Provost Archive

Nicaragua Nexus

May 2, 2011  |   Alumni, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, International, President, Pro Humanitate, Provost, Student

Thanks to donors Karyn and Tom Dingledine, a new learning center is available to students studying abroad in Nicaragua. The facility, dedicated in February, supports learning opportunities for students from all areas of the University who have a desire to provide services within the fields […]

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Provost will become president of Colorado College

April 5, 2011  |   Provost, Top Stories, University Announcement

President Nathan O. Hatch announced today that Jill Tiefenthaler will step down as provost to become the 13th president of Colorado College in Colorado Springs. Her resignation as provost will be effective June 30, 2011.

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Called to act

November 12, 2010  |   For Alumni, For Parents, National, Pro Humanitate, Provost, Speakers, Sustainability, Top Stories

Across the U.S., racial minorities and the economically disenfranchised suffer disproportionally from the ill effects of assaults on the environment and often lack access to the power to protect their communities. Leaders in environmental justice discuss what can be done.

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Symposium celebrates A.R. Ammons

October 19, 2010  |   Arts & Culture, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, Provost, Top Stories

“Single Threads Unbraided,” a celebration of the poetry, art and letters of A.R. Ammons will be held Nov. 15–16 at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library.

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Humanities Institute established

October 1, 2010  |   Faculty, Humanities, President, Provost, Top Stories

Building on its liberal arts tradition, Wake Forest University has established the Wake Forest Humanities Institute to support innovative scholarship and collaboration in the humanities.

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New Wake Forest websites launch

September 29, 2010  |   For Alumni, For Parents, Provost, Top Stories, University Announcement

Wake Forest has launched a redesigned website, including the home page, news sites and Inside WFU, a community-focused site targeted to faculty and staff. The rollout also features a new content-management system.

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Heading South

September 19, 2010  |   For Alumni, For Parents, International, Provost, Top Stories

Wake Forest has established a semester-long study abroad program in South America. The first group of 10 students will spend the 2011 spring semester in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Santiago, Chile.

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Meet the new faculty

September 15, 2010  |   Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, Provost, Top Stories

With the opening of the academic year, Wake Forest welcomes over 50 new faculty members — a group Provost Jill Tiefenthaler describes as rare in higher education, committed to focusing on teaching as well as research.

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Faculty assume new leadership roles

September 2, 2010  |   Faculty, Graduate School, Provost, Top Stories

A new associate provost and a number of academic deans in the College, Graduate School, School of Law and Schools of Business were appointed over the summer.

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First Fulbright Specialist scholar

July 19, 2010  |   Faculty, International, Provost

Chair and Professor of Counseling Samuel T. Gladding shared his expertise of family counseling with educators and students in Turkey during a month-long stay there this summer as the University’s first Fulbright Specialist scholar.