Wake Forest University

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Technology

Wake Forest has received some praise for its efforts in the field of technology. In 2003, The Princeton Review listed it as the number two "Most Connected Campus" in the United States. University technology programs include providing laptop computers to all undergraduate students, as well as high-speed Internet access in all dorms and most classrooms. Wireless Internet access is now provided in all dorms and classrooms as well as administration buildings and the Z. Smith Reynolds Library.

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The University is a founding member of WinstonNet, a non-profit organization of educational and municipal institutions in Winston Salem, NC that among other things provides a gigabit ethernet based regional point of presence (or, rPOP) for the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN).

Related Topics:
Winston Salem, NC - Point of presence

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In addition to high performance networks, Wake Forest University engages in high performance computing efforts locally with its WFU DEAC cluster and statewide with its participation in the NC Grid Computing Initiative. The statewide efforts are coordinated through the non-profit organization MCNC.

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