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2 unusual facts about Wake Forest University


Josiah Bailey

Born in Warrenton, NC, he grew up in Raleigh and graduated from Wake Forest College (now Wake Forest University).

Wake Forest

Wake Forest University, a university founded in the above town and now located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina


A Union in Wait

In 1997 the couple decided they wanted to have a union ceremony in Wake Forest University's Wait Chapel, but the traditionally Baptist university told them no.

Carol Barbee

Barbee graduated from Central Cabarrus High School in Concord, North Carolina and graduated from Wake Forest University with a BA in Speech, Communications and Theater Arts.

Chris Huffins

After spending some time as an assistant coach for Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, Huffins was hired at his alma mater, the University of California, to coach his old team, The Golden Bears.

Christopher Catherwood

He currently teaches students from Connecticut College, Tulane, Villanova, Wake Forest and other American universities in the Cambridge-based INSTEP program, teaching 20th century history and also church history.

Chuck Knox

Building on his success, Knox then moved back to the colleges, serving two seasons as an assistant under Paul Amen at Wake Forest University in 1959.

Cornell Club of New York

Membership in the Cornell Club is restricted to alumni, faculty, and students of the Ivy League institution Cornell University, as well as alumni of a short list of affiliated schools, such as Brown, Colgate, Duke, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Stanford, Tulane, and Wake Forest.

Culture of North Carolina

There are also a number of private colleges, for example Duke University in Durham and Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem

Dave Fuller

Fuller attended Wake Forest University in Wake Forest, North Carolina, where he played for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons football, Demon Deacons basketball and Demon Deacons baseball teams.

Emily Giffin

Giffin earned her undergraduate degree at Wake Forest University, where she double majored in history and English and also served as manager of the basketball team.

Presidio Graduate School

Employers include: Accenture, ClimateCHECK, the cities of Berkeley and Mountain View, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Goodwill Industries, Mattel, NBC, PETA, Sundance Channel, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), and Wake Forest University.

Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers

In mid-1999, Silvey sold his stake to Graves to focus on completing an MBA at Wake Forest University and work in Silicon Valley.

Statesville Christian School

The students gained admission to some of the region’s most selective colleges including Davidson College, Wake Forest University, UNC-Chapel Hill, The Citadel, Cedarville University, Wheaton University, North Carolina State, Baylor University and a number of other outstanding colleges and universities, like Liberty University and Texas Christian University.

SuperCamp

Presently, camps are held every summer at several college campuses throughout the United States, including Stanford University, UCLA, Loyola Marymount University, UC Berkeley, Wake Forest University, Loyola University Chicago, Kent State University, University of South Florida, and Brown University.


see also

A Union in Wait

The film includes interviews with Andrew Sullivan, Barney Frank, Robert Knight, Jimmy Creech, Fred Phelps, Candace Gingrich, Wake Forest University students, and local ministers.

Al Hunt

Before graduating from Wake Forest University, Hunt worked for the Philadelphia Bulletin and the Winston-Salem Journal.

Dick Celeste

He started serving as President in 2002, and was replaced in July 2011 by Jill Tiefenthaler, provost and economics professor at Wake Forest University.

Robert H. Edmunds, Jr.

Justice Edmunds won a second term to the North Carolina Supreme Court by defeating Wake Forest University law professor Suzanne Reynolds in the 2008 elections.