Thomas Named WFDD’s Membership Coordinator
August 4, 1998 | Faculty, University Announcement
Valerie Hardison Thomas of Winston-Salem has been named the membership coordinator at WFDD, a National Public Radio affiliate station at Wake Forest University. Thomas’ responsibilities include membership recruiting and development, as well as planning annual fundraisers. WFDD (88.5-FM) broadcasts classical music, NPR news, and […]
WFU Announces First Faculty of Divinity School
April 28, 1998 | Faculty, School of Divinity, University Announcement
Wake Forest University has hired the first three faculty members of its new divinity school, scheduled to open in fall 1999. Bill J. Leonard, the school’s dean, said that the professors are renowned Hebrew scholar Phyllis Trible, Baptist theologian Frank Tupper and church history and […]
WFU Professor to Direct Production of “The Caretaker”
January 13, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events, Faculty
“The Caretaker,” a modern classic by British playwright Harold Pinter, will run Jan. 22-24 in Wake Forest University’s Ring Theatre. The three-character play, directed by theater professor Harold Tedford, will include James Dodding, Wake Forest professor of theater, and two Wake Forest graduates. In Pinter’s […]
Faculty, “Divine Inspiration” Exhibits Open Jan. 12
January 7, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events, Faculty
Two exhibits, one featuring the work of four new Wake Forest University faculty artists and another titled “Divine Inspiration: Religious Prints from the Wake Forest University Collection,” will open Monday, Jan. 12, in the university’s Fine Arts Gallery in Scales Fine Arts Center. The faculty […]
WFU, IBM Create ICCEL to Share Technology Expertise
November 21, 1997 | Faculty, University Announcement
After collaborating to make Wake Forest University a national leader for innovative use of computers in teaching, the university and International Business Machines Corp. are embarking on a new project to share their expertise in integrating information technology in the classroom. “We have entered a […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
August 14, 1997 | Campus Life, Events, Faculty, For Parents, Student
Freshmen Arrive Toting milk crates, posters and pillows, more than 960 freshmen will move into residence halls Wednesday, Aug. 20, beginning at 8 a.m. Wake Forest faculty and staff will help carry belongings from cars to their new rooms. Students will move in all day […]
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 […]
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 […]
Appalachian Highway Threatens Flying Squirrels
March 11, 1997 | Community, Faculty, Media Advisory, Research
A new scenic mountain highway built to promote tourism and development in North Carolina threatens the northern flying squirrel, an endangered species and one of the states rarest mammals, says a Wake Forest University professor. Unlike the Blue Ridge Parkway and other scenic roads, biologist […]
Professor’s Math Clears View of Telescopes, Lasers
February 24, 1997 | Faculty, Media Advisory, University Announcement
The Hubble Space Telescope isn’t the only stargazer getting better eyes to view the universe. A Wake Forest University professor’s applied mathematics are part of new adaptive optics technology producing “Hubble-like” improvements in the sight of ground-based telescopes and new laser weapons. Adaptive optics combines […]
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