Wake Will: The Campaign for Wake Forest hits half-billion dollar mark
Wake Will: The Campaign for Wake Forest has reached the half-billion dollar mark two years earlier than projected.Categories: Transformative Giving, University Announcements
Wake Will: The Campaign for Wake Forest has reached the half-billion dollar mark two years earlier than projected.Media Advisory: New Presidential Chairs to support health care, business and conservation
Categories: Transformative Giving, University Announcements
Presidential Chairs announced
Five new Presidential Chairs to recruit, retain and reward outstanding faculty who embody the teacher-scholar ideal have been announced by Wake Forest University.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, Transformative Giving, University Announcements
Couch donates $4 million to athletics
David Couch ('84), a Wake Forest alumnus and former football and baseball player, has committed $4 million in support of the Wake Forest baseball program and Sports Performance Center.Categories: Alumni, Athletics, Transformative Giving
A ‘Best Value’ Once Again
Wake Forest is again one of the nation’s “Best Value” colleges and universities according to The Princeton Review. The rating uses a unique 'Return-on-Education' (ROE) rating that measures 40 data points including academics, graduation rates and salaries.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Transformative Giving, University Announcements
Making international study a priority
Wake Forest University ranks third among doctoral U.S. colleges and universities in the percentage of students studying abroad, according to the Open Doors report recently published by the Institute of International Education.Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Transformative Giving
Project Pumpkin: Carrying on tradition
More than 450 student volunteers welcomed children from nearly 25 local agencies to campus Wednesday afternoon for Project Pumpkin, Wake Forest’s annual student-run Halloween festival. Categories: Alumni, Campus Life, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, Transformative Giving, University Announcements
An investment in wellbeing
John Marbach found that accepting a $100,000 entrepreneurship grant to skip college and start a business took an unexpected toll on his wellbeing. He returned to Wake Forest with a deep appreciation for the University's efforts to double down on transforming wellbeing for the entire campus community.Categories: Campus Life, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Transformative Giving, University Announcements, Wellbeing
A dynamic hub for wellbeing
On Sept. 5, Wake Forest will break ground on The Sutton Center, a two-story addition to Reynolds Gym that marks the first of three planned phases to transform the historic building into a dynamic hub for campus-wide wellbeing.Categories: Alumni, Campus Life, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Transformative Giving, University Announcements, Wellbeing
Priceless opportunities: $400M and counting
Thanks to the largest fundraising year in University history, Wake Will: The Campaign for Wake Forest has raised more than $402 million of the $600 million Reynolda Campus goal, making it possible for students like Sarah Millsaps ('16) to say "yes" to Wake Forest.Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, Transformative Giving