Location, Travel, & Accommodations

About Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University enrolls over 5,000 undergraduate students who study a liberal arts curriculum that includes a requirement to reach an intermediate level of language study. WFU offers courses in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Hindi-Urdu, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Russian, and Spanish.

Programs of study in language for specific purposes include undergraduate concentrations in Spanish for Business, Spanish for Health Professions, French for Business, a Certificate in Chinese for the Global Workplace, and a concentration in German for Business for students in the Wayne Calloway School of Business and Accountancy.

The Wake Forest University School of Medicine offers a Scholarly Concentration in Medical Applied Education in Spanish through Training, Resources, and Overlearning (MAESTRO). The MAESTRO Program aims to train culturally respectful Spanish-speaking providers who will go on to care for the increasing number of Hispanic patients in Winston-Salem and across the U.S. The ultimate goal of the MAESTRO program is to make a contribution in the fight against health inequities. We seek to equip medical students with the necessary cultural awareness and communication skills to care effectively for Spanish-speaking patients and positively impact the health and well-being of this growing and under-served population.

Venue: Wake Downtown

This year’s conference will be held at Wake Downtown, located in Winston-Salem’s Innovation Quarter. Wake Downtown houses undergraduate academic programs in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (BMB), Medicinal Chemistry & Drug Discovery, and Engineering, in a former Reynolds Tobacco building renovated to accommodate classrooms, laboratories, and event spaces.

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Getting Here

Traveling by air

Winston-Salem is served primarily by the Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) located in Greensboro, NC. Commercial airlines serving the Piedmont Triad Airport include American Airlines, Delta, United Airlines, US Airways, and Allegiant Air.

Taxis and rental cars are available. PART transit offers an on-demand shuttle from PTI airport to its transit hub in Greensboro and hourly express transit from the hub to downtown Winston-Salem. Call 336-883-7278 or use the Umo mobile app for more information or to schedule a ride. 

You can schedule an Uber/Lyft for about $45-$65 one way or visit www.visitwinstonsalem.com or the WFU Visitors’ Center for information on cabs, limousine services, shuttles and rates.

Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) is approximately a 90-minute drive to Winston-Salem as is the Raleigh/Durham International Airport (RDU). There are no regular shuttles between the two and Wake Forest University so you will need to rent a car or use Uber/Lyft. This will likely cost $100+ one way from either airport to Wake Forest.

The Smith Reynolds Airport in Winston-Salem is available to charter and private aircraft.

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Driving and parking

Use this address for a taxi or rideshare to the conference:

Wake Downtown
455 Vine Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101

Paid visitor parking is available near Wake Downtown, including limited on-street parking and garage parking. For accessibility and disability accommodation concerns, please contact the conference organizers.

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Accommodations

Information about the conference hotel will be provided once registration opens in December 2025. There are numerous hotels near the conference location in downtown Winston-Salem that you can choose to stay in.

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Dining

The Innovation Quarter has a wide variety of places to eat and drink listed in their directory. Additional restaurants, cafés, breweries, and the like are found within walking distance in downtown Winston-Salem, particularly along 4th Street, 5th Street, N Trade Street and N Liberty Street.

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Things to do while you’re here

Check out The Go-To Winston-Salem site for an updated schedule of events and activities that will be taking place in Winston-Salem while you’re here.