Policies and Manuals

Tenure, Promotion, Chair Evaluation, Safety, Graduate Student Progress, Etc.

Policies regarding tenure, promotion, safety, chair evaluation, and student progress of the Wake Forest University Department of Physics.

Emergency Response

Call 911 from a campus land line phone or 336.758.5911 on a cell phone (enter as a contact in your personal phone) for any emergency. This will be the most efficient number for initiating response on campus.

Lab Safety and Compliance

All undergraduate and graduate students, postdocs, faculty and staff are required to complete Lab Safety Training before beginning work in a research laboratory. The primary component to this can be satisfied by watching the appropriate lab safety compliance video and filling out the certificate of completion. You are also required to read the appropriate Chemical Hygiene Plan & Safety Manual. University faculty, staff & students who generate or handle hazardous waste are required to complete Hazardous Waste training and fill out the certificate of completion. If you will be working with biohazard materials, blood or needles, then you are also required to watch the Blood Borne Pathogen Training video and complete the quiz by following the links below.

Department Procedures

Disposal of Broken Glass

If you have glass that doesn’t contain biohazardous material, this glass needs to be boxed, labeled as broken glass, then placed outside for normal trash pickup (don’t put the box in the trash cans; leave them on the dock). If you have glass that contains biohazardous material, they must be boxed and placed inside the biohazard waste disposal boxes.