Wake Forest University
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| Motto | Pro Humanitate (For Humanity) |
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| Established | February 3, 1834 |
| Type | Private |
| Endowment | $1 billion (As of 5/2006) |
| President | Nathan Hatch |
| Faculty | 636, excluding medical school |
| Undergraduates | 4,255 |
| Location | Winston-Salem, NC,, USA |
| Campus | Suburban, 340 acres[1] |
| Colors | Old Gold and Black |
| Nickname | Demon Deacons |
| Mascot | The Demon Deacon |
| Affiliations | ACC |
| Website | www.wfu.edu |
Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational university located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
The Reynolda Campus, the university's main campus, is located north of downtown Winston-Salem, and the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center campus is located in downtown Winston-Salem. The University also occupies lab space at the Bowman Grey Technical Center.
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[edit] History
What would become Wake Forest University was founded after the North Carolina Baptist State Convention purchased a 600-acre plantation from Dr. Calvin Jones in an area north of Raleigh (Wake County) called the "Forest of Wake". The new school, designed to teach both Baptist ministers and laymen, opened February 3, 1834, as the Wake Forest Manual Labor Institute, so called because students and staff were required to spend half of each day doing manual labor on the plantation. Dr. Samuel Wait, a Baptist minister, was selected as the "principal," later president, of the institute.[2] In 1839, it was renamed Wake Forest College, and the manual labor system was abandoned. The town that grew up around the college came to be called the town of Wake Forest. In 1862, during the American Civil War, the school closed due to the loss of most students and some faculty to service in the Confederate States Army. The College re-opened in 1866 and prospered over the next four decades under the leadership of presidents Washington M. Wingate, Thomas H. Pritchard, and Charles Taylor. In 1894, the School of Law was established, followed by the School of Medicine in 1902. The university held its first summer session in 1921. The leading college figure in the early 20th century was Dr. William L. Poteat, a gifted biologist and the first layman to be elected president in the College’s history. “Dr. Billy” continued to promote growth, hired many outstanding professors, and expanded the science curriculum. He also stirred upheaval among North Carolina Baptists with his strong support of teaching the theory of evolution but eventually won formal support from the Baptist State Convention for academic freedom at the College.
The School of Medicine moved to Winston-Salem (then North Carolina's second-largest city) in 1941 and became the Bowman Gray School of Medicine. The following year, 1942, Wake Forest admitted its first female undergraduate students, after World War II dramatically depleted the pool of male students. In 1946, as a result of large gifts from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, the entire college agreed to move to Winston-Salem, a move that was completed for the beginning of the fall 1956 term. Charles and Mary Babcock (daughter of R.J. Reynolds) donated the college about 350 acres of fields and woods at "Reynolda", their estate. [3] The old campus in Wake Forest was sold to the Baptist State Convention to establish the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
A graduate studies program was inaugurated in 1961, and in 1967 the school became the fully accredited Wake Forest University. The Babcock Graduate School of Management was established in 1969.
The James R. Scales Fine Arts Center opened in 1979. In 1995, the business school was renamed the Wayne Calloway School of Business and Accountancy, while in 1997 the medical school was renamed the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. A divinity school was added in 1999.[4]
The thirteenth president of Wake Forest is Dr. Nathan O. Hatch, former provost at the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Hatch was officially installed as president on October 20, 2005. He assumed office on July 1, 2005, succeeding Dr. Thomas K. Hearn, Jr., who retired after twenty-two years in office.
[edit] Academics
In the past twenty years, the university has produced eleven Rhodes Scholars [5] and numerous Marshall and Fulbright recipients.
[edit] Undergraduate
Wake Forest's undergraduate component consists of Wake Forest College, the undergraduate school of arts and sciences, and the Wayne Calloway School of Business and Accountancy. The university offers 34 majors and many interdisciplinary minors across many fields of study. In order to attend the Wayne Calloway School, students must make a special applications to its program. The Calloway School offers a 5 year accountancy program whereby a student earns an MS in Accountancy and their CPA after 5 years of combined undergraduate and graduate study.
In order to graduate a Wake Forest student must finish a basic set of classes and a set of divisional classes. The basic set of classes including a first year seminar, a writing seminar, health and PE classes, and foreign language literature. The latter usually requires students to take additional languages classes first.
