Wake Forest University
Motto:	Pro humanitate (Latin)
Motto in English:	For humanity
Established:	February 3, 1834
Type:	Private
Endowment:	$1. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common For the film of this title see Private School (film. Private schools, or Independent schools are Schools not administered A financial endowment is a Transfer of Money or Property donated to an Institution, usually with the stipulation that it be invested 25 billion[1]
President:	Nathan Hatch
Faculty:	636 (excluding medical school)
Undergraduates:	4,321
Location:	Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Campus:	Suburban 340 acres (1. University president is the title of the highest ranking officer within a University, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Nathan O Hatch is president of Wake Forest University, USA having been officially installed on 2005-10-20. A faculty is a division within a University. The concept of a university with different faculties for different subjects dates back to Al-Azhar University, which had In some Educational systems undergraduate education is Post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelor's degree. Winston-Salem is a city in the US state of North Carolina. As of the 2000 census the city population was 185776 in 2004 the city annexed an additional 17483 North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States The United States of America —commonly referred to as the South San Jose (cropjpg||thumb|A suburban development in San Jose California. 4 km²)[2]
Colors:	Old Gold and black
Nickname:	Demon Deacons
Mascot:	The Demon Deacon
Athletics:	NCAA Division I FBS 26 varsity sports
Affiliations:	ACC
Website:	www.wfu.edu

Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational university located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. School colors are the Colors chosen by a School to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification Old Gold is a dark Yellow, which varies from light olive or olive Brown to deep or strong yellow Black is the Color of objects that do not emit or Reflect Light in any part of the Visible spectrum; they absorb all such frequencies of The athletic nickname, or equivalently athletic moniker, of a University or College within the United States is the name officially adopted by Originally Wake Forest 's athletic teams were known as the Fighting Baptists due to its association with the Baptist Convention (from which it later separated itself The term mascot – defined as a term for any person animal or object thought to bring Luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common The Demon Deacon is the mascot of Wake Forest University, a school located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations Division I (or D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects Winston-Salem is a city in the US state of North Carolina. As of the 2000 census the city population was 185776 in 2004 the city annexed an additional 17483 North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States

The Reynolda Campus, the university's main campus, is located north of downtown Winston-Salem, and the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center campus is located near downtown Winston-Salem. Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (WFUBMC is a Teaching hospital located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The University also occupies lab space at the Bowman Gray Technical Center, at the downtown Piedmont Research Park, and at the Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials.

Contents 1 History 2 Academics 2.1 Undergraduate 2.2 Graduate 2.3 Rankings 3 Presidential debates 4 Student life 4.1 Fraternities and sororities 4.2 Physical activity options 4.3 Dining facilities 4.4 Student media 4.5 Wake Forest undergraduate student housing 4.6 Student union 4.7 Student government 5 Athletics 5.1 Football 5.2 Men's basketball 5.3 Women's field hockey 5.4 Golf 5.5 Soccer 5.6 Baseball 5.7 Screamin' Demons 6 Student organizations 6.1 Volunteer Service Corps 6.2 A cappella groups 6.3 Army ROTC 7 Technology 8 University campuses 8.1 Reynolda Campus 8.2 Bowman Gray Campus 8.3 Bowman Gray Technical Center 9 Points of interest 10 Movies or documentaries filmed at the University 11 Notes 12 References 13 External links 14 See also

History

Wake Forest University was founded after the North Carolina Baptist State Convention purchased a 600-acre (2. Baptist is a term describing individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination. 4 km²) plantation from Dr. Calvin Jones in an area north of Raleigh (Wake County) called the "Forest of Wake. Calvin Jones ( April 2, 1775 - September 20, 1846) was a North Carolina Physician and a part of the group of founders of Raleigh (pronounced rah-lee) is the Capital of the State of North Carolina and the county seat of Wake County, USA Wake County is a County located in the US state of North Carolina. " The new school, designed to teach both Baptist ministers and laymen, opened on 3 February 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. Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Dr. Samuel Wait, a Baptist minister, was selected as the "principal", later president, of the institute. [1]

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. Wake Forest is a town in Wake and Franklin counties in the US

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. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The War Department was established by the Confederate Congress in an act on February 21, 1861.

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. William Louis Poteat (1856-1938 also known as "Doctor Billy" was a professor (c “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. eVolution is the third Album by eLDee, it was due to be released in 2008

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. Winston-Salem is a city in the US state of North Carolina. As of the 2000 census the city population was 185776 in 2004 the city annexed an additional 17483 Bowman Gray Sr ( May 1, 1874 – July 7, 1935) was a former president and chairman of R The following year, 1942, Wake Forest admitted its first female undergraduate students, after World War II dramatically depleted the pool of male students. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

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 (1. Richard Joshua "RJ" Reynolds ( July 20, 1850 - July 29, 1918) was an American businessman and founder of the R 4 km²) of fields and woods at "Reynolda", their estate. ^[3] From 1952 to 1956, fourteen new buildings were constructed on the new campus. ^[4] These buildings were constructed in Georgian style. ^[5]The old campus in Wake Forest was sold to the Baptist State Convention to establish the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (SEBTS is a Seminary of the Southern Baptist Convention.

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 Babcock Graduate School of Management is one of the graduate schools of Wake Forest University.

In 1986, Wake Forest gained autonomy from the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina and established a fraternal relationship with it. ^[6][7]

The James R. Scales Fine Arts Center opened in 1979. The James R Scales Fine Arts Center is home to Wake Forest University 's performing and visual arts departments 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. Medical education A medical school or faculty of medicine is a Tertiary educational institution—or part of such an institution—that teaches Medicine Wake Forest University School of Medicine, along with North Carolina Baptist Hospital and Wake Forest University Physicians is part of the Wake Forest University Baptist A divinity school was added in 1999. [2]

The thirteenth president of Wake Forest is Dr. Nathan O. Hatch, former provost at the University of Notre Dame. Nathan O Hatch is president of Wake Forest University, USA having been officially installed on 2005-10-20. The University of Notre Dame du Lac (or simply Notre Dame) (ˌnoʊtɚˈdeɪm is a private Roman Catholic Research university located in Dr. Hatch was officially installed as president on 20 October 2005. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He assumed office on 1 July 2005, succeeding Dr. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Thomas K. Hearn, Jr. , who had retired after twenty-two years in office.

Academics

In the past 20 years, the university has produced 11 Rhodes Scholars [3] and numerous Marshall and Fulbright recipients. Rhodes Scholarship Rhodes scholar redirects here Rhodes Scholar redirects here Rhodes scholars The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright-Hays Program, is a program of grants for international educational exchange for scholars educators graduate

Undergraduate

Wake Forest's undergraduate component consists of Wake Forest College (school of arts and science) and the Wayne Calloway School of Business and Accountancy. The university offers 34 majors and many interdisciplinary minors across various fields of study. In order to attend the Wayne Calloway School, students must make a special application to its program. The Calloway School offers a 5 year accountancy program whereby a student earns a BS and an MS in Accountancy and qualifies to sit for the CPA exam 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 includes 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. Languages available include Spanish, French, German, Latin, Greek, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, and others.

About 89% of Wake Forest professors hold the terminal degree in their field. Wake Forest professors are expected to excel in both teaching and scholarship.

Wake Forest offers a number of study abroad programs for its undergraduates and, in the summers, for its law school students. About half of Wake Forest undergraduates spend at least one semester abroad.

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:

• Babcock Graduate School of Management
• School of Law
• Wake Forest University School of Medicine
• The Divinity School

Rankings

In the 2007 U.S. News America's Best Colleges report, Wake Forest was ranked 30th in terms of quality of undergraduate education. The Babcock Graduate School of Management is one of the graduate schools of Wake Forest University. Wake Forest University School of Medicine, along with North Carolina Baptist Hospital and Wake Forest University Physicians is part of the Wake Forest University Baptist In the 2007 BusinessWeek Undergraduate Business Schools Rankings, the Calloway School of Business and Accountancy was ranked 17th. 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.

