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Arts & Humanities highlights

Arts and humanities are naturally woven into academics at Wake Forest. From a concert to promote environmental conservation and a student art buying trip to a Musicircus and an interdisciplinary symposium on biotechnology, students enjoyed opportunities to learn through a variety of lenses during the 2012-2013 academic year.

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The best of community, campus life

What’s it like at to live at Wake Forest? One way to find out is to look at the many ways students, faculty and staff build community. Its people are committed to making the world a better place on campus, within the community and beyond. Check out these highlights from the past school year.

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Diversity makes a difference

From marking milestones in Wake Forest’s history to celebrating the current cultural diversity on campus, Faces of Courage provided a framework during the 2012-2013 academic year for showing Wake Forest’s ongoing commitment to diversity.

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4Good: Deacons give to those in need

From Columbia, S.C., to San Diego, Calif., Wake Forest alumni joined forces with their local communities May 31-June 3 to restore parks, plant fruits and vegetables, and collect food for the hungry. The national push to give back to the various places Demon Deacons call home was part of the second annual Pro Humanitate Days or 4Good.

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Advancing surgery-free treatment

High-intensity strength training may help older individuals manage knee pain due to debilitating knee osteoarthritis. A new study at Wake Forest is developing a surgery-free and effective option to treat knee pain and loss of mobility associated with knee osteoarthritis.

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Commencement Weekend 2013

» Commencement news website
» Ifill: 'Care about something'
» President Hatch addresses graduates
» Commencement photos
» Baccalaureate photos
» Commencement time lapse
» Baccalaureate time lapse
» Faculty & staff retirees
» Commencement audio slideshow
» Baccalaureate audio slideshow
» Senior profiles
» Senior orations
» Senior video

Focus on the Forest

A visual celebration of Wake Forest's vibrant campus. See the photoblog »

» Wake Forest on Flickr


Alumni spotlight

» Shane Harris ('98) on moving to Foreign Policy magazine
» Remembering Will D. Campbell ('48, L.H.D. '84) — preacher, writer, crusader


Rodney Rogers



» Watch the story of Rodney Rogers, the paralyzed WFU basketball legend, presented by the ACC »


About the University

Offering the personal attention of a small liberal arts college, coupled with the breadth and global relevancy of a leading research institution, Wake Forest claims the distinction of being the nation's premier collegiate university. Wake Forest is consistently ranked among the top 25 universities in the nation. Our mission is to educate the whole person, graduating students who seek purpose-filled lives while building a community dedicated to serving humanity in the spirit of our motto, Pro Humanitate.

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