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As Wake Forest has grown, so have the boundaries of our academic footprint. While the University has already activated the east side of campus for academics, with the Law School in Worrell and the Business School in Farrell, the addition of Health and Exercise Science to Worrell, the renovation of Palmer/Piccolo from residence halls to home of the anthropology department, environmental studies program, and the Lam Museum of Anthropology effectively launched the expansion of the campus core for the College as well. All these academic spaces are a 7 minute walk or less from the center of campus. We are committed to improving connectivity – walkways, paths, and wayfinding – to decrease perceptions of the distance of these academic spaces from the center of campus and to shape a new positive experience of an expanded student-centric campus core.

To provide and ensure a transformative education and student experience supported by the teacher-scholar ideal.

Unlocking the core means we will ultimately relocate non-student facing administrative units to a connected location (The Grounds) to create more student-centric space in the core of campus. 

Near-Term Space Plan Projects

Unlocking the campus core includes a series of proposed Near-Term Space Plan projects beginning with the relocation of some non-student-facing administrative functions. Consolidating administrative functions at the UCC in the near term, with a long-term goal of an administrative cluster at a leased office building in The Grounds district, will free up core campus buildings for academic use and immediate improvement and renovation. Proposed Near-Term Space Plan projects include:


Near-Term Space Plan to Unlock the Campus Core

In addition to feedback from Bicentennial Space Plan outreach and engagement, buildings that have existing or ongoing feasibility studies and Master Plans (e.g., Wait Chapel, ZSR Library, etc.) will help to inform needs and priorities.