School of Law on ‘Best Value’ list
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
The School of Law is once again among the nation’s “Best Value” law schools, according to the National Jurist and preLaw magazines.Alumnus named Pickering Fellow
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
WFU honored for community service
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
Physics student wins award
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
WFU coach, player honored by NCAA
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
Students named to Wake Forest University Dean’s List
Categories: Awards & Recognition, University Announcements
Honored for community service
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 grads named Fulbright Scholars
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
Class of the finest: Retiring faculty
Nine professors -- in art, counseling, divinity, economics, history, religion, journalism, classical languages and East Asian languages -- are retiring this year, after leaving an indelible mark on generations of students dating back to the 1970s.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Campus Life, Happening at Wake, Mentorship, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Students named Schweitzer Fellows
Three School of Law students -- Alexandra Ford (’12), Michael Grippaldi (’11), and Craig Principe (’12) -- have been selected for the North Carolina Albert Schweitzer Fellows program. They join three School of Medicine students as part of 250 U.S. Fellows selected across the country this year.