Office of Diversity & Inclusion | Wake Forest University

Let us Strive to Create and Sustain Community and Belonging

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion supports the University’s mission of creating a more diverse learning community. Developmental and proactive in its approach and reactive to the constant challenges to inclusion and belonging in our community and our society, ODI organizes its efforts around offering compelling and representative programming, and ensuring that all Wake Foresters have an opportunity to benefit from all that Wake Forest has to offer.

These efforts promote a safe, growth-minded, and engaged campus community, wherein students, staff, and faculty – within and across multiple identities – can feel supported and valued in their academic, social, and professional endeavors.

Re-Envisioning ODI

On May 15, 2025, Vice President José Villalba announced a summer-long process to re-envision the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

This collaborative effort will engage students, staff, and faculty throughout August 2025.

For information on engaging with re-envisioning opportunities, please visit this link.

Core Centers

Affiliate Centers

Our partnerships across campus help further the vision for diversity, equity, and inclusion.

ODI Educational Offerings

Professional development opportunities for diversity, equity, and inclusion are available to all Wake Forest students, staff, and faculty.

Inclusive Leadership Development Program

Upcoming Events

2025 EEJI Summer Institute Environmental Journalism Fellowship

June 2, 2025
Wake Washington

The Wake Forest University Environmental and Epistemic Justice Initiative (EEJI) is a multi-pronged Mellon Foundation funded research, teaching, and community engagement project that places at its center environmental and epistemic justice. The EEJI critically examines how and in what ways race and regimes of racial knowledge shape and inform our …