WFU in the news: March 28-April 3
Selected news clips courtesy of Wake Forest University News & CommunicationsCategories: Research & Discovery
Selected news clips courtesy of Wake Forest University News & CommunicationsMichele Gillespie to succeed Rogan Kersh as Provost
Wake Forest University President Susan R. Wente has appointed Michele Gillespie, current Dean of Wake Forest’s College of Arts and Sciences, to succeed Rogan Kersh as University Provost, effective July 1, 2022.Categories: Alumni, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Garden Party celebrates the birthday of Maya Angelou
Wake Forest University is hosting the annual Maya Angelou Garden Party this Sunday, April 3, from 2-4 p.m. in Bailey Park in Innovation Quarter. The event celebrates Angelou’s April 4 birthday, is always held on the Sunday closest to it and is free and open to the public. Categories: Community Impact, Happening at Wake, Inclusive Excellence
Wake Forest celebrates entrepreneurship with ‘Entrepalooza’
Entrepalooza, a celebration of entrepreneurship and Wake Forest student entrepreneurs, will be held April 7 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. in the Scales Fine Arts Center in Brendle Recital Hall. Categories: University Announcements
High Performance Computing: Collaborations power research & learning
In a temperature-controlled room located in an out-of-the-way part of campus, rows of computers are humming, blinking and whirring in a High-Performance Computing Center called the DEAC Cluster.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
International art advisor Sandy Heller to speak at Wake Forest
Sandy Heller, founder of the Heller Group in New York and Paris, will speak at Wake Forest University on April 6 at 5 p.m. in Farrell Hall’s Broyhill Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.Categories: University Announcements
WFU in the news: March 21-27
Selected news clips courtesy of Wake Forest University News & Communications
Categories: University Announcements
Dave and Catherine Clawson give $250,000 for scholarship fund
Dave and Catherine Clawson will make it possible for even more students to benefit from the transformational opportunity to attend Wake Forest University with a $250,000 gift to create a new scholarship. The donation establishes the Dave and Catherine Clawson Scholarship. The Clawsons made this gift in support of Wake Forest President Susan R. Wente’s new scholarship initiative that she announced at her inauguration ceremony on March 25.Categories: University Announcements
Wake Forest holds inauguration for President Susan R. Wente
Wake Forest celebrated the inauguration of Susan R. Wente on March 25 in Wait Chapel. In her speech, Wente drew on her experience as a scientist to connect the transformative power of education to cell biology and described Wake Forest as a “catalyst for good.”Categories: Happening at Wake, University Announcements
Wake Forest hosts day of service during presidential inauguration week
Wake Forest University students, faculty, staff and alumni volunteered at “kit-packing” events on March 23 in a day of service that coincided with the upcoming presidential inauguration and will benefit local schoolchildren and homeless women. Categories: Pro Humanitate, University Announcements