The North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame will induct seven members in 2011, including three with Wake Forest ties: football player Ricky Proehl, announcer Gene Overby and trainer Al Proctor.
Categories: Athletics, Awards & Recognition
The Z. Smith Reynolds Library has won a national award for excellence in supporting the teaching and learning mission of the University. “It’s like winning the NCAA championship for libraries,” said Lynn Sutton, dean of the library.
Categories: Awards & Recognition
The Wake Forest family mourns the passing of Phil Hanes, a force for developing the local and national arts scene. The Hanes family donated the President's home to Wake Forest, and the Hanes Art Gallery in the Scales Fine Arts Center is named after Phil and his wife, Charlotte.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Community Impact
Associate Professor of Religion Mary Foskett has been named the first director of Wake Forest’s new Humanities Institute. The Institute, which was formally established last October, will support interdisciplinary scholarship, research initiatives and education in the humanities.
Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Eleven students traveled to Honduras this winter as part of Global Brigades, a student-led global health and sustainable development organization. They provided communities with financial advice and medical assistance.