Wake Forest University facts for kids
Wait Chapel
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Motto |
Pro humanitate
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Type | Private |
Established | 1834 |
Endowment | $1 billion |
President | Nathan Hatch |
Students | 6,716 |
Undergraduates | 4,263 |
Postgraduates | 2,453 |
Location |
Winston-Salem
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,
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Campus | Suburban |
Athletics | NCAA Division I FBS |
Nickname | Demon Deacons |
Mascot | Demon Deacon |
Website | www.wfu.edu |
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.
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
Wake Forest's athletics teams are called the Deamon Deacons and they have sixteen varsity teams.
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See also
In Spanish: Universidad de Wake Forest para niños
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