Approximately 89 percent of Wake Forest professors hold the terminal degree in their field. Wake Forest professors are expected to excel in both teaching and scholarship.
[edit] Graduate
Wake Forest University offers a wide-variety of graduate programs in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
Wake Forest also has professional schools:
[edit] Rankings
In the 2007 U.S. News America's Best Colleges report, Wake Forest was ranked 30th in terms of quality of undergraduate education. In the 2006 BusinessWeek Undergraduate Business Schools Rankings, the Calloway School of Business and Accountancy was ranked 24th. According to the Institute of International Education 2006 Report on International Educational Exchange, Wake Forest was ranked 4th in undergraduate participation in study-abroad programs among doctoral/research universities. In 2003, The Princeton Review listed Wake Forest as one of the "Most Connected Campuses" in the United States.
[edit] Presidential Debates
Twice the school has hosted presidential debates. The first, between then-Vice President George H.W. Bush and Governor Michael Dukakis, took place in Wait Chapel on September 25, 1988. The second matched then-Governor George W. Bush against Vice President Al Gore on October 11, 2000.
[edit] Student life
[edit] Fraternities and Sororities
Wake Forest has a very strong Greek presence. Roughly 50% of the female population and 40% of the male population are members of fraternities and sororities
[edit] Physical Activity Options
Wake Forest offers a vast array of possibilities for physical activity be it for recreation or health. The University offers classes in Yoga, Dance, Boot Camp, and etc. Classes can also be taking for credit to learn certain sports and how to dance.
Intramural Sports are also extremely popular and take place for a variety of sports, depending on the season.
[edit] Dining Facilities
Every Wake Forest undergraduate student is required to to sign up for a meal plan in coordination with Aramark. The meals can be used in the main dining facility known as "The Pit" or the Magnolia Room, both of which are located at Reynolda Hall, in the center of the campus. At the neighboring Benson center students can buy food and snacks independent of their meal plan from Aramark or from Chick-fil-a or Pizza hut. A Subway is also located on campus, off of Hearn Plaza.
Recently, in the fall of 2005, Aramark, through its Fresh Foods Company, renovated "The Pit" in an attempt to improve the quality of the dining experience. The newly renovated area contains a variety a food stations with a "cooked upon order" service.
[edit] Student Media
Wake Forest University's school newspaper is the Old Gold & Black (OGB), named for the school's colors. Published weekly from an office in Benson University Center, the Old Gold & Black is produced by a group of student editors, reporters and photographers.
The school television channel is Wake-TV. Its feature television show is the weekly edition Wake-TV News.
The Student is a student run website created and run by students to help integrate the student body to academic activities and social events around campus and the Winston-Salem area.
The Howler is the annual yearbook.
WAKE Radio is a student run internet radio station. Students regularly broadcast shows ranging from political talk shows to underground indie music hours. Listen to it at: [[6]]
[edit] Wake Forest Undergraduate Student Housing
[edit] Athletics
Originally the Wake Forest team was known as the Deacons, due to its association with the Baptist Convention (from which it later separated itself). However, in 1941, after a particularly good win against the Duke Blue Devils, a newspaper reporter wrote that the Deacons "fought like Demons," giving rise to the current team name, the "Demon Deacons."
Wake Forest has won a total of seven national championships in three different sports. Wake Forest is sometimes referred to as being a part of "Tobacco Road" or the Big Four, terms that refer to the four North Carolina schools that compete heatedly against each other within the ACC; these include Duke, North Carolina, and North Carolina State, as well as Wake Forest.
Both the current head basketball coach, Skip Prosser, formerly of Xavier, and football coach, Jim Grobe, were signed to ten-year contracts in 2003. The Athletics Director is Ron Wellman.
[edit] Football
The Demon Deacons participate in the NCAA's Division I (I-A for football) and in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Wake Forest was ranked in the Top 25 in the nation by the AP Poll during most of the 2006 season, and part of the 2005 season. Wake Forest won the 2006 ACC Atlantic Division Title and the 2006 ACC Conference Championship by defeating Georgia Tech 9-6 on December 2. This win will send Wake Forest to the Orange Bowl. The Deacons and Coach Jim Grobe are widely considered to be an emerging power in the ACC. Of all schools that play Division I-A football, only Rice and Tulsa have smaller undergraduate enrollments. Wake Forest plays its home football games in Groves Stadium.
