Wake Forest University sophomores Destiny Hale and Hanna Shakarov won the 2025 ACC Debate Championship by defeating Southern Methodist University in the tournament's final round on April 27 in Washington, D.C. Hale, a computer science major from Jefferson, Georgia, was voted the tournament's top speaker. Shakarov, a business and enterprise management major from Alpine, New…Categories: Awards & Recognition, Uncategorized
Junior sociology major Eli Leadham has been named a 2025 Truman Scholar. The Truman Scholarship, created to support the future of public service in America, is the most competitive national scholarship program for juniors in the country. Out of 743 applications, 54 college students from 49 institutions were selected. “I am standing on so many…Categories: Awards & Recognition, University Announcements
Two researchers at Wake Forest University have been elected 2024 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Kimberley McAllister, Professor of Biology and Professor of Translational Neuroscience, who also serves as Vice Provost for Research, Scholarly Inquiry and Creative Activity; and Professor of Chemistry Abdou Lachgar are among the 471 scientists, engineers…Categories: Awards & Recognition, University Announcements
Chairman and CEO of Flow Automotive Companies, community leader and Wake Forest University Trustee Don Flow (MBA ‘83) was awarded Wake Forest’s Medallion of Merit at the University’s Founders Day celebration on Thursday, Feb. 20. The Medallion of Merit is the highest honor awarded by Wake Forest and is presented annually for outstanding achievement and…Categories: Awards & Recognition, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Wake Forest University will name a residence hall in honor of Larry and Beth Hopkins, two trailblazing alumni with deep ties to the University and Winston-Salem. In recognition of their extraordinary contributions – as former students, faculty members and leaders, South Hall will be renamed Hopkins Hall. Beth Hopkins has had a decades-long career in…Categories: Awards & Recognition
Three Wake Forest students have been awarded full-ride Stamps Scholarships to complete their undergraduate education, marking the first year the prestigious award has been available to returning students. Senior Elena Singer-Freeman, junior Maxwell Schellhammer and sophomore Anya Huggins were selected from among 160 applicants to join more than 50 Wake Forest Signature Scholarship recipients. Initially…Categories: Awards & Recognition, University Announcements
Applied mathematics researcher and private pilot Shelby Horth has earned a prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) award to study aeronautics.Categories: Awards & Recognition
As part of the 25th anniversary celebration of the founding of Wake Forest University School of Divinity, the “Initiative on Religion, Pluralism, and American Public Life” will launch in the fall of 2024.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Inclusive Excellence, University Announcements
Six Wake Forest students have been awarded Fulbright Scholarships to conduct research and teach English during the 2024-2025 academic year. Categories: Awards & Recognition
The Pulitzer Center has selected Melina Traiforos, a third year English major and journalism and marketing communications minor, as Wake Forest’s 2024 Reporting Fellow. Traiforos will receive a $3000 stipend to report on Black maternal health disparities and inequalities low-income women face in the health care system. Categories: Awards & Recognition