Wake Forest University

university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.

Wake Forest University is a university found in Winston-Salem, North Carolina . It was started in 1834 in the eastern North Carolina town of Wake Forest. The university was moved to Winston-Salem in 1956. A private school for both men and women, it has been a university since 1967.

Wake Forest University
Wait Chapel
Motto
Pro humanitate
TypePrivate
Established1834
Endowment$1 billion
PresidentNathan Hatch
Students6,716
Undergraduates4,263
Postgraduates2,453
Location
Winston-Salem
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CampusSuburban
NicknameDemon Deacons
MascotDemon Deacon
Websitewww.wfu.edu

The components of Wake Forest University are the Undergraduate College and the Wayne Calloway School of Business and Accountancy, the School of Law, Wake Forest School of Medicine, the Babcock Graduate School of Management, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the Divinity School.

Sports

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Wake Forest's athletics teams are called the Deamon Deacons and they have sixteen varsity teams.

 
Wake Forest football team in a huddle

Other websites

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