Emails Archive

Jackie Krasas named Dean of the College and Dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences

Dear students, faculty and staff, Following the completion of a national search, we are pleased to announce that Jackie Krasas, Ph.D., will join Wake Forest University as the Dean of the College and Dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. She will begin […]

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MLK’s faith in the future

Dear members of the campus community, As a learned society, and especially here in our academic community, we are driven by a desire to acquire and share knowledge. When he was a graduate student, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. immersed himself in the […]

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Welcome to the Spring 2023 Semester

Dear Wake Forest students, faculty and staff, Today as we launch this new semester, I share my warmest welcome to all who are returning or arriving for the first time to our campuses — whether in Winston-Salem; Charlotte; Washington, D.C; London; Venice; Vienna or elsewhere. […]

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With Gratitude

Dear Wake Foresters, As the holiday weekend approaches and we take a collective deep breath before the conclusion of the semester, I write to express my profound gratitude for our Wake Forest community. In my annual address last week, I shared that we have much […]

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Update on campus climate survey regarding sexual misconduct

We write with an update on the University’s first campus climate survey focused solely on sexual misconduct and related issues, as well as the University’s other efforts surrounding the campus climate during the past year. 

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Corey D.B. Walker named interim Dean of Wake Forest’s School of Divinity

A message to the WFU community from President Susan R. Wente and Provost Michele Gillespie. Dear members of the Wake Forest community, We are pleased to announce that Corey D.B. Walker, Ph.D., M.Div., M.T.S., director of Wake Forest’s African American Studies Program and scholar of […]

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A message from President Wente and Provost Gillespie

Dear members of the Wake Forest community: We write to share the news that on January 1, 2023, Dean Jonathan Lee Walton will assume the presidency of Princeton Theological Seminary. Dean Walton, a social ethicist whose scholarship focuses on evangelical Christianity and its relationship to […]

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Welcome to the new academic year

Dear colleagues,  With the beginning of our new academic year,  I want to start by thanking you for your knowledge, passion and commitment. This time last year, I was new to Wake Forest. A year later, it is even clearer to me that this is […]

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Wake Forest to name campus roads in honor of four trailblazing professors

I am pleased to announce that Wake Forest plans to name four roads on the Reynolda Campus in honor of four trailblazing professors: Elizabeth Phillips, Dolly McPherson, Marjorie “Marge” Crisp and Herman Eure. Each person honored has made an indelible mark on the University — and telling their stories expands the narrative of leadership and excellence at Wake Forest. This news story and short video both provide some of the background on each honoree.

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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 […]

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