Dear colleagues, Earlier today, about 500 Wake Forest University staff were participating in a Zoom meeting sponsored by the Staff Advisory Council when hackers interrupted the call with racist language, anti-semitic imagery and other forms of abusive behavior. I am sorry that members of our […]
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Dear Wake Forest Community: Today is Juneteenth. This day that honors and commemorates the freedom and emancipation of enslaved individuals has been celebrated as a holiday by black communities since the late 1880s. This year, however, Juneteenth has taken on a new and more somber […]
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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 […]
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This message was sent to the entire Wake Forest community. Dear Wake Forest community, The recent and ongoing perfect storm of a global pandemic, an economic recession and civil unrest have brought to the forefront, with renewed vigor, the injustices and inequity that plague our […]
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Today in a Winston-Salem Journal story, “Picture becomes clearer for student-athletes,” athletic director John Currie outlined what he hopes can happen regarding student-athletes and their return to the Wake Forest campus. This follows the NCAA’s announcement on May 29 of guidelines that aim […]
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Dear Wake Forest community, Once again, we have seen our fellow human beings killed. George Floyd, Steven Taylor, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery did not have to die. Their deaths have caused grief, anger, frustration, fear and hopelessness for many. Because of the deep effects […]
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Guest post from Eric Maguire, Vice President of Enrollment: To date, more than 1,500 students have submitted a deposit to secure a seat in the Wake Forest Class of 2024. We are excited to welcome the talented students who decided to call Wake Forest their […]
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On May 13, President Nathan Hatch was among a group of 14 higher education leaders from across the country invited to talk with Vice President Mike Pence regarding the impact of COVID-19 on colleges and universities and what it will take to reopen campuses in […]
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As Wake Forest prepares to celebrate the Virtual Conferring of Degrees on Monday, May 18, at 7 p.m., along with the achievements of the Class of 2020, we also pause to recognize and honor the outstanding careers of our retiring faculty and staff members. […]
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The following message was sent by President Hatch to the Wake Forest community on May 15. Dear Wake Forest community, Congratulations for completing one of the most challenging and unexpected semesters in memory. No one could have imagined the dramatic turn our lives would take […]
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