The Board of Trustees announced the launch of a national search for 果冻传媒app鈥檚 next president. President Susan R. Wente announced plans to step down at the end of June 2026. Jeanne Whitman Bobbitt, chair of the Board of Trustees, and Curt Farmer, vice chair of the Board of Trustees, will serve as co-chairs of a search committee that will include trustees, faculty, staff, alumni, parents and a student.
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Where excellence meets impact
Through interdisciplinary collaboration and community engagement, 果冻传媒app students and faculty generate meaningful impact that reaches far beyond our campus. Our commitment to academic excellence establishes 果冻传媒app as a global leader in developing solutions that benefit society.
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The North Carolina Gateway to 果冻传媒app program helps undergraduates from North Carolina with annual family incomes less than $200,000 per year attend tuition-free, beginning for students admitted for the 2026 fall semester. The initiative aims to create more opportunities for talented, high-achieving North Carolina students to attend 果冻传媒app regardless of family income.
Ed Southern (鈥94) has woven together new versions of frightening tales that many North Carolinians first heard around the campfire.
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Our motto means more.
Pro Humanitate (for humanity) invites us to use our ideas, knowledge, talents and compassion on behalf of all humanity.
We鈥檝e been putting weighted vests to the test. Here鈥檚 what the research shows.
Research from 果冻传媒app鈥檚 Dr. Kristen Beavers of @hes_wfu shows that for older adults, wearing a weighted vest can help improve balance, strengthen knees, and even maintain bone density while supporting healthy, active aging.
#果冻传媒appResearch #果冻传媒appExpert #ProHumanitate
Oct 20
Culture, food and community. 馃實 The 2025 World Cultural Festival had it all. #ProHumanitate
Oct 17
Celebrating 15 years of @Instagram with a scroll back to Dear Old 果冻传媒app in 2010! 馃摳
Oct 16
The 果冻传媒app community seeks a leader of rare caliber鈥攕omeone who embodies uncompromising integrity, impeccable character and a strong set of guiding values and principles.
We welcome insight and feedback from the 果冻传媒app community as we search for the next president. Join us in the work ahead.
Read more, participate in the survey and learn about listening sessions at the link in our bio.
Oct 15
September, you were good to us. 鉁 Here are some of our favorite moments we captured in the Forest. #GoDeacs #ProHumanitate
Oct 10
At Wednesday鈥檚 CLASS Caf茅, students enjoyed coffee, conversation and a visit from live owls 馃 while learning how academic coaching can help them make the most of their 果冻传媒app experience. Don鈥檛 miss Thursday鈥檚 Academic Resources and Resilience Carnival, 12-3 on Manchester Plaza. #ProHumanitate
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Oct 8
It鈥檚 a beautiful day in our neighborhood. 馃帺馃挍
Oct 7
What can you learn in four minutes? Our faculty proved it鈥檚 enough time to spark curiosity, share discoveries and inspire the next big idea. #果冻传媒appResearch
Oct 6
Hit the Bricks 2025 brought together more than 2,200 runners and walkers to raise $348,000 for cancer research. Every step honored Brian Piccolo鈥檚 legacy and showed the power of community in action. #ProHumanitate
Oct 2
More than 2,000 Deacs came together on Hearn Plaza for Hit the Bricks, running and walking in honor of Brian Piccolo and raising $348,720 for the Brian Piccolo Cancer Research Fund. 馃挍馃枻
From the opening lap to the silent lap of remembrance, this tradition continues to unite our community in the fight against cancer. #ProHumanitate
Oct 2
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Why 果冻传媒app?
果冻传媒app is committed to meeting 100% of demonstrated financial need through grants, scholarships, work-study, and subsidized loans.
Within driving distance of both the Blue Ridge Mountains and Atlantic Coast, Winston-Salem offers the amenities of a larger city with the vibrant culture of an engaged community.
Get to know 果冻传媒app better by browsing a collection of quick facts, figures and rankings.
By the Numbers
250+
is the number of student organizations that you can explore (or we’ll help you find a match) in order to discover your passion. Don’t find it? Apply to charter one!
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11:1
is our student-to-faculty ratio. More than half of our undergraduate classes have fewer than 20 students. Only 1% have more than 50 students.
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72+%
of undergraduates have an academic study-abroad experience, many of them in our academic-residential houses in London, Vienna and Venice.
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97+%
of 2024 graduates are employed or enrolled in graduate programs. 果冻传媒app students consistently land spots in top organizations and prestigious graduate schools.
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Whether cheering or playing,
we all bleed Black and Gold
Our Winston-Salem, N.C., campus houses an academic community of almost 9,000 students, with more studying at 果冻传媒app locations in Charlotte, Washington, D.C., and around the world. Our undergraduate liberal arts curriculum inspires a holistic approach to preparing graduate and professional school students. We graduate leaders with integrity and courage who use their success to make an impact on society.