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For Wake Forest’s Class of 2022, tomorrow is more important than yesterday
May 17, 2022 | Commencement, Top Stories
On a beautiful, sunny, spring day, more than 2,200 Wake Forest University graduates and their families filled Hearn Plaza to celebrate commencement.
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WFU celebrates with ‘grateful hearts and renewed hope’
May 18, 2021 | Commencement, Top Stories
Commencement 2021 was a graduation like no other. The usual outdoor celebration’s move to Joel Coliseum and Truist Field were different, but the happy smiles and proud grads and families remained the same.
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Wake Forest to celebrate Class of 2021 at Truist Field
May 5, 2021 | Commencement, Events, Top Stories
Wake Forest will recognize the Class of 2021 on May 16 at Truist Field. The event for undergraduates includes three featured speakers. Their talks will be shared virtually at various times throughout the celebration.
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Biden gave WFU commencement address in 2009
January 20, 2021 | Commencement, Speakers, Top Stories
Twelve years ago, Joe Biden was the first sitting Vice President to give Wake Forest University’s commencement address. Biden spoke to the class of 2009 on May 18 on Hearn Plaza.
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WFU to celebrate conferring of degrees for Class of 2020
May 13, 2020 | Commencement, Events, Top Stories, University Announcement
On Monday, May 18, at 7 p.m. (EST), Wake Forest University will hold a Conferring of Degrees ceremony for the Class of 2020.
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Wake Forest Class of 2019: Be ‘seekers and stewards of the truth’
May 20, 2019 | Commencement, Events, Top Stories
Nearly 2,000 graduates and their friends and family members filled Hearn Plaza on Monday, May 20, for Wake Forest’s 2019 Commencement ceremony. Cloud cover and a light breeze in the early morning gave way to warm temperatures and bright sun for the nearly 11,000 attending the celebration.
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Traffic detours for May 20 Wake Forest commencement
May 16, 2019 | Commencement, Events, Top Stories
Wake Forest University will be closed to through traffic for its commencement ceremony Monday, May 20, from 5:30 a.m. until the ceremony ends around noon. Frederick J. Ryan Jr., publisher and chief executive officer of The Washington Post, will deliver the commencement address to nearly 1,900 graduates.
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Media arrangements: WFU commencement
May 10, 2019 | Commencement, Events, Top Stories
Frederick J. Ryan Jr., publisher and chief executive officer of The Washington Post, will deliver Wake Forest University’s commencement address on Monday, May 20. The ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. on Hearn Plaza.
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Commencement story ideas from Wake Forest
May 2, 2019 | Commencement, Events, Top Stories
Frederick J. Ryan Jr., publisher and chief executive officer of The Washington Post, will deliver Wake Forest University’s commencement address on Monday, May 20. The ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. on Hearn Plaza.
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Class of 2018 encouraged to ‘Choose to Lead’
May 21, 2018 | Commencement, Events, Top Stories
A crowd of almost 13,000 gathered on Hearn Plaza to celebrate the accomplishments of Wake Forest University’s Class of 2018 on Monday, May 21. Nearly 1,900 graduates received their diplomas, flipped their tassels and began the next chapter of their lives as alumni.
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