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Professor Pat Roberts retires after teaching students the importance of words

May 10, 2010  |   Faculty, School of Law

Despite numerous run-ins with cars over the years, Pat Roberts still has a passion for running and cycling. Now that she’s retired from the School of Law, she may be trading her road bike for a mountain bike and heading to the wilds of Southern Utah to explore the sandstone and red-rock desert where her daughter gives guided mountain bike tours.

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Professor Tom Roberts retires after finding a home at Wake Forest for three decades

May 10, 2010  |   Faculty, School of Law

Tom Roberts served in the Peace Corps in Ecuador years ago, and he’s spent time in the Amazon jungle. But even though he’s retiring this spring after 33 years teaching in the School of Law, he isn’t planning any exotic trips, for awhile at least.

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Professor Larry West shared his passion for German with students for four decades

May 10, 2010  |   Arts & Culture, Faculty

Boys being boys, they’ll dare each other on a whim to do wild and crazy stuff. Which explains why Larry West has enjoyed a long and venerable career as a college German professor.

That career, spent almost entirely at Wake Forest, drew to a close this spring with his retirement from the Department of German and Russian. Behind him, the 68-year-old West leaves a redoubtable legacy as a teacher, scholar and study-abroad administrator, along with a cadre of devoted colleagues and former students who have been inspired by his dedication and regaled by his wit.

New divinity school dean named

April 29, 2010  |   Faculty, President, Provost, School of Divinity

Gail R. O’Day, a respected New Testament scholar and currently senior associate dean at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University, has been named dean of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity.

Retired professor Leon Cook dies

April 28, 2010  |   Faculty

Associate Professor Emeritus Leon P. Cook Jr., who taught accounting from 1957 until retiring in 1993, died on April 26 in Winston-Salem.

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The UK goes to the polls

April 14, 2010  |   Faculty, International

With the UK General Election now announced for May 6, some background information on what is likely to unfold might be of general interest.

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Parsley recognized for bringing mathematics ‘out-of-the-box’

April 7, 2010  |   Faculty

Assistant Professor of Mathematics Jason Parsley has received an award for distinguished teaching by a faculty member in the early stage of his or her teaching career.

April 2010 Faculty Focus

April 1, 2010  |   Faculty

Art Peggy Smith has published two articles: “The Building Boom” in Vol. 22, No. 1 of Skiing Heritage (March 2010) 33-39, and “Mountain Modernism” in The Spirit of Skiing: Papers From the 2009 International Ski History Congress, Mammoth, CA. She is a consultant for the […]

Chemistry professor Bob Swofford dies

March 15, 2010  |   Faculty

Professor of Chemistry Robert Swofford, who joined the faculty in 1993, died on March 12 in Winston-Salem. He was 62.

Faculty member honored: Gillespie receives award for promoting service-learning

March 7, 2010  |   Faculty

Michele Gillespie, Associate Provost for Academic Initiatives and Kahle Family Professor of History, has been honored with a state award for contributions to service-learning. Gillespie received the 2010 Robert L. Sigmon Service-Learning Award during the 12th annual North Carolina Campus Compact P.A.C.E. Conference at Elon […]