2021, including a seven-story tower, and on March 24, 2021, Atrium Health announced a 20-acre site at Baxter and McDowell Streets. Also, School of Medicine dean Dr. Julie Ann Freischlag said construction would start in 2022, with the first students attending in 2024. It officially opened 2025. Hatch, who was leaving as president June 30, said Wake Forest would have a School of Professional Studies at the Charlotte location in 2022.
=== Political activities ===
On March 17, 1978, president Jimmy Carter made a major National Security address in Wait Chapel. The school has hosted presidential debates on two occasions. The first was between then-vice president George H. W. Bush and governor Michael Dukakis on September 25, 1988. The second debate was between then-governor George W. Bush and vice-president Al Gore on October 11, 2000. Both debates were hosted in Wait Chapel. Bill Clinton campaigned at Wake Forest for his wife Hillary Clinton during her 2016 presidential campaign.
== Campuses ==
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