Presidential debates

Twice the school has hosted presidential debates. During presidential elections in the United States, it has become customary for the main candidates The first, between then-Vice President George H.W. Bush and Governor Michael Dukakis, took place in Wait Chapel on 25 September 1988. George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12 1924 served as the forty-first President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 Michael Stanley Dukakis (born November 3, 1933) is an American Democratic politician former Governor of Massachusetts, and was the Democratic Wait Chapel is a building on the campus of Wake Forest University. Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The second matched then-Governor George W. Bush against Vice President Al Gore on 11 October 2000. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. Albert Arnold Gore Jr (born March 31 1948 is an American environmental Activist, author Businessperson, former Politician, and former Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar.

Student life

Fraternities and sororities

Wake Forest's undergraduate social scene is heavily influenced by Greek life. However, fraternities and sororities are highly integrated to both each other and independents, socially speaking. Greek social events are generally open to all students, Greek and non-Greek. Wake Forest's Greek life is unusual in that the Greeks do not have houses concentrated in a "Greek Row". Instead Greeks occupy lounges and their adjoining halls of a greater building. These areas are spread out evenly across campus, with the exception of Delta Kappa Epsilon, which has its residence off campus. Wake Forest has a deferred rush process, whereby freshman rush their second semester, giving them a semester's time to become acquainted to new friends and the school. Upperclassmen are permitted to rush both in the fall and the spring. Though most Greeks pledged their freshman year, it is not uncommon for students to pledge during an upperclassmen year (predominantly sophomore year).

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, etc. In addition, some classes are offered for credit on sports theory and practice, as well as several dance courses. Intramural Sports are also extremely popular and take place for a variety of sports, depending on the season.

Dining facilities

Every Wake Forest undergraduate student is required to sign up for a meal plan in coordination with Aramark. Aramark Limited is a food and apparel service partner to organizations across a range of sectors including business and industry judicial education health care offshore and defense 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. Chick-fil-A (pronounced) is a Restaurant chain headquartered in Atlanta Georgia, that specializes in chicken Entrees It is the second-biggest A Subway is also located on campus, off Hearn Plaza. Subway Restaurants, commonly known as Subway, is a Fast food restaurant franchise that primarily sells Sandwiches and Salads called

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.

Student media

• WAKE Radio is a student run internet radio station. Students regularly broadcast shows ranging from political talk to underground indie music hours.
• 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.
• 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 Old Gold & Black is the student-run Newspaper of Wake Forest University, named after the school's colors
• The school television channel is Wake-TV. Its feature television show is the weekly edition Wake-TV News. Sportsline is another popular show among students, where callers can ask the hosts questions about sports.
• The Howler is the annual yearbook.
• Three to Four Ounces is the only official literary magazine on campus, publishing a collection of original student poetry, prose, and art each semester. It is also the longest-running media outlet on campus, as it began in 1882 as The Student when the school was still known as Wake Forest College [4].
• Notice is a student-made magazine funded by Three to Four Ounces and designed to enlighten the students of Wake Forest about the creative people surrounding them. The project's intent is to celebrate and encourage creativity on campus in visual arts, music, writing, or any provocative form of expression.

Wake Forest undergraduate student housing

Wake Forest undergraduate students are guaranteed on-campus housing for four years. For their freshman and sophomore years, students are required to live on campus. There are five areas within the Reynolda campus where all the undergraduate dormitories are located: South Campus, North Campus, Palmer/Piccolo, Polo Townhouse/Student Apartments/Martin, and the Polo Road Houses. All student housing has air-conditioning, closets, wired/wireless internet access, and unlimited washer/dryer usage. Every residence hall is equipped with at least one communal lounge area (with a big-screen television, sometimes a ping-pong table) and kitchen area. Student housing in Polo offers two-bedroom apartment-style living and four bedroom, two bathroom townhouse-style living, complete with furnished bedrooms, living room, and dining room furniture.

Freshman housing includes dorms Collins, Babcock, Luter, Bostwick, Johnson, Palmer and Piccolo. Johnson Hall is the "substance free" dorm where most residents must sign an agreement to not use alcohol, tobacco or any other mind altering substance. Recently, Johnson hall has been used for housing overflow, and students who sign no agreement have been placed there.

