With the help of 2,406 runners and walkers, Hit the Bricks raised nearly $407,000 for the Brian Piccolo Cancer Research Fund.

Join us for Family WeekendOctober 2–4, 2026 Family Weekend pre-registration is closed. Visitors will be able to register on-site for $75 during check-in Family Weekend is an excellent opportunity to v...

The Student Activism Subject Guide is a compilation of archival resources that is available to research how Wake Forest students have engaged with social movements and protests over the past several d...

As we continue to renovate and renew the Special Collections & Archives Research Room (Room 625), we have run into some unique challenges. One was the second-floor mezzanine: because the wrought-iron ...

Supported by a $2.7 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation, the University will host 10 two-day workshops over the next five years, bringing lead

Edwin Hallman, Jr. Writing Scholarship Prize This post is to announce the 2026 Writing Scholarship Prize for Wake Forest University undergraduates who are interested in writing. Funded by a private do...

Looking for timely news, data, and analysis to keep up with what’s happening in higher education? Inside Higher Ed (IHE) is now available to current WFU faculty, staff, and students through ZSR Librar...

With support from Lilly Endowment Inc., Wake Forest University’s Educating Character Initiative (ECI) has awarded $20.5 million in Institutional Impact Grants to 44 projects directly impacting 49 coll...

The No Fear Battalion, an Army ROTC unit consisting of 70 cadets from Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem State University and Salem College, led a somber yet uplifting tribute on Friday morning. In memory of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 tragedy,...

Join the No Fear Army ROTC Battalion, based at Wake Forest University, for the annual Climb to Remember, which honors the 2,977 victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Participants aim to climb one...

For more upcoming library events, check out our calendar or follow us on our social media channels! At ZSR September Walt Whitman’s American Dream (Thursday, September 10, 4:30 p.m.) Humans Vs Zombies...

With the start of the new 2026-2027 school year upon us, I would like to provide an introduction to Special Collections & Archives (SCA) and the Wake Forest Historical Museum (WFHM) operations so that...

Making the new Wake Forest University 30-second TV commercial started with cutting nearly 3,000 pieces of paper into campus landmarks, trees and people. Every element was designed, engineered, and assembled by hand. The commercial is scheduled to air fo...

Humans vs Zombies, an action-packed role playing game of tag, has been a library tradition since 2010. For more information on this event and to see the official “rules”, check out our website. This e...

New Deac Week at ZSR Before classes even began, ZSR was busy welcoming Wake Forest’s newest students. Throughout New Deac Week, library employees connected with over 700 of new undergraduate and gradu...

September is National Recovery Month, which began in 1989 as a “time to celebrate & promote the concept of recovery from substance use disorders and mental health challenges.” This month aims to celeb...

The Biblical Recorder, the newspaper of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina since 1833, provided in its early years, in addition to printed copies of sermons and other news of general inter...

Over the summer, I was delighted to supervise Amy Archambault during her internship with Special Collections & Archives. Throughout her time with us, Amy gained hands-on experience with the digital co...

First Five: ZSR Early Career Faculty Workshop Series 2026-27 First Five is a workshop series specifically for early career faculty and is open to faculty at all ranks who are in their first five years...

Join us for fast and fun tours (30 minutes) that highlight spaces and places ZSR Library! We will begin in the 24-hour study room (across from Smith’s café) in ZSR Library and end in Special Collectio...

As a longtime supporter of the International Black Theatre Festival, Wake Forest University also hosts festival productions in the Scales Fine Arts Center. This was the first year Special Collections ...

Evaluating Output in the AI Era Welcome back to the second installment in our three-part series about how AI has (and hasn’t) changed LIB100. In our first blog post, we chatted about getting started w...

This summer, I had the pleasure of supervising Margaret Marpoe during her internship with Special Coactions and Archives. As part of her MLIS program at the University of Alabama, Margaret spent the s...

Walt Whitman’s American Dream, a new play by Sarah Vander Schaaff, will enjoy a staged reading in Special Collections & Archives on Thursday, September 10, at 4:30 p.m. The event will also feature an ...