ACC basketball legend Randolph Childress has returned to Wake Forest as an assistant to the director of athletics, focusing on compliance, fundraising and the mentoring of student athletes.Categories: Alumni, Athletics, University Announcements
Steve Dixon ('82) and his wife have spent much of the last year telling the story of one family caught up in the U.S. immigration process. On Monday, he witnessed the reunion of the Wasilewski family, the subject of the documentary “Tony and Janina’s American Wedding."Categories: Alumni, Arts & Culture
Porter Byrum’s recent gift of Park Road Shopping Center to Wake Forest and two other universities is more than just the latest example of generosity from a local philanthropist. Read more about Byrum and how he exemplifies the University's Pro Humanitate motto in an essay from President Nathan Hatch.Categories: Alumni, Pro Humanitate
Students at Wake Forest University, Queens University of Charlotte and Wingate University will benefit from today's sale of Park Road Shopping Center in Charlotte, N.C. Mr. Porter Byrum donated the shopping center to the institutions in June. Wake Forest will receive in excess of $40 million from the sale.
Categories: Alumni
WAKE Washington offers students a chance to live, learn and work in the nation's capital. The rigorous program offers students across every major a real-world taste of government, politics, think tanks and nonprofits, and a chance to hobnob with high-profile powerbrokers.Categories: Alumni, Experiential Learning, University Announcements
It took only one year for Ron Johnson to leap from a management position at a SuperTarget store to a role at athletic apparel maker Under Armour where he helps develop shoes worn on court by NBA stars. Johnson says he owes his dramatic ascent to the M.A. in Management program offered by Wake Forest.Categories: Alumni, University Announcements
Bernardo Diaz (’07) has been named one of 40 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellows for 2011. Fellows are selected by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation to prepare for careers in the United States foreign service corps.Categories: Alumni, Awards & Recognition, Global Wake Forest, Pro Humanitate
Eleven years after her father died, Kimberly Boatwright Shirley ('85) will be remembering his legacy as she celebrates Fathers' Day. She has carried on her father's belief in education through the John W. Boatwright Scholarship at Wake Forest.Categories: Alumni, Experiential Learning, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
A loyal friend of Wake Forest and a 2011 recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award, Porter B. Byrum, has given Park Road Shopping Center to Wake Forest University, Wingate University and Queens University of Charlotte. Categories: Alumni, University Announcements
Eight May graduates have earned the opportunity to start their professional careers in Europe. Five are on their way to Spain and three to France after receiving assistantship positions to teach English during the upcoming academic year.
Categories: Alumni, Global Wake Forest, University Announcements