Sound clips from New York Mayor Bloomberg’s WFU address to be available online
May 13, 2003 | Commencement, Speakers, University Announcement
Broadcast-quality sound clips from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s May 19th commencement address at Wake Forest University will be available for radio stations to download and broadcast that afternoon. The ceremony begins at 9 a.m. The Wake Forest News Service will post several sound […]
Stories this week at WFU
May 8, 2003 | Commencement, Events, Media Advisory, Research, Student, University Announcement
STUDENTS VOLUNTEER ON NAVAJO RESERVATION — Ten Wake Forest students will spend two weeks volunteering on a Ganado, Ariz., Navajo reservation beginning May 14. Junior Catherine Alley began organizing the trip in early March. By the end of the month, she had recruited nine other students […]
Stories This Week At Wake Forest
April 24, 2003 | Commencement, Events, Research, Speakers
HEART DISEASE: HOW EMOTIONS MAY AFFECT FUTURE HEALTH — The April 28 cover story in Time magazine alerts readers to increasing numbers of women dying of heart disease and the millions more living with the condition. Wayne Sotile, director of psychological services at Wake Forest University’s […]
New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg will address WFU grads May 19
April 22, 2003 | Commencement, Events, Speakers, University Announcement
Michael R. Bloomberg, mayor of New York City and founder of the financial services and news media company Bloomberg L.P., will deliver Wake Forest University’s commencement address and receive an honorary doctor of laws degree May 19. Approximately 1,456 students – 835 undergraduate, 621 graduate […]
New York mayor Michael Bloomberg to address 1,400 WFU graduates May 19
April 15, 2003 | Commencement, Events, Speakers
Michael R. Bloomberg, mayor of New York City and founder of the financial services and news media company Bloomberg L.P., will deliver Wake Forest University’s 161st commencement address and receive an honorary doctor of laws degree May 19. Approximately 1,456 undergraduate and graduate students will […]
New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg to address WFU graduates
February 10, 2003 | Commencement, Events, Speakers, University Announcement
Michael R. Bloomberg, mayor of New York City and founder of Bloomberg L.P., will deliver Wake Forest University’s commencement address May 19. The outdoor ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. on Wake Forest’s University Plaza (the Quad). Douglass Bailey, associate professor of urban ministry at […]
Calloway School students provide free tax assistance to Forsyth county residents
January 29, 2003 | Commencement, Events, School of Business, University Announcement
Students in Wake Forest University’s Calloway School of Business and Accountancy will be working this spring to see that residents of Forsyth County receive the income tax refund they deserve – an estimated $7 million, according to IRS officials. The students are volunteering with the […]
Potential war with Iraq topic of WFU public forum
January 28, 2003 | Commencement, Events, Speakers, University Announcement
United States policy towards Iraq and the questions raised by threatening to go to war with the Middle Eastern country are the focus of the public forum “Threatening War: A Forum on U.S. Policy Towards Iraq.” The free event is scheduled for 7 p.m. Feb […]
Former U.S. Surgeon General among honorary degree recipients at WFU commencement
May 20, 2002 | Commencement, Recognition, University Announcement
Wake Forest University awarded five honorary doctorate degrees during its commencement ceremony May 20. The 9 a.m. outdoor ceremony on University Plaza featured U.S. Senator John McCain. The university presented honorary doctor of laws degrees to McCain; F.M. Kirby II, president and founder of the […]
Port Authority officer honored during WFU commencement
May 20, 2002 | Commencement, Events, Recognition
Susan Keane, a police officer with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, was honored May 20 during Wake Forest University’s 160th commencement ceremony on University Plaza. Keane was one of the first responding officers to the World Trade Center on the morning […]
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