Traffic detours planned during WFU commencement
May 13, 2005 | Media Advisory, University Announcement
Wake Forest University will be closed to through traffic for its commencement ceremony on Monday, May 16, from 5:30 a.m. until the ceremony ends around noon. Golf legend and Wake Forest alumnus Arnold Palmer will deliver the commencement address to approximately 1,450 graduate and undergraduate […]
Arnold Palmer sound bites available from WFU commencement address
May 11, 2005 | Media Advisory
Broadcast-quality sound clips from golf legend and Wake Forest alumnus Arnold Palmer’s May 16 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 […]
Stories this week at WFU
May 5, 2005 | Media Advisory, University Announcement
MEDIA INFO FOR ARNOLD PALMER’S COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS — Members of the media are invited to cover Wake Forest University’s commencement ceremony at 9 a.m. May 16, featuring golf legend and Wake Forest alumnus Arnold Palmer as speaker. Information about media arrangements will be distributed this week. […]
Media arrangements for WFU commencement
May 5, 2005 | Media Advisory, University Announcement
Members of the media are invited to attend Wake Forest University’s commencement ceremony May 16, featuring golf legend and Wake Forest alumnus Arnold Palmer as speaker. The outdoor ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. on Thomas K. Hearn Jr. Plaza (the Quad). The event is […]
Arnold Palmer to give commencement address at WFU May 16
May 3, 2005 | Media Advisory, Speakers, University Announcement
Arnold Palmer, one of the most beloved golf legends of all time and a Wake Forest University alumnus, will deliver the university’s commencement address May 16. Palmer will address approximately 1,450 Wake Forest graduates during the 9 a.m. outdoor ceremony on Thomas K. Hearn Jr. […]
Advisory: Media invited to reception at WFU for renowned, retiring security officer
April 29, 2005 | Media Advisory
For 10 years, students at Wake Forest University have come to know security officer George McBride as “the friendly, white-haired man with the bowl of mints” who keeps watch nights in the foyer of Z. Smith Reynolds Library. Sunday through Thursday, from about 6 p.m. […]
Advisory: WFU nutrition expert available to comment on new food pyramid
April 22, 2005 | Media Advisory
Gary Miller, a Wake Forest University nutrition expert, is available to comment on the revised food pyramid recently released by the United States Department of Agriculture. Called “my pyramid,” the new design attempts to personalize nutritional requirements. “Previously, it was difficult to understand how much […]
University Police arrests student for property damage
April 19, 2005 | Media Advisory, University Announcement
Wake Forest University Police arrested a Wake Forest student April 15 in connection with graffiti that started appearing early this month on several buildings across campus. The student, a sophomore, is charged with nine counts of injury to real property. Much of the graffiti consisted […]
Wake Forest trustees honor president with Thomas K. Hearn Jr. Plaza
April 18, 2005 | Media Advisory, Recognition, University Announcement
The broad green lawn at Wake Forest University that stretches from Wait Chapel to the administration building is now officially called Thomas K. Hearn Jr. Plaza, in honor of the university’s retiring president. Approved by the university’s board of trustees, the new name was announced […]
University Police investigates indecent exposure incidents
April 13, 2005 | Media Advisory, University Announcement
University Police is investigating a recent case of indecent exposure that is believed to be related to similar incidents that occurred earlier this academic year. At approximately 1:30 p.m. on April 8, an unidentified man in a white panel van exposed himself to three students […]
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