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Shenette to speak at SAC meeting Wednesday, Jan. 14

A Staff Advisory Council meeting is scheduled for Wed., Jan. 14 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. in Benson 401. The featured guest will be John Shenette, AVP for Facilities. As a member of WFU’s senior staff, Shenette oversees areas such as construction management and planning; facilities renovations; […]


Landscaping changes and tree removal updates

Over the winter break, Facilities and Campus Services began renovation of the courtyards to the east and west sides of the Hearn Plaza entrance to Wait Chapel. Work, which began on Dec. 15 is scheduled for completion on Jan. 16. Overgrown shrubbery, which was causing damage to […]


Wake Forest hires August Vernon as Emergency Manager

August Vernon has been named Wake Forest’s inaugural, full-time emergency manager. He begins his new role today, Jan. 5. Vernon was most recently the operations officer at the Forsyth County Office of Emergency Management. He brings more than 24 years of varied public safety service […]


Construction underway on Worrell Hall

Temporary fencing is in place on Carroll Weathers Drive near Worrell Hall as construction begins on a three-story addition — soon to be the new home for Wake Forest’s Department of Health and Exercise Science (HES). The construction, which started on the west side […]


Computing network maintenance scheduled for Jan. 3

On Saturday, Jan. 3, between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m, Information Systems will perform maintenance on the computing network. Between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m., the wireless network will be unavailable. Between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., there will be sporadic wired and wireless network outages. […]


Wake Forest celebrates partnership with Suzhou High School

In November, members of Wake Forest University traveled to Suzhou, China, to celebrate a partnership between the Wake Forest Advantage program and Suzhou High School of Jiangsu Province. Suzhou High School collaborated with the University for the first implementation of Wake Forest Advantage — an on-the-ground curriculum program created to help prepare international […]

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