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  • Founders Day 2026: Take a stroll through Wake Forest history

    Founders Day will take place on Thursday, Feb. 19, at 4 p.m. in Wait Chapel. The celebration includes remarks from President Susan R. Wente, the annual senior oration, the presentation of…

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  • 2026 Commencement and Baccalaureate speakers announced

    Ballet dancer, author and founder Misty Copeland, who made history as the first Black woman to become a principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre, will deliver Wake Forest’s commencement address…

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    Comings and Goings

    See the list of employees who recently joined or left the University. We look forward to working with new Wake Forest employees and appreciate the service of those who are no…

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  • Continuing education opportunities

    Check out the Professional Development Center’s latest course offerings. Read more.

  • Dedicated Deacons

    Thanks to Mary Gerardy, Mike Ford and Meghan Haenn for going above and beyond to be a resource for our students, particularly those in their first year. Each of them have…

  • Meet Craig Fansler, Z. Smith Reynolds Library

    Craig Fansler, who has worked at Wake Forest for 16 years, says he has his dream job: preservation librarian in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library. In addition to repairing books that…

  • February 2011 staff milestones

    20 Years Luz E. Acevedo, Custodian, Facilities and Campus Services

  • Escott: The real Abraham Lincoln

    On the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, Reynolds Professor of History Paul Escott offers some provocative arguments that challenge what we thought we knew about Abraham Lincoln…

  • Physics professor named KITP Scholar

    Assistant Professor of Physics Timo Thonhauser is one of only eight scholars nationwide to be named a KITP Scholar for 2011 – 2013. The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) at…

  • Librarian named an ‘Emerging Leader’

    Z. Smith Reynolds librarian Molly Keener has been named a 2011 “Emerging Leader” by the American Library Association (ALA). Keener, a scholarly communication librarian, is the third Z. Smith Reynolds librarian to…

  • Watch out for moving trees

    Watch out for moving trees on campus. On January 27 and 28, the Landscaping Services Department will be relocating several trees from the site of the new business schools building to…

  • “Forging Urban Solidarities: Ottoman Aleppo 1640-1700”

    As with most empires of the Early Modern Era (1500-1800), the Ottomans mobilized human and material resources for war-making on a vast and unprecedented scale. A new book by Assistant Professor…

  • Meet Darlene Starnes, Multicultural Affairs

    Darlene Starnes has been the administrative assistant in the Office of Multicultural Affairs for the last five-and-a-half years, but her duties extend far beyond the normal duties of an administrative assistant,…