Following a national search, Wake Forest University selected Atlanta-based Carter and Winston-Salem based Front Street Capital (C/FSC) to lead a transformative project on 80+ acres of University-owned land surrounding its major sports and entertainment venues. The overall area includes Wake Forest’s intercollegiate Tennis Center, Couch […]
The Leadership Working Group of faculty and staff representatives from around campus initially launched in fall 2023. It has worked through the spring of 2024 to map the objectives of approaches to leadership, character, and integrity from around the campus. The group is working toward […]
After extensive research work performed by a committee of faculty and staff in fall 2023 and a report to the Board of Trustees, Provost Michele Gillespie and Associate Provost Matthew Phillips held consultative briefings with groups around campus during spring 2024: This consultation resulted in […]
Charlotte has both historical and strategic importance for Wake Forest University. Building on decades of business school programs, the powerful partnership with Atrium and Advocate Health and the recent launch of our School of Professional Studies, the university aims to expand its presence in Charlotte […]
Later this month, each school will submit first drafts of unit-specific frameworks. These frameworks are a culmination of an iterative, dynamic process led by each dean. School-level plans will contextualize the University’s strategy in our academic units and organize support for the broader goals in […]
In an effort to fulfill Strategic Aim 3.2, a representative group is being launched to work through various definitions of “partnerships.” These definitions will further enable Wake Forest to align infrastructure for supporting community engagement with best practices for building and sustaining meaningful, mutual partnerships within the areas of […]
The Neuroscience and Society Working Group, one of the teams working to develop distinctive areas of excellence in research at Wake Forest, hosted an interdisciplinary panel on machine learning this week. Panel topics ranged from the co-composing of music with artificial intelligence to a theological […]
Wake Forest University has selected KinderCare Learning Companies for Employers to operate a child care and early education center located in the University Corporate Center (UCC). “KinderCare at Wake Forest University” will primarily serve the families of Wake Forest faculty, staff and students and will […]
In May of 2023, Wake Forest became a member of The Conversation, a non-profit, independent news organization dedicated to sharing the knowledge of academic experts with the public for the common good. The membership gives Wake Forest faculty the opportunity to write articles in […]
The Strategic Framework emphasizes the importance of continuous assessment of progress. To structure this assessment, the Assessment Team has adopted a logic model approach, drawing on this time-tested assessment technique growing out of the public health and sociology fields. The team is creating templates […]