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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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  • HR director to leave for new position

    Mike Tesh, associate vice president of human resources, has accepted a new position at a national company based in Raleigh and will be leaving Wake Forest in mid-December. Tesh, who came…

  • Dedicated Deacons

    Thank you to Rob Duryea (MBA ’12) for organizing the U.S. Marine Corps’ 235th birthday celebration in the Worrell Professional Center courtyard on Nov. 9. We are proud of our veteran…

  • Meet Steve Duke, International Studies

    If Steve Duke isn’t in his Reynolda Hall office, you might look for him in Russia, Finland or one of the other 16 countries he’s visited. Duke, who has been director…

  • Klein publishes edition of novel

    Scott Klein, professor and chair of English, has published an edition of Wyndham Lewis’s novel “Tarr,” with Oxford University Press, as part of the Oxford World Classics series. This is the…

  • Welsh publishes article, delivers paper

    Helga Welsh, professor of political science, wrote an article, “Policy Transfer in the Unified Germany: From Imitation to Feedback Loops,” in German Studies Review (Vol. 33, no. 3, October 2010, pp. 531-548).…

  • Artisans’ Fair

    Do you make jewelry, handbags, knitted items, pottery or crafts? About 25 faculty and staff members have already signed up to show their hand-made items at the annual Artisans’ Fair, to…

  • Newman named fellow of ABF

    Joel Newman, School of Law professor, has been named a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Only one-third of 1 percent of the lawyers in America are named Fellows. Newman is well…

  • Bioethics Center names first director

    Cloning. Genetic testing. Stem-cell research. Medical experiments. End-of-life decisions. With new breakthroughs in science and medicine often racing ahead of ethical concerns, Wake Forest’s new Center for Bioethics, Health and Society is addressing…

  • Roniger publishes two articles, chairs panel

    Luis Roniger, Reynolds Professor of Political Science, has published two articles: “Exile and its Impact on Shifting Perspectives on Politics, Institutions and Collective Identities”, in Spanish, in the Revista de Ciencias…

  • Gisser named associate chaplain for Jewish life

    Rabbi Michael I. Gisser has been named associate chaplain for Jewish life, a new part-time position in the Chaplain’s Office. He is the first Jewish staff chaplain at Wake Forest. He…