WFU professors available for election stories
October 30, 2002 | Media Advisory
N.C. RACE FOR U.S. SENATE TIGHTENS IN FINAL STRETCH – Campaign efforts are likely to intensify as Elizabeth Dole and Erskine Bowles pull closer together in the polls and make a final run at the N.C. U.S. Senate seat, says a Wake Forest professor and expert […]
Advisory: Campus community to discuss potential war with Iraq
October 28, 2002 | Community, Events, Media Advisory, Speakers, University Announcement
Wake Forest University faculty members have organized a campus discussion on potential war with Iraq. The discussion—open to Wake Forest faculty, students and staff—will begin at 4 p.m. Oct. 29 at Shorty’s on the lower level of Benson University Center. It is not open to […]
Advisory: Nickel Creek available for advance interviews
October 22, 2002 | Media Advisory
The two-time Grammy nominated band Nickel Creek will perform at Wake Forest University Nov. 16 at 8 p.m. in Wait Chapel. The event is part of the band’s ongoing tour to promote their new album, “This Side,” which debuted in August at No. 2 on […]
Advisory: Halloween volunteers provide tricks and treats at WFU
October 22, 2002 | Media Advisory
Note to Editors: Although the media is welcome, Project Pumpkin is held specifically to benefit local children from invited agencies and is not open to the general public. Nearly 1,500 local children from about 35 community agencies will take part in Project Pumpkin, an annual […]
WFU student robbed near Collins Resident Hall
October 18, 2002 | Campus Life, Community, Media Advisory, University Announcement
A Wake Forest University student reported that an unidentified man threatened him with a weapon and stole $75 from him near the university’s Collins Residence Hall just before 11 p.m. Oct. 17. There were no injuries, and the victim did not see a weapon, however, […]
WFU professors available for election stories
October 4, 2002 | Media Advisory, University Announcement
U.S. SENATE CANDIDATES OFFER N.C. VOTERS SWEEPING CHANGE – Jack Fleer, professor emeritus of political science at Wake Forest University and author of the book “North Carolina Politics,” can comment on the U.S. Senate race between Elizabeth Dole and Erskine Bowles. “The key is that regardless […]
Calloway School names professorships, program directors
September 13, 2002 | Faculty, Media Advisory, School of Business, University Announcement
Wake Forest University’s Calloway School of Business and Accountancy has named two faculty members to endowed professorships at the school and recently appointed directors for each of its four degree programs. Paul Juras, the PricewaterhouseCoopers Professor for Teaching Excellence, was named again to the professorship. […]
Suspect in 1996 WFU assault pleads guilty, sentenced to 32 years
September 4, 2002 | Media Advisory, University Announcement
A Forsyth County man has pleaded guilty to a 1996 sexual assault on a female Wake Forest University student in a university residence hall. Shawn Randell Martin, 25, was sentenced Sept. 3 in Forsyth County Superior Court to 32 years in prison. He will begin […]
Media invited to student-led ‘alcohol speakout’ at WFU tonight
September 4, 2002 | Community, Events, Media Advisory
Members of the media are invited to Wake Forest University tonight as hundreds of Wake Forest students are expected gather in Wait Chapel at 7 p.m. for an “Alcohol Speakout.” No administrators or university staff members will be present at the event, in the hopes […]
WFU Expert on state lotteries available for comment
August 29, 2002 | Media Advisory, University Announcement
The outcome of a lottery vote in North Carolina will likely depend on whether voters are persuaded that lottery proceeds would directly benefit schools and on the intensity of organized religious opposition, says John Dinan, an assistant professor of political science at Wake Forest University […]
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