The Forsyth County Commissioners and the Environmental Affairs Board of Forsyth County recently recognized the university for sustainability initiatives in two departments. The office of Waste Reduction and Recycling received a Special Environmental Award in July for diverting 44.6 percent of solid waste from […]
The university’s elegant new Welcome Center received LEED Gold certification on July 14, 2011. The Welcome Center opened its doors for business on March 22. Construction on the building began in December 2009 and was completed in February of this year. The center’s […]
Though many seniors may be in denial, the end of the semester is just around the corner. End-of-year move-out can be one of the most wasteful times of year on the Reynolda campus, as students rush to pack up their possessions and dispose of unwanted […]
More than 100 students huddled together in the Reynolda Hall lobby on March 26 to count down the seconds until the spotlights on Wait Chapel were extinguished in celebration of Earth Hour 2011. The Demon Deacon was on-hand to flip the giant light […]
The university’s elegant new Welcome Center officially opened its doors for business on March 22. Construction on the building began in December 2009 and was completed in February of this year. The design firm, Lambert Architecture + Interiors, designed the building to exceed the university’s […]
Students, faculty and staff are back at it, defending the university’s ACC title this year. No, you didn’t miss any football or basketball championships — we’re talking about trash. Last year the Demon Deacons claimed the ACC title for greatest waste reduction per capita […]
Wake Forest has received a STARS Silver rating in recognition of our sustainability achievements from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). STARS, the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System, is a new program that measures and encourages sustainability in all […]
Pugh Auditorium was abuzz with discussion after the closing credits of Tapped on January 25, 2011. The film screening, which officially began the university’s “Choose to Reuse” campaign, drew a diverse audience from university departments and the wider Winston-Salem community. Tapped explores the bottled […]
Mismatched recycling bins from across campus found new homes just in time for the holidays. The displaced bins — a result of the transition to a new recycling bin standard on campus — were donated to schools across the county, as well as to local […]
With the help of some serious equipment, Landscaping Services staff members successfully removed 24 trees from the future site of the business school, Farrell Hall, and transplanted them at three locations: the new Welcome Center, South Hall, and North Campus Apartments. The various maples, oaks […]
Megan Anderson, nicknamed “Captain Planet” by her friends, unabashedly loves trash. In almost any other profession, this trait would be considered a little bizarre, but as the university’s new Waste Reduction and Recycling Manager, Anderson’s affinity for garbage is a great asset. “The average […]
Though his daily duties change with the seasons, one element remains constant for Director of Landscaping Services, Jim Coffey – he’s always busy. Coffey, who celebrates his 25th year with the university this year, has assembled a stellar team of landscaping gurus over the […]
The university’s dining services provider, ARAMARK, has made numerous strides toward sustainability by reducing waste in the major campus dining facilities. In keeping with this commitment, campus dining began using a new cleaning method in the Reynolda Fresh Food Company that eliminates 99.9 percent of […]
The university’s first ever LEED-certified building came in a rather small package: that of the Diane Dailey Golf Learning Center. Though the building encompasses a much smaller area than either the LEED-designed South Hall or new Admissions Center, through careful design and collaboration, the team […]
A short history of the Southern Magnolias on Manchester Plaza: In 1947 while visiting the old campus, Dr. Walter Raphael Wiley (BS 1929, BS Med. 1930) and his wife, Monnie Louise McDaniel Wiley learned of the impending move of the University to Winston-Salem. Mrs. […]
