This blog post was written by Special Collections & Archives Student Assistant Anne Jones ’26.

Since the fall of 2025, Meg Campbell (’25) and I (Anne Jones) have been editing, organizing, and updating the “Buildings & Roads of Wake Forest University” guide. The original project was made by former student employee John Walsh (’14) who included both research and personal anecdotes for a vibrant description. In order to update this important university resource, we created a shared living document. This long and, at some points, chaotic text allowed us to edit the existing guide while also giving us the space to include progress since 2014. To ensure that we described the most current depiction of Wake Forest life, we developed a checklist to keep track of the various new buildings and roads that now make up the campus. This work included combining more formal university historical research with lived student knowledge. As English majors and experienced Special Collections & Archives student workers, we were able to highlight both our writing and archival skills in this collaborative project. Through our edits and additions we hope to promote an accurate, succinct, and thoughtful description of the physical elements that make up Wake Forest’s beautiful campus.

Many thanks to all of the students who have worked on this project. Like our campus, this will continue to grown and change over time.