Construction to Begin on Information Systems Building
May 21, 1997 | Campus Life, University Announcement
Wake Forest University begins construction this month on a 70,000-square-foot building that will house its information systems department, military science (ROTC) classrooms and offices, a food court and a book store. A groundbreaking ceremony for the Information Systems Building was held May 15, at the […]
Clinical Sciences Building To Be Named For Janeway
May 15, 1997 | Faculty, Media Advisory, School of Medicine, University Announcement
The signature building of the Bowman Gray/Baptist Hospital Medical Center in Winston-Salem will be named for Dr. Richard Janeway, who has led Wake Forest University’s Bowman Gray School of Medicine for almost three decades. Wake Forest University’s board of trustees has approved changing the name […]
WFU students win National Science Foundation award
May 6, 1997 | Student, University Announcement
Beth Stroupe, a senior chemistry major at Wake Forest University, has won one of 57 national fellowships for predoctoral studies in chemistry awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Under the fellowship, Stroupe will study in the molecular biology department of the Scripps Research Institute […]
WFU Library Wins Information Management Award
May 6, 1997 | University Announcement
The Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University has won the Information Management Award of the North Carolina Chapter of the Special Libraries Association (NC/SLA). Rhoda K. Channing, the libraryís director, accepted the award for its “support of libraries and information science and the […]
WFU Switches to 758 Telephone Prefix
May 1, 1997 | University Announcement
Telephone numbers changed today at Wake Forest University because of the adoption of a new 758 phone prefix for all Reynolda Campus numbers. The university has dropped its 759 prefix in the switch to 758. Wake Forest had shared the 759 prefix with Winston-Salem residents […]
WFDD News Director Wins Award for Report
May 1, 1997 | Staff, University Announcement
Paul Brown, news director at radio station WFDD at Wake Forest University, has received a first-place award for radio enterprise reporting from The Associated Press. Brown won the award for the story, “R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Workers,” which aired last June on National Public Radio’s “Morning […]
Ward Named Station Manager at WFDD
April 30, 1997 | University Announcement
Linda Ward has been named station manager at WFDD, the National Public Radio (NPR) member station at Wake Forest University. Since 1994, Ward has been development director at WFDD (88.5 FM), where she has been in charge of developing underwriting and corporate sponsorships. “Since coming […]
Scholarships Honor Barry Dodson’s Children
April 10, 1997 | University Announcement
Friends and colleagues of Barry Dodson, a Mooresville resident and a familiar figure in NASCAR, have given more than $40,000 to establish athletic scholarships at Wake Forest University in honor of his children, Trey and Tia, who were killed in 1994. “Losing a son and […]
Religion Department Adds New Faculty
April 4, 1997 | Faculty, School of Divinity, University Announcement
Wake Forest University’s religion department has announced the hiring of two new faculty members and the departure of a 26-year veteran. Mary F. Foskett will join the department as assistant professor of biblical studies after earning her doctoral degree at Emory University in New Testament […]
WFU Awards 1997 Reynolds Scholarships
March 7, 1997 | Admissions, University Announcement
Six high school seniors have received Nancy S. Reynolds Scholarships to attend Wake Forest University. The 1997 winners of the scholarships, among the most selective merit-based awards in the United States, are: Melissa Shields of Charlotte, N.C.; Stephen Caldwell of West Chester, Pa.; Daniel Durand […]
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