Wake Forest University cancels homecoming and postpones commencement for a second time John Newsom Aug 13, 2020 Aug 13, 2020 Updated May 27, 2021 0 1 of 2 Hearn Plaza during the Wake Forest University commencement on May 20, 2019. Andrew Dye/Winston-Salem Journal Hearn Plaza during the Wake Forest University commencement in 2019. 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Related to this story Two weeks into the fall semester, UNC-Chapel Hill moves all undergraduate instruction online The university said it will move undergraduate online starting Wednesday after the number of cases spiked. No other UNC System schools will fo… ACC announces committee heads, firms for commissioner search; Wake Forest’s Nathan Hatch will co-chair committee President Nathan Hatch of Wake Forest is one of the co-chairs of the search advisory committee for the next ACC commissioner, and the league h… Wake Forest football team states its case to start season to school president Nathan Hatch Sulaiman Kamara and the rest of the leadership committee for Wake Forest’s football team received word Sunday night that Nathan Hatch, the sch… The Syllabus: The struggle is real in higher ed Two new reports look at the financial health and future prospects for the nation's colleges and universities. Wake Forest will open its campus in August but finish the fall semester remotely The fall semester for undergraduates will start Aug. 26. In-person instruction will end two days before Thanksgiving. There will be no fall break. 'Vile, violent and threatening': Hackers disrupt online meeting at Wake Forest University About 500 staff members were on a Zoom call Wednesday that was interrupted by racist language and anti-Semitic images.
Two weeks into the fall semester, UNC-Chapel Hill moves all undergraduate instruction online The university said it will move undergraduate online starting Wednesday after the number of cases spiked. No other UNC System schools will fo…
ACC announces committee heads, firms for commissioner search; Wake Forest’s Nathan Hatch will co-chair committee President Nathan Hatch of Wake Forest is one of the co-chairs of the search advisory committee for the next ACC commissioner, and the league h…
Wake Forest football team states its case to start season to school president Nathan Hatch Sulaiman Kamara and the rest of the leadership committee for Wake Forest’s football team received word Sunday night that Nathan Hatch, the sch…
The Syllabus: The struggle is real in higher ed Two new reports look at the financial health and future prospects for the nation's colleges and universities.
Wake Forest will open its campus in August but finish the fall semester remotely The fall semester for undergraduates will start Aug. 26. In-person instruction will end two days before Thanksgiving. There will be no fall break.
'Vile, violent and threatening': Hackers disrupt online meeting at Wake Forest University About 500 staff members were on a Zoom call Wednesday that was interrupted by racist language and anti-Semitic images.
