Wake Forest

Wake Forest may refer to:

  • Wake Forest, North Carolina, a town near Raleigh, North Carolina
  • Wake Forest University, a university located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  • Wake Forest, name of the plantation owned by Calvin Jones (physician) that became the first home of Wake Forest University
  • Demon Deacons, athletic teams from Wake Forest University

Famous quotes containing the words wake and/or forest:

    “No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it’s in the middle of a Cabinet meeting.”
    —Ronald Reagan (b. 1911)

    “If I were a Brazilian without land or money or the means to feed my children, I would be burning the rain forest too.”
    —Sting [Gordon Matthew Sumner] (b. 1951)