Wake Forest Like You’ve Never Seen It Before

While we’re working offsite this week, we thought it might be fun to bring you a look back at how Wake Forest has changed over the years.

Think about the first time you saw Wake Forest’s campus – and fix that image in your mind for a moment.

Now keep that image in mind as you peruse the following archival images of the campus – both the old one in the town of Wake Forest, and on our current campus.

You remember that old ad slogan, “you’ve come a long way, baby”?   That seems rather fitting here when you look at these old images.

Drawing of the old campus from 1850

Photo of the old campus from 1920

The town of Wake Forest from the 1950s

The grounds that would become Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, before any buildings were built

An early view of the campus in Winston-Salem

Aerial shot from the 1960s

And a programming note: WFU’s own Emily James (’14) is still in the running on the Fox TV show So You Think You Can Dance.  I received this email from a young alumna (and friend of Emily’s) thanking us for spreading the word and for people voting for her.  Here’s your reminder to watch tomorrow night – and VOTE EMILY!

I wanted to personally thank you for pushing out support for Emily James.  I know she appreciates it and every little bit helps.  She is still in the competition and will be competing again this week on Wednesday night at 8/7c so keep doing what you’re doing!  I did want to share some links with you in case you needed some other materials to post: