Wake Forest University formally adopted the Realizing Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (R.I.D.E.) Framework in Sept. 2020 to guide Wake Forest’s pursuit of inclusive excellence. The end of Academic Year 2024-2025 marks the fifth year that the Office of Diversity and Inclusion has used the R.I.D.E. Framework to ground departmental and institutional efforts to create and sustain a sense of belonging and inclusivity. In that time, ODI has helped dozens of departments develop area-specific plans for operationalizing their inclusive excellence plans, while crafting a broader institutional commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The end of five years of data collection and program delivery provides an opportunity for ODI to pause implementation of the R.I.D.E. Framework, and employ program evaluation principles for determining R.I.D.E’s strengths, as well as opportunities for improvement.
Effective April 22, 2025, the contents of the R.I.D.E. website have been archived while we complete our evaluation.
We expect the evaluation process will lead to a new institutional framework that will be introduced during the fall 2025 semester. In the meantime, you are encouraged to visit diversity.wfu.edu if you would like to learn more about Wake Forest’s efforts for creating and sustaining community and belonging.