A message from WFU administration
This message was emailed to the community this morning.
Dear Wake Forest Community,
Around 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30, a group of approximately 20 students began demonstrating peacefully on Hearn Plaza in solidarity with pro-Palestine activists on campuses across the country. The demonstration transitioned to assembling tents on Hearn Plaza around 6:30 p.m. Administrators informed students that erecting tents and remaining overnight was inconsistent with the intended and approved use of the space and violated health and safety policies.
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Categories: Inside WFU
WFU to host memorial service for Edwin G. Wilson, May 3
Wake Forest will host a memorial service for longtime Professor of English and Provost Emeritus Ed Wilson on Friday, May 3, in Wait Chapel at 11 a.m.
Doors to Wait Chapel will open at 10 a.m. and seating may be limited. Overflow seating will be available in Brendle Recital Hall and the event will be livestreamed.
Guests attending the service are invited to a BBQ picnic on Hearn Plaza following the service.
Professor Wilson profoundly impacted our University, our community and our state. The University is preparing for a large gathering to celebrate his life. To provide space for visitors attending the service please note:
- Parking Lots A and P on either side of Wait Chapel will be closed from 7:30 a.m. until the service ends.
- Davis Field will be closed to faculty and staff
- Shuttle service from 2400 Reynolda Road to the Reynolda Campus shuttle hub will run continuously from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Read more about “Mr. Wake Forest” on the Remembering Edwin G. Wilson website.
Categories: Inside WFU
Announcement about Baity Street redevelopment
In August 2023, Wake Forest announced it was exploring the redevelopment of University-owned property adjacent to Allegacy Stadium, Couch Ballpark and the Joel Coliseum. Working with the City of Winston-Salem, Carter and Front Street Capital, this redevelopment effort aims to reinforce Winston-Salem’s position as a tourism, sports and entertainment destination by creating a lively mixed-use development with plans for new retail, restaurant, experiential and/or residential spaces.
Carter and Front Street Capital have worked on many projects throughout the country, including the redevelopment of Summerhill (former home to Atlanta Braves) in Atlanta, Georgia, and Bailey South in Winston-Salem. The Carter and Front Street Capital team have held multiple listening sessions with students, staff, and the wider Winston-Salem community since last fall to help inform the project’s direction.
Categories: University Announcement
Struble named 'Accessibility Champion Award' winner
Accessibility Champion Eudora Struble and Michael Shuman, director of CLASS.
Director of Technology Accessibility Eudora Struble has been named the inaugural “Accessibility Champion Award” winner. The award recognizes faculty and staff who go above and beyond to support students with disabilities.
Delta Alpha Pi (DAPi), an academic honor society founded to recognize high-achieving students with disabilities, celebrates and supports leadership and advocacy for post-secondary students with disabilities. The society created the award to honor a faculty or staff member who displays support, encouragement, and advocacy for students with disabilities in and out of the classroom.
Categories: Inside WFU
Teaching in the classroom & Beyond: High Performance Computing
Konghao Zhao, Zongyue Teng, Andrea Jiang, Mario Satriale, and Nicole Sung, trained for the Student Cluster Competition with their HPC mentors.
High Performance Computing (HPC) at Wake Forest has been a University staple for more than two decades, and the HPC Team oversees the DEAC Cluster, Wake Forest University’s HPC system, 14 departments and more than 500 researchers using the cluster daily.
Training and tutorial sessions have been a regular duty of the HPC Team since the DEAC Cluster’s inception. After years of increased curiosity and high demand from student researchers, the HPC team noted the need for further Cluster instruction. Seven years ago, a collaboration with the computer science department led to the launch of a special topics course to expand on that work.
Read more about HPC in the classroom and on the road with the ‘Student Cluster Competition” on the WFU IS website here.
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