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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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  • Christmas Lovefeast

    Would you like to be a server at this year’s Lovefeast? The traditional holiday event will be held on Sunday, Dec. 5, in Wait Chapel. Faculty and staff are invited to…

  • ‘The Foreigner’

    Festival Stage is offering a special two-for-one ticket deal for faculty and staff for the first production of the premiere season, “The Foreigner,” playing at the new HanesBrands Theatre, for the…

  • Vote for new campus signage

    One sign of the changes occurring on campus is that the University is considering changing the campus signs. A campus signage committee has been studying new signage for the last year.…

  • Siavelis makes presentation in Mexico

    Peter Siavelis, associate professor of political science and Director of the Latin American and Latino Studies Program, made a presentation at the Mexican National Senate in August on the causes and…

  • ZSR Library 3rd Annual 5k & 1 Mile Fun Run fundraiser

    About 255 people participated in the library’s annual race Oct. 9 to raise funds for “Wake The Library,” the midnight food break for students the library sponsors every night during final…

  • Soares is keynote speaker

    Joseph Soares, professor of sociology, was the keynote speaker at a diversity retreat at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, Calif., on September 30. He spoke on “Rethinking the Admissions…

  • Psychologist William Fleeson publishes new research on being authentic

    Staying true to yourself and not changing your personality to fit different situations is highly valued in Western culture. Shakespeare’s famous line, “to thine own self be true,” has been echoed…

  • Atchison, Lacy host debate tournament

    Jarrod Atchison and JP Lacy and the Wake Forest Debate team hosted the National Earlybird High School Tournament in September. Atchison is director of debate, and Lacy is debate coach.

  • Plemmons receives funding

    Robert Plemmons, Reynolds Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, has received funding from the University of New Mexico and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research for his proposal “Novel Imaging…

  • Campus post office to replace UPS

    Wake Forest is planning to merge mail services on the Reynolda and Bowman Gray campuses to save money by creating a single university mail system.