News > August 23, 2007

By Liza Greenspun | News editor

The university welcomes approximately 1,130 new faces today as the students comprising the class of 2011 move on campus.

The number of students in the class of 2011 is almost identical to the number who moved in with the class of 2010.

Freshmen began arriving at 8 a.m. to move into their residence halls throughout the day, marking the beginning of freshman orientation as they embark upon the roller coaster ride known as college.

Nearly all of the freshmen will live on campus, in residence halls on south campus.

The class of 2011 represents 45 states, with 22 percent being from North Carolina, in addition to 10 foreign countries. Thirty-seven percent of the new students finished within the top 5 percent of their graduating high school classes, and 64 percent graduated within the top 10 percent of their classes.

Sixteen percent of the 1,130 students are minorities, compared to 17 percent of the class of 2010.

Freshmen will have a busy schedule throughout their first days at the university as orientation is geared toward having them become familiar with the university environment and to become acquainted with their peers.

Thursday’s events will help guide new students and their parents into their college careers, with a session called “College, Alcohol and Choices,” to be held 5 p.m. in Pugh Auditorium in the Benson University Center, as well as a Residence Life Introduction and a Parents’ College Transition Session.

Other events throughout the week will include New Student Convocation, a picnic on Hearn Plaza and Spirit of Wake Forest, where studens will learn about various campus traditions.

Sophomores, juniors and seniors not already on campus for various activities will move in Aug. 25 and 26. Classes for all undergraduates begin Aug. 29.