[edit] Men's Basketball
Wake Forest is generally regarded as a competitive program in men's basketball, frequently qualifying for the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship (20 times in the school's history). The men's basketball team has made 16 straight postseason appearances (through their NIT appearance in 2006), the longest such streak in the ACC. They reached the Final Four once, in 1962. The school's famous basketball alumni include Billy Packer, a guard on the 1962 Final Four team who became far more famous as a basketball broadcaster; Tyrone Curtis "Muggsy" Bogues, the shortest player ever to play in the NBA; Dallas Mavericks star Josh Howard; Chris Paul of the New Orleans Hornets; and two-time league MVP and three-time NBA Finals MVP Tim Duncan. Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum is the home venue for the Demon Deacons basketball team.
[edit] Women's Field Hockey
Recent athletic honors include three consecutive NCAA Field Hockey national championships in 2002, 2003, and 2004 under Head Coach Jennifer Averill.
[edit] Other
Wake Forest has had several successful golf teams, winning national championships in 1974, 1975 and 1986. Several well-known players include Arnold Palmer, Lanny Wadkins, Jay Haas, Curtis Strange and Scott Hoch.
Wake Forest won the national championship in baseball in 1955.
[edit] Screamin' Demons
Student attendance of Wake Forest Football and Basketball games is high, in part due to the program known as "Screamin' Demons". At the beginning of each respective atheletic season students can sign up for the program whereby they pay $30 dollars in return for a tie dye t-shirt and card that serves as an automatic pass to the sporting events. They lose this privilege if they miss two of the games. This encourages game attendance. Basketball game seats in the students section, especially against a rival, can be extremely difficult to attain without participating in the Screamin' Demon program. At those high profile games, Screamin' Demons are assured a seat, and they often camp out through the night (against rain and freezing temperature) to get the best seats in the house (which is assigned by order of showing up at the ticket gate).
[edit] Student Organizations
There are over 160 chartered student organizations of all sorts. Student sports organizations such as RUCKUS (ultimate team) are highly visible. Special interest organizations range from the academic, such the Model United Nations team, to the artistic, such as the handbell choir. In spring of 2006, the Mock Trial team was notable in qualifying for the national tournament while only in its 2nd year in operation. Religious organizations are also numerous. Both the College Republicans and College Democrats have active chapters at the University. Historic student organizations the Philomathesians, an artistic literary magazine.
The Office of Student Development, led by Michael Ford, son of Gerald R. Ford, oversees all student organizations. Student Development also organizes leadership oriented student activities such as LEAD, a semester long course in campus leadership.
[edit] Volunteer Service Corp
The Volunteer Service Corp (VSC) is one of the most popular student organizations. It coordinates volunteering in both the local and international/national setting via service projects and trips. The organization has annual service trips to Russia, Vietnam, and Latin America. In light of the disaster caused by Hurricane Katrina, VSC sent 30 Wake Students on a Wake Alternative Spring Break in the Spring of 2006.
[edit] A capella Groups
Wake Forest has a number of vibrant A capella groups that produce annual records and have popular performances on and off of campus. They include:
- Chi Rho - award winning all male Christian group
- Inneundo - mixed gender group intent on bringing "hotness" to music
- Plead the Fifth - all male group
- Minor Variation - all female Christian group
- Demon Divas - all female group
[edit] Technology
Wake Forest has received praise for its efforts in the field of technology. In 2003, The Princeton Review listed it as the number two "Most Connected Campus" in the United States. The University's Information Systems (IS) department has a program that issues new Lenovo laptop computers to all undergraduate and graduate students and faculty as well as Hewlett-Packard color printers to undergraduate students. High speed wireless and wired Internet access is now provided across campus. For undergraduate students living on campus, the university provides Resident Technology Advisors (RTAs), undergraduate students who also live on campus, trained to aid students with technical help for their laptops.
