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Go Forth, Be Brave, and Lead with Love

Cheers to the Class of 2025! I hope everyone – newly minted alumni and their families, students, staff, and faculty – are settling in for a quieter week in the wake of our biggest celebrations of the year.  Busy though it is, Commencement Weekend is […]

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2025 Commencement Welcome

It is wonderful to be with you today on this most exciting occasion – and I want to extend a special welcome to your friends, your families, and all of our guests to Wake Forest University.

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A message from President Wente and Provost Gillespie

Dear Wake Forest community, Yesterday, Wake Forest joined a growing list of higher education institutions supporting “A Call for Constructive Engagement.” The statement, organized by the American Association of Colleges and Universities and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, reflects our institutional commitments […]

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Walk with Wente: Oana Jurchescu, PhD

President Wente walks and talks with Dr. Jurchescu about flexible electronics and how they will change the way we interact with technology and improve our lives. They discuss her love of experimental physics research and her love of teaching. She wants her students to “approach every problem in life with the mind of a scientist.”

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