Welcome to the Forest.
We have completed the major elements of our plans to reopen for the Fall 2020 semester.
Our intent is to create a path forward which prioritizes the health of our community, maintains flexibility and delivers an exceptional education to our students.
Please see the 🔗 in our profile for more details, dates and deadlines. wakefo.rest/ourwayforward
Somewhere over the rainbow. #MotherSoDear #WakeTheArts // 🎨 by Ariana Yu (‘23) @arinayuayy
On June 13, 18 local artists teamed up to paint a mural spelling out “End Racism Now #BLM" on Main Street in front of City Hall in downtown Winston-Salem. Among those artists was rising #WFU senior Chloe Beatty (’21). She was assisted by her sister Monet Beatty (’20).
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Chloe was selected to design the “M” and her work is entitled “Reimagining the Black Barcode”. According to Chloe, “These bars symbolize our new code to financial freedom and the eradication of systematic oppression. Support Black-owned businesses.”
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The Winston-Salem Community Mural Project is a collaborative, grassroots public art project inspired by the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Eighteen local artists, and the Women's Committee of Stagehands Local 635, helped create the mural. The overall mural project was organized by Rasheeda Shankle in partnership with @cityofwinstonsalem, The Minister’s Conference Winston-Salem Vicinity, @artscouncilwsfc, @triadculture, Honorable Youth, and community leaders Joshua Mack, Chelsea Jones, Casey Jones and Larry "LB the Poet" Barron.
Drone video by @flowchildentertainment
#WakeTheArts #WSNC #DTWS #GoDeacs
h/t @wfunow
#MotherSoDear would like to wish all of the Deac dads, granddads and father figures a #FathersDay unrivaled by any. 🎩💛
Listed above are the known names of some of the enslaved individuals who helped to build, maintain and were sold to benefit the original campus in the town of Wake Forest, North Carolina.
Wake Forest University’s Slavery, Race and Memory Project has published a collection of essays that examine the institution of slavery and its ties to the University. The full collection is online at the link in our profile.
To Stand With And For Humanity: Essays from the Wake Forest University Slavery, Race and Memory Project contains essays written by Wake Forest faculty and administrators. It also includes President Nathan O. Hatch’s apology for the institution’s participation in and benefit from slavery and remarks from Dean of @wakediv Jonathan L. Walton.
Image from slide one: A list of expenses from the first college catalog, including the “Servant’s hire” fee.
Image from slide three: A college account book entry from 1835 showing payments for rented enslaved workers.
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#Juneteenth is the oldest nationally-celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. The Triad’s annual Juneteenth Festival will be held virtually this year. Join the celebration on Saturday, June 20 from 3-5 pm on the @triadculture Facebook & YouTube, Spectrum Channel 13 and U-verse Channel 99. More information at the link in our profile. // 📸 via @innovationquarter
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Congratulations to Matt James (‘14) on being cast as #TheBachelor!🌹 He’s making history as the first Black lead on @bachelorabc. James is a former @wakefootball wide receiver who went on to found @abcfoodtours. ABC creates experiential learning opportunities for children from underserved areas of NYC in the form of food tours. The tours also incorporate physical and mental wellness. #GoDeacs #ProHumanitate
Photos 3-4 by @joemartinez for @wakeforestmagazine. Read their story on Matt James and ABC from 2019 at the link in our profile. wakefo.rest/2IEijcH
❝It is our intent to reopen Wake Forest’s campus with confidence this fall. More than anything, I want to see our campus filled with life & learning — the way it was intended.❞ ― President Nathan O. Hatch
On-campus undergraduate courses will begin on August 26 and run through November 24. Students will return home for Thanksgiving and not return to campus until the start of the spring term.
Concluding academic activity, including final exams, will be conducted remotely from November 30 to December 18.
@wfulawschool will have a slightly different schedule, beginning classes on August 17 and concluding all on-campus activity by November 24.
Any other slight deviations to graduate and professional school calendars will be communicated by degree program leaders.
We also anticipate forgoing a fall break this year; Reynolda Campus students and faculty will be asked to limit travel outside the local area in accordance with forthcoming guidelines to help preserve the health of our community.
We will announce our full plans for how we intend to do so by June 30. Read more at the 🔗 in our profile or at ourwayforward.wfu.edu
At Wake Forest, we are working to address, however imperfectly, our own issues regarding race, marginalization and barriers to the full educational experience.
Please see the link in our profile for today’s full message with updates and next steps from President Hatch.
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“We cannot ignore injustice or wish away racism and bigotry. Now more than ever, we must confront hatred and uphold one another in times of great division and inequity.” - President Nathan O. Hatch
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