Information Systems, in cooperations with high technology firms like IBM, Cingular and HP, also actively engage in technology testing with members of the student body. These selected students participate through either co-payment or leasing plans in experimental uses of technology in education and college life through IS Research and Development. The most recent program of this type is called MobileU and provides students involved in the program with PDA/phone combos and softare to support educational and personal activities.
The University is a founding member of WinstonNet, a non-profit organization of educational and municipal institutions in Winston-Salem, NC that among other things provides a gigabit ethernet based regional point of presence (or, rPOP) for the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN).
Wake Forest University provides faculty with access to high performance computing efforts locally with the WFU DEAC cluster and statewide with its participation in the NC Grid Computing Initiative. The statewide efforts are coordinated through the non-profit organization MCNC
[edit] University Campuses
[edit] Reynolda Campus
The Reynolda Campus is the main campus for Wake Forest University, housing the undergraduate colleges, three of the four graduate schools, and about half the Graduate school of Arts & Sciences. The core of Reynolda campus are the two interlinked quads, separated by the main administrative building/main dining faciilty, Reynolda Hall, into North and South Campus.
North Campus consists of the T.K. Hearn Plaza, better known as "the quad" which holds the six upperclassmen residential buildings, the UPS Store, Subway store, book/office supply store, clothing/athletic store, and Wait Chapel. Wait Chapel serves multiple functions. Its auditorium serves as an area for prayer, ceremonies, concerts, and certain guest speakers. The classrooms at Wait Chapel house the offices and classrooms for the Divinity School and the Religion Department.
South Campus is the home of Manchester Quad (formerly known as the Magnolia Quad or Mag quad). It holds freshman housing, most of the classroom buildings, the Benson Center, and the Z. Smith Reynolds Library.
[edit] Bowman Gray Campus
Known as the Bowman Gray Campus, a large hospital and medical center are located away from the Reynolda Campus in the Ardmore neighborhood near downtown Winston-Salem. This combined facility is now known as the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, and is currently the largest employer in Forsyth County. The facility is comprised of the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, formerly known as the Bowman Gray School of Medicine, North Carolina Baptist Hospital, and Wake Forest University Physicians.
[edit] Bowman Gray Technical Center
In 2003, the Bowman Gray Technical Center (BGTC), a third, smaller, campus opened near the main campus. This campus is the administrative base for the Wake Forest University Center for Structural Biology, and the physical location for seven of the sixteen faculty members comprising the Center.
[edit] Presidents
- Samuel Wait (1834-1845)
- William Hooper (1845-1848)
- John B. White (1848-1853)
- Washington M. Wingate (acting 1854-1856, president 1856-1862, 1866-1879)
- Thomas H. Pritchard (1879-1882)
- Charles E. Taylor (1884-1905)
- William L. Poteat (1905-1927)
- Francis Pendleton Gaines (1927-1930)
- Thurman D. Kitchin (1930-1950)
- Harold W. Tribble (1950-1967)
- James R. Scales (1967-1983)
- Thomas K. Hearn, Jr. (1983-2005)
- Nathan O. Hatch (2005-present)
[edit] Notable Faculty
- John Andronica, Classical Languages
- Maya Angelou, English
- Terry Baker, Accountancy
- John Baxley, Mathematics (Emeritus)
- Deborah Best, Psychology, Dean of the College
- Rhoda Billings, Law (Emeritus)
- Thomas Brister, Political Science
- David Coates, Political Science
- John Dinan, Political Science
- Paul Escott, History, former Dean of the College
- George Graham, Philosophy
- Katy J. Harriger, Political Science
- Dillon Johnston, English (Retired) and Founder of WFU Press
- Matt Kendrick, Electric Bass and Jazz improvisation
- Charles Kimball, Religion
- Dilip Kondepudi, Chemistry
- Page Laughlin, Art
- Charles M. Lewis, Philosophy
- Dan Locklair, Music and Composer-in-Residence
- David Lubin, Art History
- Allen Mandelbaum, English and Humanities
- Bill Marcum, Finance
