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“And they’re upholding our motto: Pro Humanitate (for humanity.) When they leave here, I want them to use their knowledge, their skills, their talents and their compassion to really benefit others and their communities. “I want us to be producing the next generation of leaders with integrity,” she said when I asked her to describe what type of student she’d like to see graduate Wake Forest under her watch. She’s also proud that in the late 2000s, Wake Forest became the first top-30 national university not to rely on standardized test results for undergraduate admissions. An undergraduate engineering program that features liberal arts courses like writing and foreign languages is an example. Speaking of commitments, Wente is committed to what she calls “bold moves” in academics to keep the university competitive. That’s a huge commitment and represents not just our Reynolda Campus but a true Winston-Salem commitment. “I think our deep commitment to the city in one way is reflected by the Wake Downtown and the Innovation Quarter. One of the nations most respected private schools, Wake Forest University is a collegiate university recognized for its outstanding academic reputation and. “I’d say we are incredibly strongly committed and view ourself as an anchor institution in Winston-Salem and Winston-Salem as our anchor city,” she said. “This new partnership is going to be a key way that we can ensure that we’re going to be able to continue to provide the highest quality care and really be able to leverage all the different types of resources that come from being part of a larger, more integrated system,” she pointed out.Īnd with plans to open a second Wake Forest School of Medicine campus in Charlotte along with school of business programs and an uptown campus already in that city, Wente will face the challenge of assuring the Winston-Salem community Wake Forest is still embedded in Forsyth County. Prior to arriving in Winston-Salem, she was in Nashville, Tennessee serving as provost, vice-chancellor and interim chancellor of Vanderbilt University where she guided that institution’s COVID response.īut she’s also responding to challenges unique to Wake Forest, the most highly-publicized of which over the last year has been Wake Forest Baptist Health’s joining forces with Atrium Health of Charlotte.
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