Undergraduate students, please see the Academic Services calendar for important dates for dropping and adding courses.
Graduate and professional school students, please see your school/program calendar for important dates like drop/add.
Our Motto Means More
Don’t leave the couch during commercial breaks if you’re watching the men’s basketball game against the Tar Heels. Wake Forest’s new commercial will air for the first time during the game on Jan. 22. Like Wake Forest, it will be...distinctive. Our embrace of Pro Humanitate sets us apart. Our marketing should do the same. If you miss the game, be sure to check out Wake Forest’s social media accounts (@WakeForest on X, @wfuniversity on Instagram and Facebook) afterwards to learn more about our new campaign. Go Deacs!
Wake Forest’s Belonging and Inclusion Campus Evaluation survey will be emailed to you on Jan. 22. Please take the survey when you receive it. The survey is designed to be completed in one sitting on the same computer, tablet, or phone (if you change devices or web browsers, you will lose the information you previously entered).
In addition to sharing your perspective on both positive and challenging aspects of our institutional climate, you can be entered into drawings for some great incentives, including: a Nintendo Switch, four Reserved tickets to the general Commencement ceremony in the year of your graduation, a reserved table for four at Pitsgiving, two reserved tickets for Face to Face with Trevor Noah, and more. Visit the website for more details; the survey will run Jan. 22-Feb. 10.
Student Trustee applications and nominations
The Wake Forest University Student Life Committee is seeking applicants and nominations for the Student Trustee position on the 2024–25 Board of Trustees. The Student Trustee position is open to all rising, full-time junior and senior students (i.e. current sophomores and juniors) who are not on academic or social probation. Applications for the Student Trustee position must be completed by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 7. Students can self-nominate and apply. Read more or submit an application or nomination.
Wake Forest enhances student basketball gameday experience with Screamin’ Demon Fan Zone for select home games
Introducing a new and innovative student fan zone experience for select basketball games at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum during the 2023-24 season: This new pregame fan zone, which opens two hours before tipoff, will be available for several games, starting with the men's basketball vs. Louisville on Saturday, Jan. 20, at noon. Read more.
Congratulations to senior Rute Ayalew and Assistant Director of Advocacy and Social Justice Deb Marke for being named Wake Forest’s 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. “Building the Dream” award winners.
ConsentCon registration closes Feb. 9
The date for ConsentCon 2024 has been set for Friday, Feb. 16, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. ConsentCon is a conference designed to engage students, faculty and staff in a community conversation dedicated to exploring the meaning and operationalization of consent in pursuit of a campus free of interpersonal violence. This year’s keynote speaker is a scholar-educator, Duane de Four. Duane brings more than 25 years of experience facilitating workshops and developing curricula, strategic initiatives and policies focused on a variety of intersecting social justice issues (such as gender violence prevention, anti-racism, sexual health, etc). Registration is live and we hope you will plan to join us.
Upcoming events
“Of the Times” opening reception, Friday, Jan. 19. 5-8 p.m., Scales Fine Arts Center. This year Wake Forest celebrates the 60th anniversary of the University’s one-of-a-kind, student-led art-buying program. Join us as we celebrate the opening of the exhibition and toast the students, founders, faculty, and all those who continue to support and shape this unique program and remarkable collection.
Delta Xi Phi Multicultural Sorority recruitment events, Monday, Jan. 22 and Wednesday, Jan. 24, from 6:45-8 p.m. and Friday, Jan. 26, from 3-4:15 p.m.; all events in Benson 343. Join us for Delta Xi Phi recruitment info sessions and fun activities; must attend at least one event to be eligible for recruitment.
Esports Game Night, Friday, Jan. 26, 5-7 p.m., 106 Olin lounge. Weekly game night open to all students. Come socialize and play video games with your peers. Meet new people and potentially win prizes.
ZSR Cozy Fest, Friday, Jan. 26, 7-9 p.m. Join the ZSR Library, WakerSpace and the World Tea Association for crafts, tea, a reading salon, s’mores bar, and more!
Spring Involvement Fair, Thursday, Feb.1, 4-6 p.m., Benson Center. Looking for something new to start your year off right? Join us at the Spring Involvement Fair to meet our newly chartered student organizations, and some old favorites too!
ICYMI (In Case You Missed It)
Message from President Wente — Read her message reflecting on Dr. King’s legacy and previewing an email next week that will outline how Wake Forest will continue “to meet our current moment and ensure our Wake Forest community can thrive in the midst of challenges.”