- John C. Moorehouse, Economics
- James T. Powell, Classical Languages
- Freddie R. Salsbury, Jr., Physics
- Phyllis Trible, Divinity
- Robert W. Ulery, Classical Languages
- Sarah Watts, History
- Peter Weigl, Biology
- Mark Welker, Chemistry and Associate Provost for Research
- David Wilson, Mathematics
- Edwin G. Wilson, English (Emeritus)
- David Faber (printmaker)
[edit] Notable Alumni or Attendees
[edit] Arts & Letters
- A.R. Ammons, Noted Poet and Scholar
- W.J. Cash, Author and Journalist
- Thomas Dixon, Minister and Author
- Maria Henson, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
- Al Hunt, Journalist
- William Louis Poteat, Educator and President of Wake Forest (1905-1927)
[edit] Politics, Law, and Government
- Josiah W. Bailey, U.S. Senator (D-NC) (1931-46); co-author of the Conservative Manifesto criticizing the New Deal
- C. Dan Barrett, Republican Gubernatorial Candidate in 2004
- Philip E. Berger, Republican Leader in the North Carolina State Senate
- Rhoda Billings, Professor and former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
- J. Melville Broughton, Governor of North Carolina (D) (1941-45) and U.S. Senator
- Richard Burr, U.S. Senator (R-NC)
- James P. Cain, U.S. Ambassador to Denmark
- Rusty Duke, Judge
- Mary Easley, First Lady of North Carolina
- Robert L. Ehrlich, Governor of Maryland (R) and former Congressman
- Brigadier General Pat Foote (Retired - US Army), First Female to be given Brigade Command, First Female Instructor at the Army War College
- James Forrester, Deputy Republican Leader in the North Carolina State Senate
- David Funderburk, former Congressman (R-NC) (1995-97) and U.S. Ambassador to Romania (1981-85)
- Major B. Harding, Attorney and former Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
- Jesse Helms, former U.S. Senator (R-NC) (1973-2003)
- Jerome A. Holmes, Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- William W. Kitchin, Governor of North Carolina (D) (1909-13)
- I. Beverly Lake, former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
- Alton A. Lennon, U.S. Senator and later Congressman (D-NC)
- John C. Martin, Chief Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals
- Robert Burren Morgan, former U.S. Senator (D-NC) (1977-81)
- Richard H. Moore, North Carolina Treasurer
- Eric Miller Reeves, North Carolina State Senator
- Furnifold M. Simmons, U.S. Senator (D-NC) (1901-31)
- Emory M. Sneeden, former Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- Charles H. Taylor, former Congressman (R-NC)
- N. Carlton Tilley, U.S. District Court Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina
- George L. Wainwright, Jr., Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
- Frank D. Whitney, U.S. District Court Judge for the Western District of North Carolina
- Charlie Crist, Florida Governer (R)(2006-Present)
[edit] Sports and Entertainment
- Billy Andrade, Professional PGA golfer
- Stephanie Birkitt, Assistant to David Letterman on The Late Show with David Letterman
- Marc Blucas
- Lee Norris, Television star (Boy Meets World (Minkus), The Torkelsons, One Tree Hill)
- Muggsy Bogues
- Brian Carroll
- Jim Clack
- Tim Duncan, Forward-Center for the San Antonio Spurs NBA basketball team, 2 time NBA MVP
- Jay Haas, Professional PGA golfer
- Josh Howard, Forward-Guard for the Dallas Mavericks NBA basketball team
- Rusty LaRue
- Justin Moose
- Billy Packer
- Arnold Palmer
- Chris Paul, Guard for the New Orleans Hornets NBA basketball team, 2005-2006 NBA Rookie of the Year
- Brian Piccolo
- Ryan Plackemeier, Punter for the Seattle Seahawks NFL football team
- Ricky Proehl
- Dr. Jerry Punch
- Darius Songaila
- Curtis Strange
- Eddie Timanus
- Lanny Wadkins
[edit] Points of interest
- Reynolda Gardens
- Reynolda Village
- Reynolda House Museum of American Art
- Graylyn International Conference Center
[edit] Movies or Documentaries Filmed at the University
[edit] External links
- Official school website
- Old Gold & Black student newspaper
- Official athletics website
- Google map
- Windows Live Local satellite image - Color overhead picture of the main portion of the Wake Forest campus
- The Student (online magazine)
- Wake Radio
[edit] References
- Wake Forest Student Handbook, 2006-2007
- Wake Forest University Bulletin, The Undergraduate Schools, 2006-2007
- Wake Forest University Factbook, 2005-2006
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