Walk with Wente: Kristen Beavers, PhD
President Wente walks and talks with Beavers about her work in preventative health, her passion for being a mentor and other topics.
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Telling our Wake Forest story
Last spring with commencement weekend on the horizon, I had lunch with a group of students that included graduating seniors. I asked the seniors to reflect on their time at Wake Forest and what they believed makes Wake Forest distinctive. All of them paused and […]
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A Message from the President and Provost
Dear Members of the University Community: At Wake Forest, world-class scholars teach undergraduate and graduate students every day. Wake Forest teachers and advisors know their students, care about them and serve as mentors, often long after they graduate. Our distinctive educational character is well known […]
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Corey Walker named Dean of the School of Divinity
Dear students, faculty and staff, Following the completion of a national search, we are pleased to announce that Dr. Corey D.B. Walker has been named Dean of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity, effective immediately. Dean Walker is a distinguished scholar of religion and […]
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Framing Our Future
Dear members of the Wake Forest community: We are pleased to present “Framing Our Future,” a strategic framework for Wake Forest University. The Framework and complementary content available at framework.wfu.edu are products of a year-long process that engaged the entire University community in affirming […]
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Welcome to a New Semester
Dear Members of the Wake Forest Community: Happy New Year! The first day of fall semester classes – no matter how we pass the summer months — always feels like a new beginning. With it comes energy, excitement, and a host of new opportunities, […]
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A Framework, a Mirror, a Call to Action
Across time and around the globe, some of the world’s most influential thinkers and writers in history emphasize a timeless notion: being true to oneself. Ancient Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus is often credited with the phrase, “Know thyself,” which was found inscribed on the […]
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A message to our community: Supreme Court affirmative action decision
Dear Wake Forest Community, Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued an opinion in two cases concerning the use of race as a factor in higher education admissions. The Court ruled that race-conscious admission programs at Harvard University and the University of […]
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Three ‘R’s’ for continual learning and improvement
During last month’s commencement festivities, Larry Culp, the chairman and CEO of GE and CEO of GE Aerospace, called on our School of Business graduates to “constantly look to learn and improve and grow … substantively, in ways that really matter.” In the classroom, […]
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Dancing into the summer
As one of our most beloved Wake Foresters Dr. Maya Angelou once said, “Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.” As I reflected last month, perhaps nowhere is this more true than within the confines of our academic community. The predictable, even […]
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