Student union

The event-planning arm of Wake Forest is undergraduate student led and run organization known as Student Union. Student union projects include such events as Homecoming, Family Weekend, Special Lectures, and Events at the Coffeehouse. Homecoming, welcoming back of former residents and alumni is a tradition in many universities, Colleges and High schools in North America

Their most celebrated and well attended event is the annual "Shag on the Mag" that occurs on the Manchester Quad. A big tent that covers the entire quad is laid out and students shag dance together.

Student government

Wake Forest Student Government (known as SG) works under a semi-Presidential system. The semi-presidential system is a System of government in which a prime minister and a President are both active participants in the day-to-day administration

The core component is the General Assembly, which acts as a student legislature. The General Assembly is made up of legislators, represented and voted by each residence hall. The legislators are assigned within one of six committees to specialize in a particular area of student needs.

Athletics

Main article: Wake Forest Demon Deacons

Originally, Wake Forest's athletic teams were known as the Fighting Baptists, due to its association with the Baptist Convention (from which it later separated itself). However, in 1923, after a particularly impressive 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". Duke University is a private Research University located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Duke University 's 26 varsity sports teams known as the Blue Devils, compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Demon Deacon is the mascot of Wake Forest University, a school located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Wake Forest has won a total of eight national championships in four different sports; four of these championships have come in the past six years. Wake Forest is sometimes referred to as being a part of "Tobacco Road" or the "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. Tobacco Road refers to the Tobacco -producing area of North Carolina and is often used when referring to Sports (particularly Basketball) Duke University is a private Research University located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( UNC, North Carolina, or simply Carolina) is a public, Coeducational Research North Carolina State University at Raleigh is a public, Coeducational extensive Research University located in Raleigh North Carolina

The Demon Deacons participate in the NCAA's Division I (in the Bowl Subdivision for football) and in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations Division I (or D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, Colleges and military academies The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC is a collegiate athletic league in the United States.

The Athletics Director is Ron Wellman. Athletic director (commonly "athletics director" is a position at many American Colleges and universities, as well as in larger High schools

Football

Main article: Wake Forest Demon Deacons football

2006 Season

Main article: 2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

Wake Forest's football team was ranked in the Top 25 in the nation by the AP Poll during most of the 2006 season. The Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represents Wake Forest University in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the The 2006 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represented Wake Forest University during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They won the 2006 ACC Atlantic Division Title and went on to defeat the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 9-6 on December 2 in the ACC Championship Game in Jacksonville, FL. The 2006 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the College football season of 2006-2007. Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire The win sent Wake Forest to the Orange Bowl to play the Big East champion Louisville Cardinals, where they lost 24-13. The Orange Bowl is an annual College football game that is usually played the first week in January in the Miami Florida metro area in the United States The University of Louisville Cardinals football team is a member of the Big East Conference. However, this made Wake Forest the smallest school to ever compete in the Bowl Championship Series. The Bowl Championship Series ( BCS) is a selection system designed to give the top two teams in the NCAA FBS Bowl Subdivision System an opportunity to compete in a "national Of all schools that play Division I FBS football, only Rice and Tulsa have smaller undergraduate enrollments, and Wake has the smallest undergraduate enrollment of any school in the BCS conferences. William Marsh Rice University (commonly called Rice University and opened in 1912 as The William Marsh Rice Institute for the Advancement of Letters Science and Art The University of Tulsa is a Private university awarding bachelors masters and doctoral degrees located in Tulsa Oklahoma.

For his part in the record-setting season, coach Jim Grobe was unanimously selected ACC Coach of the Year, and handily won the AP Coach of the Year award several weeks later. Jim Grobe (b February 17, 1952 in Huntington West Virginia) is an American College football Head coach. Coach Grobe signed a ten-year contract in 2003.

