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WFU student wins Goldwater scholarship

May 2, 2005  |   Recognition, Student, University Announcement

Emily Leonhardt, a Wake Forest University junior from Cincinnati, Ohio, has been awarded a 2005 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Leonhardt is one of approximately 320 students across the country to earn the scholarship this year. The Goldwater Scholars were selected on the basis of academic […]

WFU student wins Goldwater scholarship

May 2, 2005  |   Recognition, Student

Arnold Palmer to address Wake Forest graduates, three to receive honorary degrees

April 29, 2005  |   Speakers, University Announcement

Arnold Palmer, one of the most beloved golf legends of all time and a Wake Forest University alumnus, will deliver the university’s commencement address during a May 16 ceremony on Thomas K. Hearn Jr. Plaza (the Quad). Three distinguished people in the fields of medicine, […]

Advisory: Media invited to reception at WFU for renowned, retiring security officer

April 29, 2005  |   Media Advisory

For 10 years, students at Wake Forest University have come to know security officer George McBride as “the friendly, white-haired man with the bowl of mints” who keeps watch nights in the foyer of Z. Smith Reynolds Library. Sunday through Thursday, from about 6 p.m. […]

Stories this week at WFU

April 28, 2005  |   Campus Life, Events, University Announcement

ARMY ROTC CADET TO BE COMMISSIONED BY HER FATHER, MAJ. GEN. MARTIN DEMPSEY — Caitlin Dempsey, a senior Army ROTC cadet, will be commissioned by her father, Maj. Gen. Martin Dempsey, during a ceremony May 15. General Dempsey, who served as the 1st Armor Division commander […]

Three to receive honorary degrees at WFU commencement ceremony

April 26, 2005  |   Recognition, University Announcement

A famed civil rights attorney, the physician who developed the defibrillator and the founder and president of the Inner City Education Foundation (ICEF) will receive honorary degrees during Wake Forest University’s May 16 commencement on Thomas K. Hearn Jr. Plaza (the Quad). The 9 a.m. […]

Advisory: WFU nutrition expert available to comment on new food pyramid

April 22, 2005  |   Media Advisory

Gary Miller, a Wake Forest University nutrition expert, is available to comment on the revised food pyramid recently released by the United States Department of Agriculture. Called “my pyramid,” the new design attempts to personalize nutritional requirements. “Previously, it was difficult to understand how much […]

Stories this week at WFU

April 21, 2005  |   Community, Events, Speakers

‘THE U.S. AND GLOBAL POVERTY’ — Critics have argued that high debt owed by poor countries to rich countries has widened the gap between these countries and that the United States is not doing enough to help the economic recovery effort in poor countries. Sylvain Boko, […]

University Police arrests student for property damage

April 19, 2005  |   Media Advisory, University Announcement

Wake Forest University Police arrested a Wake Forest student April 15 in connection with graffiti that started appearing early this month on several buildings across campus. The student, a sophomore, is charged with nine counts of injury to real property. Much of the graffiti consisted […]

Wake Forest trustees honor president with Thomas K. Hearn Jr. Plaza

April 18, 2005  |   Media Advisory, Recognition, University Announcement

The broad green lawn at Wake Forest University that stretches from Wait Chapel to the administration building is now officially called Thomas K. Hearn Jr. Plaza, in honor of the university’s retiring president. Approved by the university’s board of trustees, the new name was announced […]