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• Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational institution of higher learning.

• Fast Facts

  1. Established: 1834
  2. Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  3. President: Nathan Hatch
  4. Faculty: 636
  5. Nickname: Demon Deacons
  6. Motto: Pro Humanitate
  7. Noted Programs: Political Science, Business, Law

• History

  Wake Forest University was founded in 1834 in Wake Forest, North Carolina. The original purpose of the institution was to provide education for Christian layman and ministers. During the Civil War in 1862 the college closed temporarily, but would re-open again in 1866. In 1956, the campus moved to its current home of Winston-Salem.WFU.edu: Wake Forrest History

  Wake Forest provides 37 Academic majors, as well as graduate and professional schools which focus on law, divinity, medicine, management, and arts and sciences.WFU.edu: Quick Facts

• Notable Alumni

  Arnold Palmer, Cheyenne Woods, Tim Duncan, Chris Paul, Josh Howard, Lanny Wadkins, Curtis Strange

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