University Announcement Archive

WFU Begins New Construction Program

November 13, 1996  |   Campus Life, Media Advisory, University Announcement

Wake Forest University has begun a new construction program that will build a new residence hall, a new classroom building and a new home for the university’s computer technology operations. The program also calls for renovations to campus buildings and other improvements. “As you can […]

Stories this week at WFU

October 10, 1996  |   Faculty, University Announcement

Watch the Debate Watchers Wake Forest students and community members participating in DebateWatch ’96 will watch the second debate between President Clinton and challenger Bob Dole on a big screen on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 9 p.m. in Carswell Hall, Room 111. Following the debate, […]

Police Investigating Assault in Residence Hall

October 5, 1996  |   University Announcement

Wake Forest University police are investigating a sexual assault that occurred early Saturday morning, Oct. 5, in a university residence hall. A female Wake Forest student was assaulted by an unidentified man when she returned alone to her room at 3:30 a.m., according to a […]

Teachers Receive $20,000 Awards for Excellence

September 24, 1996  |   Community, University Announcement

Wake Forest University recognized two outstanding educators with a $20,000 award that was announced during the university’s opening convocation this morning. Grace Elizabeth Hancock, a first-grade teacher in Raleigh, and Rebecca K. Malenkos, a high school English teacher in Carmel, Ind., were named the 1996 […]

WFU, Foundation Create New Scholarships

September 23, 1996  |   Admissions, Media Advisory, Student, University Announcement

Wake Forest University and the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation announced today the creation of the North Carolina Leadership Scholarships for as many as 100 students with financial need throughout the state. “I see these scholarships as a way to ensure that young people of modest […]

WFU Police Receive State Grant

September 17, 1996  |   Campus Life, University Announcement

The Governor’s Crime Commission awarded University Police a two-year grant worth up to $68,202 for upgrading the department’s computer system. The grant will be used to buy a multi-user computer system, including software and six personal computers, said Ken Overholt, assistant University Police chief. The […]

Anthropology Museum Shares Its Treasures

September 16, 1996  |   Community, Events, University Announcement

Masks from the Kuba Kingdom of Zaire and Australian bark paintings are among the many never-before exhibited objects included in “Treasures from Wake Forest University’s Museum of Anthropology.” The exhibit, which runs from Sept. 20 through March 1, 1997, includes archeological and ethnographic pieces from […]

WFDD May Return to Full Strength Next Week

September 13, 1996  |   University Announcement

Radio station WFDD, which has been operating with a reduced transmitting signal since Hurricane Fran, expects to return to full broadcasting strength early next week. High winds from by the hurricane caused some damage on the station’s antenna in northern Davidson County, said Cleve Callison, […]

This Week at Wake Forest

September 12, 1996  |   Speakers, Student, University Announcement

Students Helping Out in the Wake of Hurricane Fran About 15 students from Wake Forest University will head east this weekend to help the university’s birthplace of Wake Forest, N.C., recover from the aftermath of Hurricane Fran. “We will be providing child care, helping cut […]

WFDD Broadcasting Temporarily With Reduced Signal

September 10, 1996  |   University Announcement

Hurricane Fran’s wind and rain might be to blame for a technical problem that has temporarily reduced the power of radio station WFDD’s transmitting signal, according to Cleve Callison, manager of the National Public Radio affiliate at Wake Forest University. WFDD (88.5 FM) apparently lost […]

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