"Susan R. Wente" Archive

Announcing the Strategic Framework Process

In her August blog post, President Susan R. Wente outlines the “why” and “why now” for the university community investing effort in developing the vision for 2034, when WFU will celebrate its 200th anniversary. The structure, timeline and opportunities for engagement are also shared.

Welcome to the new academic year

President Wente portrait

President Susan Wente shared a message with faculty and staff regarding the start of the Fall 2022 semester. In it, she discussed beginning to craft the University’s strategic direction as we look ahead to 2034 when Wake Forest will celebrate its 200th anniversary. Read the full message here »

Updating pandemic protocols

This message is sent on behalf of President Susan R. Wente, Provost Rogan Kersh and Executive Vice President Hof Milam.

Dear Wake Forest community,

With great joy, Wake Forest honored more than 2,100 graduates during Commencement weekend last month. The University returned to its traditional spring celebrations for the first time since 2019, allowing our community to share these moments in memorable ways.

Reaching that milestone did not happen without great sacrifice – more than is typically required for graduates to reach the finish line – from every one of you. Since the beginning of the pandemic, each of us has been stretched and asked to show courage, flexibility and resilience in all aspects of our lives.

For everything that you’ve done, both individually and as part of our Wake Forest community, we want to convey our deepest thanks. Your work has been inspirational and transformative.

In an April blog post, President Wente wrote about embracing change: “It’s how we approach change, not how we avoid it, that will distinguish Wake Forest.” We are positioned well to embrace change in the future in part because of how we have collectively handled so much transformation in the past. In that spirit, we’d like to outline the University’s approaches to the pandemic going forward: Read more

A message from President Wente

President Susan R. Wente shared a message about Atrium Health’s announcement of an exciting plan to join together with Advocate Aurora Health, a leading healthcare organization based in Chicago and Milwaukee. Read her full message here »

Search Committee formed to identify Dean of the College

A search committee has been formed to identify the next Dean of the College, succeeding Michele Gillespie, whose term as Provost begins on July 1, 2022. Tony Marsh, Senior Associate Dean of the Faculty and Professor of Health and Exercise Science, will serve as interim Dean of the College while the search is underway.

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