Wake Forest University is in Winston-Salem, NC. It is named for the town of Wake Forest, NC, which is where it was originally founded. That town is just north of Raleigh, NC.
Missed a few important details. Both Wake and Duke were originally tobacco manufacturers, but like warring tribes, Duke forced Wake out, and both started their own universities.
Fun fact: Wake Forest (judging by total student population including undergrads and post-grads) is the smallest power-5 school in the country. It’s a private school (very expensive just like it’s in-state counterpart Duke) it’s in the ACC conference and has one of the most Incredibly Beautiful campuses I’ve ever seen. I’m biased since I got my undergraduate degree there…but left and got my Graduate Degree from the University of North Carolina @ Wilmington (which is also a great school). But damn I missed those power-5 football/basketball games no doubt during the two years I spent at UNCW getting my Grad degree.
Fun fact from a Winston-Salem native: originally WFU was in the city of Wake Forest, also in NC. The founder of RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company (the make Camel and almost everything else) wanted his daughter to go there but he didn't want her to be so far from home. So he FREAKING PAID for the university to build a whole new campus and move to Winston, and they've been here ever since.
Mr Reynolds’s also just wanted a big university in Winston so then the city would become more educated. He brought the college to Winston not just for a personal reason but also for the benefit of the city.
Another Winston-Salem native and lifelong Wake fan here. The WFU campus being moved from Wake Forest to Winston-Salem actually nothing to do with R.J. Reynolds Sr. himself, since he died over thirty-five years before the move even occurred. The sale of the original 330-acre estate for the Winston-Salem campus was actually put forth by one of RJR’s daughters, Mary Katharine, and her husband, Charles Babcock. The move was largely done as an act of general philanthropy for the city of Winston-Salem, but there is some important time-period specific cultural context to the move as well. The move was also made to give the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company a resource for hiring top-tier students/future business talents to eventually run and take over the day-to-day operations of the company, in very much the same way that the Duke Endowment/identity change of Trinity College to Duke University had essentially done the something for the American Tobacco Company (RJR Tobacco’s primary business rival) based out of Durham.
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As a North Carolinian, this pains me
It pains me more I live in wake forest
Same
Iam also a north carolinian my entire life 😮
As a wake forestan
This also pains me
as a another North Carolinian i agree with this comment
Wake Forest University is in Winston-Salem, NC. It is named for the town of Wake Forest, NC, which is where it was originally founded. That town is just north of Raleigh, NC.
Missed a few important details. Both Wake and Duke were originally tobacco manufacturers, but like warring tribes, Duke forced Wake out, and both started their own universities.
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@@tommyellis7728I live 10 minutes from campus 😅
Lake forest had me dying 😂
Fun fact: Wake Forest (judging by total student population including undergrads and post-grads) is the smallest power-5 school in the country. It’s a private school (very expensive just like it’s in-state counterpart Duke) it’s in the ACC conference and has one of the most Incredibly Beautiful campuses I’ve ever seen. I’m biased since I got my undergraduate degree there…but left and got my Graduate Degree from the University of North Carolina @ Wilmington (which is also a great school). But damn I missed those power-5 football/basketball games no doubt during the two years I spent at UNCW getting my Grad degree.
Winston Salem makes me depressed just looking at it tho
My hometown "Camel City"!❤
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Fun fact from a Winston-Salem native: originally WFU was in the city of Wake Forest, also in NC. The founder of RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company (the make Camel and almost everything else) wanted his daughter to go there but he didn't want her to be so far from home. So he FREAKING PAID for the university to build a whole new campus and move to Winston, and they've been here ever since.
Mr Reynolds’s also just wanted a big university in Winston so then the city would become more educated. He brought the college to Winston not just for a personal reason but also for the benefit of the city.
Another Winston-Salem native and lifelong Wake fan here. The WFU campus being moved from Wake Forest to Winston-Salem actually nothing to do with R.J. Reynolds Sr. himself, since he died over thirty-five years before the move even occurred. The sale of the original 330-acre estate for the Winston-Salem campus was actually put forth by one of RJR’s daughters, Mary Katharine, and her husband, Charles Babcock. The move was largely done as an act of general philanthropy for the city of Winston-Salem, but there is some important time-period specific cultural context to the move as well. The move was also made to give the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company a resource for hiring top-tier students/future business talents to eventually run and take over the day-to-day operations of the company, in very much the same way that the Duke Endowment/identity change of Trinity College to Duke University had essentially done the something for the American Tobacco Company (RJR Tobacco’s primary business rival) based out of Durham.
Living in Winston-Salem, NC hearing everyone's answer... I'm sitting hear yelling at my phone like they hear me lol. Like 'oh come on now'.😂
The last guy is the best lol
As a Wake Fan this is embarrassing
I literally live right down 67 (Reynolda road) and this hurts, even though I could care less about the college or sorts in general.
“Massachusetts” 😭😭😭
I live in NC and this hurt. But if somebody asks me about city/towns in other places I'd be just like most of these people lol
Ask somebody older they may say wake forest nc
Do you know where Oral Roberts University is?
"Fastest growing college football brand"
as a winston salemian i’m happy they’re representing
I saw the university once so I immediately knew it was NC
Winston Salem, NC
winston salem north carolina where we dont make anything anymore and no one from here goes to that school lol
A bunch of people who wouldn't be here if it weren't for Wake. 😂
I live about 20 min from Wake forest and have worked with them before
That's our future
Across the street from me.
I live here in winston
NC winston salem where I live it's down the street
How did the wow factor kid not know half of them are in nc
Oh the pain this brings me
Just because a team is good it doesn't mean their in California or Texas
me saying south carolina
Forsyth County. N.C.
GO DEACSSSS
As a Winston man this is interesting
New jersey😂
Been to all North Carolina colleges not hard gro
I live two miles from it. Great campus great everything! Ws NC Forsyth county.
this pains me to see as someone born there
NC
tre4
No fuckin way 😭😭
Next to Woke Island
Hawaii 😂🤣😭
Too bad that Number 1 ranking is gonna last a month 🤣🤣🤣
Winston Salem North Carolina