Hearn Plaza (also known as The Quad or Upper Quad; formerly known as University Plaza)[1] is the main quadrangle at Wake Forest University's North Campus in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States.
[2] Completed in 1956, along with many of the surrounding buildings, it is named for Thomas K. Hearn, the twelfth president of the university.
[3] The plaza is surrounded by six upperclassmen residential buildings, a Subway restaurant, a bookstore and a clothing store.
An eight-to-ten-hour relay race around the plaza, it raises money for the Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund.
[5][6] "Rolling the Quad" is a university tradition that is held after major victories in athletic competition.