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Happy Monday, Wake Forest parents!  It’s beginning to look like the end of the semester and students are probably thinking about tests and papers and prepping for Post-Exams (Beach Week) and ultimately about coming home for the summer. As it begins to dawn on them […]


How to Enjoy a Fine WF Day

Today is the second Campus Day for Accepted Students, and so we’ll welcome another 400+ families to campus so their accepted students can either rejoice in their decision to attend or get one last look at Wake Forest (and their remaining options) before finally committing. […]


Recap of Woodruff-Hunt Voices of Our Time Event

Lastnight was the Voices of Our Time event on politics and Washington with journalists (and WFU parents) Judy Woodruff of PBS NewsHour and Al Hunt of Bloomberg News.  It was a lively 65 minute event, with President Nathan O. Hatch interviewing the couple for […]


Michelle Obama Is Outside the Mag Room

And I have photographic proof. OK, so it isn’t really her, it’s a life-size cutout of her holding an invitation to tonight’s Voices of Our Time event.  Voices of Our Time is a speaker series where we bring national and international thought leaders […]


Campus Day for Accepted Students – Part 1

This morning is Campus Day for accepted students.  Over 400 families are scheduled to be on campus today, and there will be an equal number (or maybe even more) at Campus Day next Friday. Other than Commencement, Campus Day is one of the best days […]


Big News on Campus

The big news on campus yesterday was that our provost, Jill Tiefenthaler, will leave Wake Forest at the end of June to become president of Colorado College.  In a university structure, the provost is the chief academic officer.  Deans of individual schools of the university […]


LENS Applications Still Being Accepted

Parents – we spend most of our time on the Parents’ Page talking about your current WFU students.  However, for those of you who have high school students, there is a summer opportunity that might be a wonderful fit for them. LENS  is a […]


A Day Without Shoes

Today is going to be a gorgeous day on campus. Should be in the low 80s by afternoon, sunny and wonderful. The downside to all of the good weather is that the pollen is starting to come out, and clumps of the stuff from the […]


One of the Best Walks on Campus

It’s spring on campus and while it has perhaps been a little chillier than one might like these past few days, it’s still a lovely time of year. One of the experiences that students tend to enjoy is a walk through the path behind […]


Art and Campus

The arts are an essential and vibrant part of Wake Forest’s campus.  There are a number of important visual art collections on campus, and if you aren’t on campus to be able to see some of these pieces, fear not: they are also online.


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