<Tr> <Th> Mascot </Th> <Td> The Demon Deacon </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.wfu.edu </Td> </Tr> <P> Wake Forest University is a private, independent, nonprofit, nonsectarian, coeducational research university in Winston - Salem, North Carolina, founded in 1834 . The university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina, the state capital . The Reynolda Campus, the university's main campus, has been located north of downtown Winston - Salem since the university moved there in 1956 . The Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center campus has two locations, the older one located near the Ardmore neighborhood in central Winston - Salem, and the newer campus at Wake Forest Innovation Quarter downtown . The university also occupies lab space at Biotech Plaza at Innovation Quarter, and at the Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials . The University's Graduate School of Management maintains a presence on the main campus in Winston - Salem and in Charlotte, North Carolina . </P> <P> In the 2016 U.S. News & World Report America's Best Colleges report, Wake Forest ranked tied for 5th in terms of "Best Undergraduate Teaching" in the U.S. and tied for 27th overall among national universities . Wake Forest has produced 15 Rhodes Scholars, including 13 since 1986, four Marshall Scholars, 15 Truman Scholars and 62 Fulbright recipients since 1993 . </P>

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