WFU Provost appoints committee to search for new dean for Babcock School
October 9, 2002 | Faculty, School of Business, University Announcement
Wake Forest University Provost William C. Gordon has appointed a committee to begin a national search for a new dean for the university’s Babcock Graduate School of Management. R. Charles Moyer, appointed dean in 1997, recently announced that he will step down next summer to […]
WFU professor and author to sign book ‘No Longer Slaves’
October 4, 2002 | Events, Faculty, Research, School of Divinity
Editor’s Note: For more information about events featuring Wake Forest Professor Brad R. Braxton or to schedule an interview, contact Jacob McConnico at mcconnjn@wfu.edu or 336-758-5237. Brad R. Braxton, the Jessie Ball duPont Assistant Professor of Homiletics and Biblical Studies at Wake Forest University Divinity […]
Moyer to step down as MBA school dean at Wake Forest, plans return to faculty
October 3, 2002 | Faculty, School of Business, University Announcement
R. Charles Moyer will step down next August as dean of the Babcock Graduate School of Management at Wake Forest University. Moyer, appointed dean in 1997 after several months as acting dean, will return to the Babcock School’s faculty. Moyer told Babcock School faculty and […]
Wake Forest researcher studies effectiveness of popular joint pain medicine
October 2, 2002 | Research, School of Medicine, University Announcement
Doctors recommend them to their patients, health stores hype their benefits to ailing baby boomers and they have become a multi-million dollar industry — but no one knows for sure if glucosamine and chondroitin supplements actually work to ease aching joints, says a Wake Forest […]
African economics expert: Countries need education, cooperation to carry out new government
October 1, 2002 | Research, School of Business, Speakers, University Announcement
Nearly a decade after their local governments were given autonomous control from the central government, many African communities are still struggling to understand and use the power that has been given to them, says a Wake Forest University international economics expert and author of a […]
L. Glenn Orr professorship established at WFU
September 26, 2002 | Community, Recognition, School of Business, University Announcement
Friends and associates of Wake Forest University trustee L. Glenn Orr Jr. of Winston-Salem have established a professorship in his name at the university. The L. Glenn Orr Jr. Professorship of Banking and Financial Services has been established for the university’s Babcock Graduate School of […]
Family of Cisco CEO gives $1 million to encourage entrepreneurship
September 17, 2002 | Recognition, School of Business, University Announcement
The family of John and Elaine Chambers has given Wake Forest University $1 million to encourage student entrepreneurs at the university. John Chambers is the president and chief executive officer of Cisco Systems, the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Chambers delivered the commencement […]
Calloway School names professorships, program directors
September 13, 2002 | Faculty, Media Advisory, School of Business, University Announcement
Wake Forest University’s Calloway School of Business and Accountancy has named two faculty members to endowed professorships at the school and recently appointed directors for each of its four degree programs. Paul Juras, the PricewaterhouseCoopers Professor for Teaching Excellence, was named again to the professorship. […]
Calloway School students receive top scores on CPA exam
September 9, 2002 | Recognition, School of Business, Student, University Announcement
For the third time in five years, accounting students in Wake Forest University’s Calloway School of Business and Accountancy rank first in the nation for their performance on the 2001 Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam. In 2001, 75 percent of the Calloway students taking the […]
Charles Kimball’s ‘When Religion Becomes Evil’ says need for religion persists, despite corruption
August 19, 2002 | Faculty, School of Divinity, University Announcement
For all the horror they produced, the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 also created an extraordinarily teachable moment, says Charles Kimball, Wake Forest University religion professor and internationally-known expert on Islam and the intersection of religion and politics. Kimball turned the teachable moment into a […]
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