Rodwell family establishes scholarship at WFU
June 11, 1996 | Alumni, University Announcement
Durham resident Roy O. Rodwell Jr. and his daughters, Nancy and Rebecca Rodwell, have pledged $250,000 to endow the Roy O. Rodwell Sr. Scholarship Fund at Wake Forest University.
Good first quarter borrowed from future, says WFU economist
June 6, 1996 | Faculty, School of Business
The nation’s economy had a good first quarter, said Gary L. Shoesmith, director of the Center for Economic Studies at Wake Forest University’s Babcock Graduate School of Management, but the good times may be borrowed from the future.
Renovation, construction projects fill summer
June 6, 1996 | University Announcement
Renovation and construction projects are underway at Wake Forest University this summer that will update classroom and residence buildings and create new athletic facilities.
Museum to offer summer camps, story hours
June 4, 1996 | University Announcement
Summer camps and story hours are part of the Wake Forest University Museum of Anthropology’s summer offerings.
Mason awarded honorary degree
May 28, 1996 | Commencement, Media Advisory
Wake Forest University awarded James Walter Mason an honorary doctor of laws degree during the university’s commencement ceremony on May 20.
Leonard named dean of new Divinity School
May 21, 1996 | Media Advisory, School of Divinity, University Announcement
Wake Forest University announced today that its new divinity school will be led by Bill J. Leonard, professor of religion and chair of the religion and philosophy department at Samford University.
Nunn to graduates: rebuild nation’s moral fabric
May 20, 1996 | Commencement, Media Advisory
U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn delivered a message of civic and family responsibility today to the 1996 graduating class from Wake Forest University.
Musical premiere based on Angelou poem
May 10, 1996 | Arts & Culture, Events, Media Advisory
Wake Forest University’s composer-in-residence Dan Locklair has created the first musical composition based on the poem Maya Angelou wrote for Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential inauguration. “Since Dawn (A Tone Poem for Narrator, Chorus and Orchestra based on Maya Angelou’s `On the Pulse of Morning’)” will be premiered by the Winston-Salem Piedmont Triad Symphony Sept. 28 at Wake Forest University.
Stroupe wins national chemistry awards
May 10, 1996 | Media Advisory, Recognition, Student
Beth Stroupe, the daughter of Jane and Steve Stroupe of Libertyville, Ill., has won two national chemistry awards. Stroupe is a rising senior and a chemistry major at Wake Forest University.
MBA team finishes second in national competition
May 9, 1996 | Media Advisory, Recognition, School of Business
A team of MBA students from Wake Forest University’s Babcock Graduate School of Management claimed second place and the $1,000 prize in the 1996 KPMG Peat Marwick/George Washington University MBA Case Competition.
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