Wake Forest among top colleges in nation for character-building
October 29, 1999 | Media Advisory, University Announcement
Wake Forest University ranks high among national universities in character-building, according to the new edition of The Templeton Guide: Colleges that Encourage Character Development. The guide, published in October by the John Templeton Foundation, names to its annual “Honor Roll” 100 colleges with a […]
WFDD program director, news director resign
October 28, 1999 | Media Advisory, Staff, University Announcement
Paul Brown, program director for Wake Forest University’s public radio station, WFDD, announced his resignation today. Brown, who has been on paid leave at his request since Sept. 27, told Wake Forest officials that he was resigning to pursue other interests. He indicated he had […]
Wake Forest, CVB submit proposal to host presidential debate
October 13, 1999 | Community, Media Advisory, University Announcement
Wake Forest University, which hosted a debate by presidential candidates George Bush and Michael Dukakis in 1988, is now teaming with the Winston-Salem Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) in a bid to bring another presidential debate to campus in 2000. Wake Forest and the […]
Vice president, committee recommend changes at WFDD
October 12, 1999 | Media Advisory, University Announcement
Sandra Boyette, vice president for university advancement at Wake Forest University, and a faculty committee announced Monday that they recommend another administrative office oversee the university’s public radio station, WFDD. Boyette, who has been responsible for WFDD (88.5 FM) for 10 years, announced her recommendation […]
Student diagnosed with meningitis
October 5, 1999 | Media Advisory, University Announcement
A Wake Forest University student was diagnosed Monday with bacterial meningitis, a contagious illness caused by the Neisseria meningitidis bacteria. Ann Marie Collins, a junior from Glastonbury, Conn., was listed in stable condition Tuesday morning at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Since the diagnosis, […]
Wake Forest student diagnosed with meningitis
October 4, 1999 | Media Advisory, University Announcement
A Wake Forest University student was diagnosed Monday, Oct. 4, with bacterial meningitis, a contagious illness caused by the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis. The student, Ann Marie Collins of Glastonbury, Conn., was listed in stable condition Monday afternoon at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Immediately […]
Interim faculty advisory committee established for WFDD
September 24, 1999 | Arts & Culture, Community, Media Advisory, University Announcement
Wake Forest University established an interim faculty advisory committee this week to assist the university and its public radio station, WFDD, as an editorial policy is developed for the station’s news staff. “They will be asked to advise on the selection of a journalist who […]
Health service distributing antibiotic, student’s condition improving
September 6, 1999 | Media Advisory, University Announcement
Approximately 150 Wake Forest University students have taken a preventive antibiotic in response to a fellow student being diagnosed this week with bacterial meningitis, an infection of the fluid of a person’s spinal cord and the fluid that surrounds the brain. The student, junior Ann […]
Local students win scholarship honoring WFU students
April 29, 1999 | Community, Media Advisory, Recognition, Student, University Announcement
The first recipients have been selected for a scholarship honoring two Wake Forest University students who died in a drunk driving accident that sparked a statewide lobbying effort to strengthen the state’s DWI laws. Wake Forest Chi Omega sorority sisters Maia Witzl and Julie […]
WFDD raises $150,000 in spring campaign
April 26, 1999 | Arts & Culture, Community, Media Advisory, University Announcement
Public radio listeners pledged a record $150,889 to the 1999 spring fundraising campaign for Wake Forest University’s National Public Radio station, WFDD (88.5 FM). The goal for the seven-day campaign, which concluded April 23, was $150,000. A total of 1,666 people contributed to the WFDD […]
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