WFDD’s Paul Brown Wins Silver Reel Award
December 29, 1998 | Community, Recognition, University Announcement
Paul Brown, program director at radio station WFDD, won the National Federation of Community Broadcasters’ 1998 Silver Reel Award for Special Entertainment Program for his music documentary, “Breaking Up Christmas: A Blue Ridge Mountain Holiday.” The program was distributed by National Public Radio and also […]
Wake Forest Student Named Rhodes Scholar
December 7, 1998 | For Parents, Recognition, Student
Jennifer Bumgarner, a Wake Forest University senior, was named a Rhodes Scholar Saturday. Bumgarner, 21, is one of 32 American students who won Rhodes Scholarships for study at Oxford University next fall. She is the seventh Wake Forest student to be named a Rhodes Scholar […]
WFU Awards Two Teachers $20,000 Each for Excellence
September 23, 1998 | Community, Recognition, University Announcement
Wake Forest University awarded two educators $20,000 each for winning the 1998 Marcellus Waddill Excellence in Teaching Award. The winners, Katherine Zimmer of San Diego and Kevin Pittard of Covington Ga., attended the university’s Opening Convocation ceremony on Sept. 17 and were recognized as the […]
WFU Ranked Among Top 30 National Universities
August 20, 1998 | For Alumni, For Parents, Recognition, University Announcement
Wake Forest University ranks as one of the top 30 national universities in U.S. News & World Report’s 12th annual “America’s Best Colleges” guidebook. The 1999 guide also includes Wake Forest among national universities “that offer the best value.” Ranked 29th among the best national […]
WFU Students Take Top Three Awards in CPA Exam
August 20, 1998 | Recognition, School of Business, Student
Three Wake Forest University students were named the gold, silver and bronze medal award winners for earning the top three highest scores among all candidates taking the Uniform CPA Examination in North Carolina in May. A total of 1,531 candidates took the exam on May […]
WFU Students Earn National Ranking on CPA Exam
August 6, 1998 | Recognition, School of Business, Student
Wake Forest University accounting students earned a second place national ranking for their performance on the Certified Public Accountant Exam and placed the highest among North Carolina schools. The most recent rankings for the national CPA exam were released this summer by the National Association […]
Bumgarner Named Truman Scholar
April 28, 1998 | Recognition, Student
Wake Forest University junior Jennifer Bumgarner of Hickory is among a distinguished group of undergraduates nationwide who have been elected as 1998 Truman Scholars by the Washington-based Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. Bumgarner, a 1995 graduate of Fred T. Foard High School, is one of […]
WFU Students Win National Science Foundation Awards
April 24, 1998 | Recognition, Student
Two Wake Forest University seniors have won $73,500 awards from the National Science Foundation for graduate studies. Andrew Frey, a physics major, and Shannon Poe-Kennedy, an anthropology and politics major, are both from Winston-Salem. They are among 766 students nationwide winning the NSF’s prestigious Graduate […]
Wake Forest Enrolls Three Tandy Scholars
September 29, 1997 | For Parents, Recognition, Student
Three Wake Forest University freshmen are among 100 students across the country named Tandy Technology Scholars. Michele Alesia Johnson of Rutherfordton, N.C.; Sarah Holland Rackley of Charleston, S.C.; and Dan Durand of Shoreham, N.Y., were selected from a pool of 8,000 nominees with outstanding achievements […]
Stroupe wins national chemistry awards
May 10, 1996 | Media Advisory, Recognition, Student
Beth Stroupe, the daughter of Jane and Steve Stroupe of Libertyville, Ill., has won two national chemistry awards. Stroupe is a rising senior and a chemistry major at Wake Forest University.
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