Wake Forest Admissions and Welcome Center named for former director Bill Starling
October 29, 2001 | Faculty, Recognition, University Announcement
Wake Forest University named its Admissions Building and Welcome Center in memory of William G. Starling, former dean of admissions and financial aid, at an Oct. 26 ceremony on the building’s front lawn. The university also unveiled a portrait of Starling at the ceremony, […]
Wake Forest communication professor receives national awards for book
October 17, 2001 | Faculty, Recognition, University Announcement
Michael J. Hyde, University Distinguished Professor of Communication Ethics at Wake Forest University, was recently honored with two awards from the National Communication Association for his book, “The Call of Conscience: Heidegger and Levinas, Rhetoric and the Euthanasia Debate.” Hyde received the Diamond Anniversary […]
Calloway School faculty member receives Educator of the Year award
September 5, 2001 | Faculty, Recognition, School of Business
George Aldhizer, associate professor of accounting at Wake Forest University, recently received the Institute of Internal Auditors’ 2001 Leon R. Radde International Educator of the Year award at the institute’s International Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Aldhizer is a faculty member in the Calloway […]
Retired journalism professor/author of Wake Forest history dies
August 27, 2001 | Faculty, University Announcement
Bynum Shaw, long-time professor of journalism at Wake Forest University and author of the fourth volume of the university’s history, died at his home in Winston-Salem on Aug. 27 after an illness of several months. He was 78. An Alamance County native who grew […]
Getting a grip on gossip: WFU research warns ignoring internet rumors can cost companies
July 24, 2001 | Faculty, Research, School of Business
Anyone with an e-mail account has seen them in their inbox: forwarded e-mail messages falsely warning about the danger of a certain product or promising bogus merchandise from a retailer. Such rumors have come to be known as Internet “urban legends.” They can be […]
WFU professor named president of international economics society
July 2, 2001 | Faculty, Recognition, University Announcement
smithDaniel Hammond, professor of economics at Wake Forest University, was named president of the History of Economics Society at the society’s annual meeting held at Wake Forest June 29- July 2. Hammond joined the Wake Forest faculty in 1978. He is a 1972 Wake […]
Funeral service for William Starling scheduled in Wait Chapel
June 19, 2001 | Faculty, University Announcement
William Gray Starling, dean of admissions and financial aid at Wake Forest University, died unexpectedly June 18. He was 65. The funeral service will be held on Friday, June 22, at 2 p.m. in Wait Chapel on the Wake Forest campus. Visitation hours will be […]
Long-time head of admissions at Wake Forest dies
June 18, 2001 | Faculty, University Announcement
William Gray Starling, dean of admissions and financial aid at Wake Forest University, died unexpectedly June 18. He was 65. A Smithfield native, Starling marked 43 years of service to Wake Forest this month. He was among the longest serving directors of admissions in the […]
WFU women’s studies professor, student recognized for local volunteer work
April 12, 2001 | Faculty, Recognition, Student, University Announcement
Linda Nielsen, professor of education and women’s studies at Wake Forest University, and Winston Irwin, a senior at Wake Forest, recently received awards for volunteering in the Forsyth County community. Linda Nielsen received an award from Today’s Woman Health & Wellness Center for her […]
WFU sociologist elected president of academic society
April 2, 2001 | Faculty, Recognition, University Announcement
Catherine T. Harris, professor of sociology at Wake Forest University, has been elected president of Alpha Kappa Delta, the International Sociology Honor Society. Founded in 1920, the honor society is dedicated to promoting, facilitating and recognizing academic scholarship in the field of sociology. A member […]
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