2007 Season

Main article: 2007 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

Wake Forest followed its success in 2006 with another excellent year and finished the regular season with a record of 8 wins and 4 losses. The 2007 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represents Wake Forest University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. During the season, the Demon Deacons were briefly ranked in the Top 25. Their success throughout the year earned Wake Forest an invitation to the Meineke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte, North Carolina. Played on December 29 in the Bank of America stadium (home of the Carolina Panthers) the Demon Deacons defeated the Connecticut Huskies 24-10.

Wake Forest's head coach, Jim Grobe, continues to garner national attention as an outstanding college football coach. Though he was offered coaching positions at other schools, Grobe chose to remain with the Deacons much to the relief of Wake fans.

Wake Forest plays its home football games at BB&T Field (formerly Groves Stadium). BB&T Field (formerly Groves Stadium) is a Stadium in Winston-Salem North Carolina.

Men's basketball

Main article: Wake Forest Demon Deacons 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 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Men's basketball team participates in the Atlantic Coast Conference and their homecourt is the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single elimination Tournament held each spring featuring 65 College basketball teams in the 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 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single elimination Tournament held each spring featuring 65 College basketball teams in the 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; Randolph Childress, for his MVP performance in the 1995 ACC Tournament; Dallas Mavericks star Josh Howard; Chris Paul of the New Orleans Hornets and the 2006 NBA Rookie of the Year Award; and two-time league MVP and three-time NBA Finals MVP Tim Duncan. Billy Packer (born February 25, 1940 in Wellsville New York) is a former American Sportscaster for CBS Sports and a published Tyrone Curtis Bogues (born January 9 1965, in Baltimore Maryland) better known as Muggsy Bogues, is a retired American professional Randolph Childress (born September 21 1972, in Washington DC) is an American professional Basketball player who currently plays The Dallas Mavericks (also known as the Mavs) are the professional Basketball team of the National Basketball Association based in Dallas Texas Joshua Jay Howard (born April 28 1980) is an American professional Basketball player Christopher Emmanuel Paul (born May 6 1985 in Winston-Salem North Carolina) is an American professional Basketball player who currently plays Point The New Orleans Hornets are a professional Basketball team based in New Orleans Louisiana, United States. The National Basketball Association's Rookie of the Year Award is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA award given since the 1952–53 NBA season, to the The NBA Finals is the championship series of the National Basketball Association and the conclusion of the sport's postseason each June WikipediaPersondata --> Timothy "Tim" Theodore Duncan (born April 25 1976 in Christiansted, St Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum is the home venue for the Demon Deacons basketball team. The Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum (also known as the LJVM Coliseum the Joel Coliseum or just simply "the Joel" is a 14407-seat multi-purpose Arena Skip Prosser, Wake Forest University's men's basketball coach since 2001, died in Winston-Salem on July 26, 2007. George Edward "Skip" Prosser ( November 3 1950 &ndash July 26 2007) was an American College basketball coach One of Prosser's assistant coaches, Dino Gaudio, was named to replace him. Dino Joseph Gaudio (born 1957 is the head men's basketball coach at Wake Forest University.

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. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations Field hockey is a Team sport in which players attempt to score goals by hitting the Ball across the pitch with a stick Twelve women's sports were added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981-82 school year In 2005, the Deacs were defeated in the semifinal round by Duke University, and in the 2006 championship game by the University of Maryland. Duke University is a private Research University located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. The University of Maryland College Park (often referred to as The University of Maryland UMD, UMCP or simply Maryland) is a public research

Golf

Wake Forest has had several successful golf teams, winning national championships in 1974, 1975, and 1986. The NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships, played in late May or early June is the top annual competition in U Several well-known players include Arnold Palmer, Lanny Wadkins, Jay Haas, Curtis Strange,Robert Wrenn and Scott Hoch. Career outline Palmer was born in Latrobe Pennsylvania. He learned golf from his father Deacon Palmer who was head professional and greens keeper at Latrobe Country Club Amateur wins (5 1968 Southern Amateur 1969 Eastern Amateur 1970 U Professional wins (25 PGA Tour wins (9 1978 (1 Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational 1981 (2 Greater College Strange was born in Norfolk Virginia. He is a graduate of Princess Anne High School in Virginia Beach Virginia. Amateur wins this list may be incomplete 1977 Northeast Amateur Professional wins (21 PGA Tour wins (11

