Journalist Scott Pelley tells graduates ‘Your country needs you’
In a speech filled with urgency and hope, award-winning '60 Minutes' journalist and author Scott Pelley delivered a powerful commencement message to Wake Forest University's Class of 2025, telling them, “Your country needs you.” “America works well when we listen to those with whom we disagree and when we listen and when we have common…Categories: Happening at Wake
A crowd of nearly 13,000 gathered Monday on Hearn Plaza to honor the accomplishments of more than 2,000 graduates in Wake Forest University’s Class of 2024. The sun and comfortable 70-degree temperatures created a serene backdrop for the commencement celebration. Students gathered on nearby Manchester Plaza before the procession, sharing last-minute hugs and reflecting on their memories and experiences over the past four years.
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.
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.
Wake Forest University's 2018 commencement ceremony will take place as originally scheduled on Hearn Plaza tomorrow, May 21, at 9 a.m.
Wake Forest University will be closed to through traffic for its commencement ceremony Monday, May 21, from 5:30 a.m. until the ceremony ends around noon.
Members of the media are invited to attend Wake Forest University’s commencement ceremony Monday, May 21. Carla Harris, vice chairman, managing director and senior client advisor at Morgan Stanley, will deliver the commencement address to nearly 1,900 graduates.
During his commencement speech at Wake Forest, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and presidential historian Jon Meacham told the class of 2017 to reflect on the past, but also challenged them to “make history.”
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and presidential historian Jon Meacham will deliver Wake Forest University’s commencement address on Monday, May 15. The commencement ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. on Hearn Plaza.
New First Destination data collected by the Office of Personal and Career Development show that 98 percent of the Wake Forest undergraduate class of 2016 are either employed or in graduate school (based on a 91 percent knowledge rate).