2024-25 Wake Forest Fellows announced
Eleven 2024 grads will return to their alma mater as Wake Forest Fellows. They will work throughout the campus community, including in the offices of the Provost, Campus Life and the Dean of the College.
Since 2008, the Wake Forest Fellows program has provided exceptional Wake Forest College graduates with the opportunity to work in higher education administration for a year. Each fellow is serving as a full-time Wake Forest staff member, starting July 1. In addition to working with top administrators, the fellows will participate in leadership activities and interact with faculty, staff and students to learn about the inner workings of higher education.
The Wake Forest Fellows for 2024-25 are:
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Wake Forest email use policy
As part of the University’s commitment to enhancing security and ensuring the safety of our campus community’s data and resources, the recently established “Email Use Policy” outlines the permitted uses of faculty and staff “@wfu.edu” email accounts.
This policy serves to formalize and reinforce secure digital habits and practices. To review the policy, visit the website here.
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A message from WFU administration
This message was emailed to the community on May 1. Responses to Frequently Asked Questions have been added following the original message.
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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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.
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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 winner of the Accessibility Champion Award. 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.
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