Soccer

Wake Forest is a consistent national title contender in men's soccer. The NCAA began conducting a men's soccer national championship tournament in 1959 with an eight-team tournament Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered In recent years several players from the program have played professionally in Major League Soccer, including Brian Carroll, Will Hesmer, Justin Moose, Michael Parkhurst, James Riley, Scott Sealy, Matt Taylor, and Wells Thompson. Major League Soccer ( MLS) is the top-flight professional Soccer league in the United States and Canada with 14 teams 13 in the U Brian Carroll (born July 20, 1981 in Springfield, Virginia) is an American soccer player who plays Defensive William Hesmer (born November 23, 1981 in Wilson, North Carolina) is an American soccer player who plays for the Columbus Justin Moose (born November 23, 1983) is an American Soccer midfielder for the Vancouver Whitecaps (USL. Michael Parkhurst (born January 24, 1984 in Providence, Rhode Island) is an American Soccer center back who currently James Riley (born October 27, 1982 in Colorado Springs, Colorado) is an American Soccer winger, who currently plays Scott Sealy (born June 4, 1981 in Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago) is a Football (soccer forward who currently plays Matthew Taylor is the name of the following notable people Matthew Taylor (bassist, member of the band Motion City Soundtrack Wells Thompson (born November 25, 1983) is an American Soccer player who currently plays Midfield for the New England Revolution In 2006 the team advanced to the final four of the NCAA tournament where they were defeated in a penalty kick shootout by the University of California, Santa Barbara. The University of California Santa Barbara ( UCSB) is a selective research-oriented public university located on the Pacific Ocean in Santa Barbara County California They captured the 2007 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship defeating Ohio State 2-1. The winning goal was scored by Marcus Tracy.

Baseball

Main article: Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball

Wake Forest won the 1955 College World Series in baseball. Wake Forest University 's NCAA Baseball team competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC The NCAA Men's Division I College World Series (CWS involved 8 schools playing in double-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA College baseball is Baseball as played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of Higher education, predominantly in the United States.

Starting in 2009, they will be playing on Ernie Shore Field, in Winston-Salem, NC. Ernie Shore Field is the name of a minor league Baseball park in Winston-Salem North Carolina. Winston-Salem is a city in the US state of North Carolina. As of the 2000 census the city population was 185776 in 2004 the city annexed an additional 17483

Screamin' Demons

Student attendance of Wake Forest Football and Basketball games is high, in part due to the program known as "Screamin' Demons". The Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represents Wake Forest University in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m At the beginning of each respective athletic season students on the Reynolda Campus can sign up for the program whereby they pay $15 for each season; in addition to the best seats at the games, this gets students a football shirt in the fall and a tie-dye t-shirt in the spring along with a card that serves as an automatic pass to the sporting events. They lose this privilege if they miss two of the games. Through the planning of Sports Marketing and the Screamin' Demons program, basketball game seats in the students section are difficult to attain without participating in the Screamin' Demons program. The arena can seat only 2,250 of the 5,500 undergraduate students at Wake Forest. At least 150 seats are always set aside for non-Screamin Demons, who sit behind the 2,100 member group. Students often camp out through the night (against rain and freezing temperature) to get the best seats in the house (which are assigned in order of those showing up at the ticket gate).

Student organizations

There are over 160 chartered student organizations of all sorts. Student sports organizations are highly visible on campus. Special interest organizations range from the academic, such the Model United Nations team, to the artistic, such as the handbell choir. Model United Nations (informally abbreviated as Model UN or MUN) is an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to educate participants A handbell is a bell designed to be rung by hand To ring a handbell a ringer grasps the bell by its slightly flexible handle &mdash traditionally made of leather but often In spring of 2006, the Mock Trial team was notable in qualifying for the national tournament while only in its 2nd year in operation. A mock trial is a contrived or imitation trial. It is similar to Moot court, but mock trials deal with trials while moot court deals with Appellate court Religious organizations are also numerous. Both the College Republicans and College Democrats have active chapters at the University. The College Republicans is a national organization for College and University students who support the Republican Party of the United States The College Democrats of America (CDA is the official organization of the Democratic Party of the United States for College and University Historic student organizations such as the Philomathesians, an artistic literary magazine, are also present. Students are entertained by numerous performing groups, including The Lilting Banshee Comedy Troupe.

