Wake Forest University: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Wake Forest Manual Labor Institute • Wake Forest College
Date	1834 - present
Notable Alumni	Chris Paul • Tim Duncan • Richard Burr

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Wake Forest University

Wait Chapel with its tall steeple and clock tower stands at the end of a large, green lawn surrounded by trees on the campus of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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