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Wake Forest University

Location
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Nickname
Demon Deacons
Established
2 March, 1834
Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Reynolda Campus, the university's main campus, has been located north of downtown Winston-Salem since the university moved there in 1956. The Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center campus has two locations, the older one located near the Ardmore neighborhood in central Winston-Salem, and the newer campus at Wake Forest Innovation Quarter downtown. The university also occupies lab space at Biotech Plaza at Innovation Quarter, and at the Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials. The university's Graduate School of Management maintains a presence on the main campus in Winston-Salem and in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Former names Wake Forest Manual Labor Institute, (1834–1839), Wake Forest College, (1839–1967)
Motto Pro Humanitate (Latin)
Motto (English) For Humanity
Type Private research university
Established February 03, 1834
Founder Baptist State Convention of North Carolina
Religious affiliation Nonsectarian, historically Baptist
Academic affiliations NAICU, ORAU
Endowment $1.35 billion (2020)
President Nathan Hatch
Provost Rogan Kersh
Academic staff 6,281, (includes full- time faculty and staff)
Students 8,789 (Fall 2020)
Undergraduates 5,441 (Fall 2020)
Postgraduates 3,348 (Fall 2020)
Campus Suburban, 340 acres
Newspaper The Old Gold & Black
Colors Old Gold and Black
Mascot The Demon Deacon
Sporting affiliations NCAA Division I FBS – ACC

Sobre Wake Forest University

Private university based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The student body consists of about 7,500 undergraduates and graduates annually.

Conquista de Wake Forest University

It was opened as Wake Forest Manual Labor Institute while students were required to do a half day of manual labor on the plantation during the school's early days. The university opened up a law school in 1894 and a medical school in 1902. 

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