The Office of Student Development, led by Michael Gerald Ford, son of Gerald R. Ford, oversees all student organizations. Michael Gerald Ford (born March 14, 1950) (age 58 is the oldest of four children of former U Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr (July 14 1913 December 26 2006 was the thirty-eighth President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 and the fortieth Vice President Student Development also organizes leadership oriented student activities such as LEAD, a semester long course in campus leadership.

Volunteer Service Corps

The Volunteer Service Corps (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. Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest in the history of the United States

A cappella groups

Wake Forest has a number of vibrant a cappella groups that produce annual records and have popular performances on and off campus. A cappella (Italian or Latin "From the chapel/choir" Music is Vocal music or Singing without instrumental Accompaniment They include:

• Chi Rho - award winning all male Christian group
• Innuendo - 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

Army ROTC

Wake Forest University offers only Army ROTC. In 2006 the Army ROTC program was awarded the MacArthur Award by the United States Army for having the best medium sized ROTC battalion in the nation. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. There are about sixty cadets in the program, and about half of each military science class finishes Leadership Development Advanced Camp (LDAC) as a "Distinguished Military Graduate", the top 20% of ROTC graduates.

The minimum service commitment of a contracted cadet who graduates from ROTC is 4 years active duty and 4 years of inactive reserve duty after that. Alternatively, a cadet can choose to forego active duty service and serve 8 straight years in the active Reserve or National Guard. Other alternative service plans are available for those who intend to be an Army doctor, lawyer, or chaplain with source of commissioning via ROTC.

At Wake Forest contracted ROTC cadets are given full scholarship, a monthly stipend, and book money by the US Army. The university extends the scholarship with free room and board.

The program also serves students from Winston-Salem State University and Salem College. Winston-Salem State University is a four-year public coeducational research university located in Winston-Salem North Carolina. See also Salem State College in Massachusetts Salem College is a liberal arts women's college in Winston-Salem North Carolina founded

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 United States of America —commonly referred to as the The University's Information Systems (IS) department has a program that issues new Lenovo ThinkPad laptop computers to all undergraduate and graduate students and faculty as well as Hewlett-Packard color printers to undergraduate students. ThinkPad is a brand of portable Laptop and Notebook Personal computers originally designed manufactured and sold by IBM. 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. International Business Machines Corporation abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue", is a multinational Computer Technology AT&T Mobility LLC (usually branded AT&T, and formerly named Cingular Wireless LLC) is the wholly owned wireless subsidiary of AT&T Inc 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 software 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). Winston-Salem is a city in the US state of North Carolina. As of the 2000 census the city population was 185776 in 2004 the city annexed an additional 17483 A point-of-presence ( POP) is an artificial Demarcation point or interface point between communications entities

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

University campuses

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. Mail Boxes Etc Inc (MBE a UPS company franchises The UPS Store and Mail Boxes Subway Restaurants, commonly known as Subway, is a Fast food restaurant franchise that primarily sells Sandwiches and Salads called Wait Chapel is a building on the campus of Wake Forest University. 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.

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. Forsyth County is a County located in the US state of North Carolina. The facility comprises 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.

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.

Points of interest

• Reynolda Gardens
• Reynolda Village
• Reynolda House Museum of American Art

Movies or documentaries filmed at the University

• A Union In Wait
• The Girls' Room

Notes

References

• Wake Forest Student Handbook, 2006-2007
• Wake Forest University Bulletin, The Undergraduate Schools, 2006-2007
• Wake Forest University Factbook, 2005-2006

External links

• Official school website
• Wake Forest University Press
• 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
• Wake Forest College Birthplace Society

See also

• List of Wake Forest University people

Presidents Samuel Wait (1834-1845 William Hooper (1845-1848 John B

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