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Wake Forest Manual Labor Institute opened on the 3rd of February 1834 in a rural area north of Raleigh. The Baptist State Convention purchased a plantation from Calvin Jones to establish this new school.
The entire college moved to Winston-Salem for the fall 1956 term after receiving large gifts from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation. A second campus opened downtown near the historic Brookstown area in July 2016, and a new Charlotte campus officially opened in 2025.
Edward Reynolds became the first black full-time undergraduate on the 27th of April 1962 after transferring from Shaw University. He later earned master's degrees at Ohio University and Yale Divinity School before receiving a Ph.D. from the University of London in 1972.
The athletic teams have won eleven NCAA team national championships across five different sports. Women's field hockey claimed three consecutive titles from 2002 through 2004 under Head Coach Jennifer Averill.
Susan Rae Wente became the fourteenth president on the 29th of January 2021 and served until June 2026 when she stepped down immediately upon announcement on the 1st of October 2025.