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Jackie Sheridan named director of the Wake Forest Scholars Program

Wake Forest welcomes Jackie Sheridan as the new director of the Wake Forest Scholars Program. She comes to Wake from Vanderbilt University, where she spent the past two years as the Associate Director of Post-Baccalaureate Opportunities. She has also been the Senior Program Manager for the Pickering Fellowship at the Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars, and she has an extensive background in interdisciplinary subjects in higher education.

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A message from President Hatch

Dear Wake Forest community, Today, local law enforcement released video footage related to the death of John Neville, and our community is once again hurting as we grieve anew the loss of Mr. Neville, another Black man who died of injuries suffered while in law […]

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WFDD bucks national trends

88.5 WFDD, the NPR-affiliate station licensed to Wake Forest University and serving 32 counties in the Piedmont and High Country of North Carolina, is reporting audience growth, despite pandemic-related interruptions to listening habits. Shutdowns and changes to work structure due to the coronavirus pandemic […]

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Update on fall reopening procedures

This message is sent on behalf of Provost Rogan Kersh and Vice President of Student Life Penny Rue: Dear Colleagues, Deep thanks for your extraordinary efforts to prepare for the semester ahead. We write with an update to our reopening plans. As you are aware, […]

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WFDD launches Virtual Community Conversations series

88.5 WFDD is launching a series of Virtual Community Conversations, kicking off with “Race and The White Ally Toolkit,” featuring Dr. David Campt, nationally renowned public speaker, dialogue facilitator, author and the founder of “The White Ally Toolkit,” a workbook to teach white allies how to participate in effective discourse about race. Campt has spent the last 25 years coaching white people on communication skills to combat racism.

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Survey for WFU faculty/staff with school-age children

Human Resources has heard concerns about the recent Winston-Salem / Forsyth County Schools (WS/FCS) announcement to move to virtual learning for the first nine weeks of the school year. We understand colleagues with children in other school districts are grappling with similar challenges and uncertainties. Imprints Cares, the largest provider of before- and after-school care in Forsyth County, will use the interest survey linked above to measure faculty and staff interest in enrolling their school-age children in an e-learning enrichment center and childcare program. Results of this survey will help inform possible locations and whether a program for only Wake Forest families is feasible.

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