U.S. News and World Report’s 2012 Best Colleges guide once again ranked Wake Forest 25th among national universities, and it recognized the school for its value, undergraduate business program and commitment to economic diversity among its students.Categories: Awards & Recognition
Biology professor William E. Conner has been named the first David and Lelia Farr Professor of Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship. The $2 million endowed chair recognizes Conner's work in encouraging student start-ups.
The School of Law is once again among the nation’s “Best Value” law schools, according to the National Jurist and preLaw magazines.Categories: Awards & Recognition, 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
Wake Forest has been selected to The President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for 2010. The award is designed to recognize the depth and breadth of activities that schools employ to successfully partner with communities. Wake Forest has been honored each year since the awards began in 2006.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Community Impact, Pro Humanitate
Yuan Li, a physics graduate student who conducts research at Wake Forest’s Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials, has been awarded the “Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Chinese Students Study Abroad" by the China Scholarship Council. Categories: Awards & Recognition, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Wake Forest baseball coach Tom Walter and freshman outfielder Kevin Jordan were honored by the NCAA at the 2011 College World Series on Saturday night. Walter donated a kidney to Jordan before the 2011 season.Categories: Athletics, Awards & Recognition
Categories: Awards & Recognition, University Announcements
Wake Forest has been named to the 2010 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for engaging its students, faculty and staff in meaningful service that achieves measurable results in the community. The Honor Roll was announced this month by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), a federal agency.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Community Impact, Pro Humanitate
Four recent Wake Forest graduates have been awarded Fulbright scholarships — the most prestigious international exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government — to teach English or conduct research abroad during the next year. Categories: Alumni, Awards & Recognition, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest