WFU senior receives entrepreneurship scholarship for SAT preparation program
November 17, 2003 | Recognition, School of Business, Student
Wake Forest University senior Douglas Myers has received the Calloway School of Business and Accountancy’s Teague Scholarship for Entrepreneurship for 2003-2004. Myers, a business major from New Jersey, started the company Score Raising Programs with his brother in 1999. The company develops programs for graphing […]
Calloway School uses Kauffman grant to establish entrepreneurship fellows
November 17, 2003 | School of Business
Wake Forest University’s Calloway School of Business and Accountancy has named six faculty members as “Calloway School Entrepreneurship Fellows” for the 2003-2004 academic year. The fellowships were established with funds from the Kauffman Foundation’s $50,000 grant awarded to the school in July and will allow […]
Men who take family leave viewed negatively in workplace, says new WFU study
October 27, 2003 | Community, Research, School of Business
Men who take time off for family are generally viewed more negatively in the workplace than women who take family leave, according to a recent study by a Wake Forest University business professor. The research was published in the September issue of the academic journal […]
Stories this week at WFU
October 16, 2003 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events, Research, School of Divinity, Speakers, Student
GOD AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – James Dunn, adjunct professor of Christianity and public policy at Wake Forest Divinity School, says the ongoing debate about the line “one nation under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance is nothing more than a “tempest in a teapot.” […]
WFU Divinity School hosts Emilie Townes for lecture
September 25, 2003 | Events, School of Divinity, Speakers
Emilie Townes will present “Legends are Memories Greater than Memories” for the 2003 Margaret A. Steelman Lecture Series at Wake Forest University Divinity School Oct. 9 at 4 p.m. in Wingate Hall’s Lower Auditorium. A native of Durham, N.C., Townes is a theologian with an […]
WFU accounting students rank second in nation, first in North Carolina
September 18, 2003 | Recognition, School of Business, University Announcement
Graduates of Wake Forest University’s Calloway School of Business and Accountancy rank second in the nation for their performance on the 2002 Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam, the most recent scores available from the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy. Seventy-four percent of Wake […]
Stories this week at WFU
September 18, 2003 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Events, Research, School of Business, Speakers
HEARN, OTHER PRESIDENTS TO DISCUSS ALCOHOL ISSUES — First lady Mary Easley will bring together presidents, chancellors and counsels from 40 college campuses across North Carolina on Sept. 24 for the North Carolina Presidents’ Summit on Alcohol Use & Abuse. As part of the summit at the Executive […]
New memory training process shows promise for older adults
September 3, 2003 | Research, School of Medicine
Older adults often find themselves repeating a story to the same audience within a short amount of time. They remember the story, but not that they have recently told it. Wake Forest University psychologist Janine Jennings and her co-researcher Larry Jacoby of Washington University have […]
Stories this week at WFU
August 28, 2003 | Campus Life, Events, Research, School of Business, Speakers, Student
ARE COMPUTER NUMBER GAMES REALLY READING YOUR MIND? – There are several versions of the game that circulate on the Internet: the computer prompt asks you to type in a three or four digit number, reverse the numbers, subtract one from the other and magically it […]
WFU Divinity School dean says Baptists face critical questions of identity
August 22, 2003 | Faculty, School of Divinity, Speakers
In a modern society that is increasingly fragmented, Wake Forest University Divinity School Dean Bill Leonard says he offers his latest book, “Baptist Ways: A History,” not only as a broad historical survey of Baptist faith and practice, but as a tool for all denominations […]
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