Where You Belong
The freedom to be exactly who you are and explore who you want to be, surrounded by the resources necessary for each student to reach their full potential.
The Wake Forest experience is deep, layered, and designed to challenge and support the development of the whole student simultaneously. Our entire campus is a classroom. Here, living and learning are forever combined within a diverse community. The residential commons model is intentionally designed to connect students to the resources they will need to thrive at Wake Forest.
In many ways, a deeply connected residential experience is not new to Wake Forest. The commitment shown to each student by our faculty and staff is, and has been, a foundational element of an ever-evolving engaged liberal arts model. By branding, documenting, and building an even more supportive structure around a strong culture of community, we are further enhancing that which makes Wake Forest distinct.
Within this residential experience, we will curate an environment in which students can make their home – a home where living and learning are inseparable.
“Roots” of The Forest
These focus areas help guide the programming efforts within The Forest.
Encourage students to create a home at Wake Forest by embracing and cultivating a personally enriching sense of identity, balance, and wellbeing.
Promote in students a commitment to eternal learning through curiosity about the workings of the world and the lives and experiences of other people.
Develop in students an openness to difference, diverse knowledge, community with others, meaningful relationships, and respect for the many ways of living the human experience.
Educate and develop leaders of character, integrity, and courage who embody Pro Humanitate.
