Wortman, Jr. Award for Lifetime Achievement in Entrepreneurship. The award…

  • WFU wins award for Innovation in International Education

    Wake Forest University has been awarded a 2013 IIE Andrew Heiskell Award for Innovation in International Education in recognition of its Magnolia Abroad Access Program (MAAP) for study abroad. The Institute…

  • Wake Wash expands to faculty, staff

    Wake Wash, a door-to-door laundry and dry cleaning delivery service, is expanding its services to faculty and staff at Wake Forest. The service, started and run by Wake Forest students, has presented…

  • University Parkway exit construction update

    The planned construction project at the University Parkway exit that eliminates left turns northbound (see previous story) has been postponed. The North Carolina Department of Transportation has approved the safety plan…

  • Learn more about how to participate in clinical trials

    Wake Forest Baptist Health is starting an internal campaign to inform faculty, staff and students of ways to register for clinical trials. As an employee of Wake Forest University, you can…

  • Women’s and Gender Studies hosts open house

    Women’s and Gender Studies invites faculty, staff and students to meet Dr. Angela Kóczé, a visiting Fulbright Professor from Hungary. A reception with a Hungarian flavor will take place from 4:30–5:30…

  • Secrest Artists Series event is tonight

    The Venice Baroque Orchestra, a world-renowned chamber orchestra, will perform on Thursday, Jan. 24, at 7:30 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall. The program will be all Italian: Vivaldi, Albinoni, Geminiani and Veracini.…