[citation needed] The college re-opened in 1866 and prospered over the next four decades under the leadership of presidents Washington Manly Wingate, Thomas H. Pritchard, and Charles Taylor.

[citation needed] On April 27, 1962, Wake Forest's board of trustees voted to accept Edward Reynolds, a native of Ghana, as the first black full-time undergraduate at the school.

[citation needed] In 1979, Wake Forest began a process to change its relationship with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, in order to obtain more academic freedom and choose non-Baptist trustees.

More specific details were revealed in February 2021, including a seven-story tower, and on March 24, 2021, Atrium Health announced a 20-acre site at Baxter and McDowell Streets.

[61] Reynolda House displays American art ranging from the colonial period to the present, including well-known artists such as Mary Cassatt, Frederic Church, Jacob Lawrence, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Gilbert Stuart.

In 2010, Reynolda House and Wake Forest partnered on a first-year student orientation project[62] that uses the museum's masterpiece by Frederic Church, The Andes of Ecuador, as the focal point of the summer academic experience.

The public is invited to participate in a wide variety of learning experiences, including classes, workshops, summer camps, and special events.

These buildings were modeled after an English Village and included dairy barns, a cattle shed, school, post office, smokehouse, blacksmith shop, carriage house, central power and heating plant, as well as cottages to house the family's chauffeur and stenographer, the village's school master, and the farm's head dairyman and horticulturist.

The present-day village has a wide range of shops specializing in home furnishings and designer fashions, as well as art galleries, fitness studios, and a full-service day spa.

The facility provides a venue for the exchange of ideas between and among not only Wake Forest constituents, but also the university's Nicaraguan partners, other academic institutions and corporate entities.

[93][94][95] In May 2008, Wake Forest made college entrance exams optional for undergraduate admissions,[96] becoming the first national university ranked in the top 30 by the U.S. News & World Report to adopt a test-optional policy.

[100] In order to graduate, a Wake Forest student must finish three requirements for 120 hours of credit: a core set of classes, a course of study related to a major, and electives.

[101] Wake Forest also offers an "Open Curriculum" option, in which a small number of students, approved by a committee, may design a course of study with an adviser that follows a liberal arts framework but does not necessarily fulfill all the core degree requirements.

[109] Notable faculty include: According to the Institute of International Education's 2012 Open Doors Report,[118] Wake Forest ranked third in the country for undergraduate participation in study-abroad programs among doctoral research universities.

In January 2013, the university received the IIE's Heiskell Award for Study Abroad[119] for its emphasis on providing foreign-based educational opportunities to first-generation college students.

Founded in 1902, the School of Medicine directs the education of about 1,800 students and fellows, including physicians, basic scientists and allied clinical professionals each year.

[165] According to the Institute of International Education's 2012 Open Doors Report,[166] Wake Forest ranked third in the country for undergraduate participation in study-abroad programs among doctoral research universities.

[170] The university's Information Systems (IS) department offers a program that issues new Lenovo ThinkPad laptop computers to all undergraduate students and faculty.

Campus-wide access is provided for a variety of collaborative tools, including WebEx, Google Apps for Higher Education (used for WFU email, calendaring and documents) and Sakai.

The seven committees are Academic, Campus Life, Diversity & Inclusion, Judiciary, Public Relations, Physical Planning, and The Student Organizations Council (SOC).

[188] Notable Debate alumni include: Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, the director of the Center for the Study of Terrorist Radicalization at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies; Larry Penley, the former president of Colorado State University; John Graham, the former regulatory czar for George W. Bush; and Franklin Shirley and Martha Swain Wood, both former mayors of Winston-Salem.

[224][225][226] Wake Forest offers classes in yoga, Pilates, High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), Zumba, BodyPump, and indoor cycling.

[231] Wake Forest undergraduate students living on campus are required to sign up for a meal plan in coordination with the Office of Residence Life and Housing and Aramark.

[238] The three main community areas for the 2013–2014 academic year are:[239] In 2009, President Nathan Hatch outlined in his strategic plan a campus culture in which personal and career development would become an integral component of the undergraduate student experience.

[243] Chan's work has included hosting a national conference in 2012 ("Rethinking Success: From the Liberal Arts to Careers in the 21st Century")[244] featuring Condoleezza Rice,[245] and issuing "A Roadmap for Transforming the College-To-Career Experience" in 2013.

[271] Hoover (then Jenny Mitchell) is the program's all-time leading scorer and rebounder, was a three-time All-ACC selection and was a member of the ACC's 50th Anniversary Team in 2002.

In recent years several players from the program have played professionally in Major League Soccer, including Brian Carroll, Will Hesmer, Justin Moose, Michael Parkhurst, Pat Phelan, James Riley, Scott Sealy, Matt Taylor, and Wells Thompson.

In 2009, the team began playing at David F. Couch Ballpark, in Winston-Salem, NC, moving to this field from their former home at Gene Hooks Stadium on campus.

), economics advisor to the Biden Administration,[293] and Robert Wilkie, former United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs[294] Wake Forest alumni in the entertainment and media field include actor Marc Blucas (B.A.

1977) CEO of Emerson Electric Company and board director of IBM, Joseph W. Luter III of Smithfield Foods, G. Kennedy Thompson of Wachovia, and Eric C. Wiseman of VF Corporation.