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Updated: 6:16 PM EST Jan 31, 2021 WXII12.com Web Staff Wake Forest University announced its first female president Sunday after an international search.Dr. Susan R. Wente will be the 14th president, according to the Board of Trustees. She is a renowned biomedical scientist and higher education leader who served as Vanderbilt s provost and vice chancellor for the past seven years. At Vanderbilt, she served as the first female provost.Click the video player above for more information about Dr. Wente.“Dr. Wente is the right person to enable Wake Forest to seize the opportunities before it,” said Gerald Roach, chair of the search committee and the Board of Trustees. “Among a field of highly-qualified candidates, she stood out as a transformational leader and world-class academic who is committed to the personal connection and engagement that Wake Forest values.”Dr. Wente will officially start on July 1 following current President Nathan O Hatch s retireme