WAKE DOWNTOWN
Information Session
Wake Forest Innovation Quarter
• Wake Forest
Biotech Place
• 525@Vine
• Inmar
• Bowman Gray
Center for Medical
Education (BGCME)
• Bailey Park
• Plant 64 and
Piedmont Leaf Lofts
• Bailey Power Plant
What is in Wake Downtown?
• Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery
Concentration within Chemistry major
• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
New BS degree
• Engineering
New BS degree
Minor in Biomaterials Science
Concentration in Biomedical Engineering
Classes commence in Fall 2017
Wake Downtown
6 classrooms
10 teaching labs
4 conference rooms
Board Room with a view
of downtown WinstonSalem
• 1st Floor Lobby and 2nd
Floor Atrium
• Student gathering spaces
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• Student study spaces
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Administrative (1st floor)
BMB (2nd)
Med Chem (3rd)
Engineering (4th)
• Future growth space
• Classrooms throughout IQ
will become available
Classrooms
18
36
18
104
42
48
First floor
Fourth Floor
Study Spaces
Open study room – 2nd & 3rd floor
Open study area – 2nd floor atrium
Open study room – 1st & 4th floors
Student Commons – lower level
Study Spaces
View of downtown Winston-Salem from Student Study
Open study room: 2nd & 3rd floors
Open study room: 1st & 4th floors
Building Progress
Vine Street view (October 2015)
Building Progress
Auditorium (October 2016)
Building Progress
1st Floor Lobby (Aug 2016)
2nd Floor Atrium (Aug 2016)
Building Progress
Research Lab (Nov 2016)
Building Progress
Teaching Lab (Nov 2016)
Moving timeline
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Temporary certificate of occupancy issued yesterday!
Equipment to be installed beginning next week
Faculty offices and labs packed up now through end of December
Offices and labs move January 2nd – 6th
Classes start January 10th
Spring ‘17 Courses
• 18 courses in 9 departments
• 7 Division V
• 5 humanities courses
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COM339 Practices of Citizenship
EDU377 Literacy in the 21st Century
ESE100 Creativity and Innovation
ESE357/BIO357 Bioinspiration and
Biomimetics
HST366 Historic Preservation
POL286 Community Engagement:
The Role of Universities
• 3 lab courses
• 2 library courses
• 1 First Year Seminar (Analytical
Methods of Sherlock Holmes)
• Students have registered
• 275 students enrolled in courses
at Wake Downtown
Shuttle Service
• Monday to Friday 8 a.m. – 11 p.m.
• Weekend service 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
• Summer service
• Two shuttles running in 15 minute
intervals on the quarter hour mark
• 3rd bus used for peak ridership periods
• One way travel time <15 min (students
advised to build 30 min between classes)
• Current IQ/ Brookstown shuttle runs
from 7:30 a.m. to 5:50 p.m. in 30 min
intervals
Innovation Quarter Shuttle Route
Reynolda
Campus shuttle
stop:
Benson Center
Innovation
Quarter shuttle
stop:
Vine St. in front
of Building 60
Parking
Visitor
parking
P5
Permit
parking
P7
Overflow
parking
P8
• Shuttle strongly
encouraged for everyone!
• Permit parking for 60S
faculty/staff in P7
• Visitor parking in P5
• Overflow lot P8
• Parking to be arranged
for University events
Security and Safety
• 24/7 security guard in building
• University Police present during
business hours
• After-hours, on-call security
assistance available
• All faculty, staff, and students need
to display University-issued
DeaconOne cards in wearable
badge holders (to be provided)
while in Wake Downtown facilities
Student services
High degree of
collaboration with SOM
to maximize service
without duplicating
efforts
Dining options
• Food dollars at
• Medical Grounds (Building 60 North)
• Café Brioche (Biotech Place)
• Other local options
• Vending machines at Wake Downtown
• Chick-Fil-A at Medical Grounds on
Thursdays
• Krankies Coffee and local restaurants
• Food trucks at Bailey Park
• Refrigerators and kitchens in student
spaces for food storage
Programming
• Potential for collaboration with
Student Union and other student
organizations
• Local IQ events
Network Night (Dec 8)
Bookmarks Book Fair (Dec 14)
Krankies Craft Fair (Dec 17)
Live music at Bailey Park
Yoga at Bailey Park
Innovation & Cinema
Food Truck Friday
Social Media
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@WakeDowntown
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Website:
wakedowntown.wfu.edu
Q&A
Wake Downtown