Advisory: Expert on African economy available for comment on Liberia
August 13, 2003 | Faculty, Media Advisory, School of Business, University Announcement
Sylvain Boko, an associate professor of economics at Wake Forest University, author of “Decentralization and Reform in Africa,” and a native of West Africa, is available for comment on stories relating to the recent resignation of Liberian President Charles Taylor. Boko says it remains to […]
Jeanne Owen, WFU’s first female full professor, dies at age 82
July 30, 2003 | Faculty, University Announcement
Jeanne Owen, professor emerita of business law at Wake Forest University and the university’s first female full professor, died July 27 in Winston-Salem after a sudden illness. She was 82. Owen came to Wake Forest in 1956 to teach in what was then the School […]
Patel named interim dean of WFU’s Babcock School
July 24, 2003 | Faculty, School of Business, University Announcement
Ajay Patel has been named interim dean of Wake Forest University’s Babcock Graduate School of Management. Patel has been a faculty member at the Babcock School for 10 years and has served as associate dean for faculty and alumni affairs since 2002. Wake Forest Provost […]
WFU professor, independent filmmaker to screen documentary in Winston-Salem
July 22, 2003 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events, Faculty
Documentary filmmaker Brett Ingram, a lecturer in media production at Wake Forest University, will have a screening of his newest documentary-in-progress at 10 p.m. Aug. 1 at PS 211 in Winston-Salem. “Monster Road” is a 90-minute documentary about Seattle underground animator Bruce Bickford, best known […]
Wake Forest University appoints new chaplain
July 3, 2003 | Community, Faculty, School of Divinity, University Announcement
Wake Forest University has appointed the Rev. Timothy L. Auman as university chaplain. Since 1998, Auman has been a member of Wake Forest’s Campus Ministry staff as the United Methodist campus minister and was named the 2001 national campus minister of the year by the […]
WFU’s sociology department selected for census data analysis program
June 24, 2003 | Faculty, Student, University Announcement
Wake Forest University’s sociology department is among six nationwide selected this year for a program designed to train faculty and students to use current U.S. Census data to explore social issues. The Integrated Data Analysis Program, sponsored by the American Sociological Association (ASA) and the […]
WFU expert cautions new internet myths may be more harmful
June 6, 2003 | Faculty, Research
A Wake Forest University expert says companies must be prepared to confront Internet rumors and urban legends circulating today because they are potentially more dangerous than those of only a few years ago. Connie Chesner, an expert on Internet rumors and response strategies, is an […]
Stories this week at WFU
June 4, 2003 | Community, Faculty, Recognition
HISTORY PROFESSOR RECEIVES PEACE CORPS AWARD – Assistant Professor of History James Wilson is in Washington, D.C., today to receive one of the Peace Corps’ highest honors, the Franklin Williams Award. The award honors Peace Corps volunteers of color who have put their overseas experiences to […]
WFU promotes Cherin Poovey to assistant vice president
June 4, 2003 | Faculty, Recognition, University Announcement
Wake Forest University has promoted Cherin C. Poovey to assistant vice president for university advancement. She will also continue as director of creative services. Poovey joined Wake Forest’s Reynolda Campus staff in 1987. Prior to that she worked in public relations and marketing at Wake […]
Wake Forest history professor to receive Peace Corps’ Franklin Williams Award
June 3, 2003 | Faculty, Recognition
James Wilson, assistant professor of history at Wake Forest University, will be one of 12 recipients of the Peace Corps’ Franklin H. Williams Award at a June 4 ceremony in Washington, D.C. The award honors Peace Corps volunteers of color who have put their overseas […]
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