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Law professor named associate provost

July 12, 2010  |   Faculty, Provost, School of Law

Professor of Law Jennifer Collins has been named associate provost for academic initiatives.

In her new role, Collins will work with faculty from across the University to develop academic programs. The appointment is for a three-year term. She will retain her title as professor of law and will continue to teach in the law school.

Provost Tiefenthaler: The true value of a college education

July 8, 2010  |   Community, Provost

In response to the June 30 Winston-Salem Journal article “Learn. Earn. Is it a deal?” Provost Jill Tiefenthaler offers Wake Forest’s perspective on the value of a college degree. “Our mission at Wake Forest is to educate the whole person and prepare graduates to apply their knowledge, interests and experiences throughout well-considered lives.”

July 2010 Staff News

July 1, 2010  |   President, Provost, Staff

Athletics Cook Griffin has retired after 26 years. School of Law Constance Cashin has retired. Undergraduate Admissions Stephanie Brooks has retired. Milestones Staff members who are observing anniversaries of their employment. (Recognition is for one year and for five through 50 years at five-year intervals.) […]

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Students travel to Nicaragua to encourage healthy lifestyles

June 21, 2010  |   International, Pro Humanitate, Provost, Student

Eleven students and two professors are in Managua, Nicaragua, for a month for a service-learning experience combining health care, communication and service.

With communication professor Steven Giles and health and exercise science professor Gary Miller, the students are studying global health issues and using a variety of communication techniques to promote healthier lifestyles among the local people.

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Bill Leonard: The power of ‘un-naming’

May 16, 2010  |   Commencement, Community, Humanities, Provost, Student, Wake Forest College

Divinity school dean Bill Leonard, in his sermon to graduates at the Baccalaureate service in Wait Chapel May 16, encouraged them to “un-name” racism and evil and embrace “names like gentle, merciful, pure in heart and peacemaker.”

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Fourteen seniors named Wake Forest Fellows

May 6, 2010  |   Provost, Student, Wake Forest College

Fourteen seniors will remain at Wake Forest following graduation as Wake Forest Fellows, working in the President’s Office, Information Systems, University Advancement and in other offices.

Each fellow will be a full-time University employee for a year. In addition to working in a particular department, the fellows will participate in leadership activities and interact with top administrators and faculty to learn about higher-education administration.

New divinity school dean named

April 29, 2010  |   Faculty, President, Provost, School of Divinity

Gail R. O’Day, a respected New Testament scholar and currently senior associate dean at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University, has been named dean of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity.

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Pro Humanitate: Students recognized for their commitment to volunteering and service

April 15, 2010  |   Community, Pro Humanitate, Provost, Student, Wake Forest College

The high level of volunteerism by students has helped Wake Forest win national recognition for community service. Nearly 60 percent of the University’s students, including undergraduate, graduate and professional students, contributed nearly 100,000 hours of service last year. That was among the factors that helped Wake Forest earn a place on The President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for 2009.

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Forgiveness and hope

January 19, 2010  |   Arts & Culture, Community, Provost

Dr. Maya Angelou talked and sang about forgiveness and hope in her keynote address during the Martin Luther King Jr. celebration in Wait Chapel Monday night. “The gift Martin Luther King gave the world is hope,” she said. “Hope that we will come through this.”

‘The cause’: recreating historical accuracy

January 15, 2010  |   Arts & Culture, Provost

A former British Cabinet Secretary and an expert on the Globe Theatre will discuss Shakespeare and Wake Forest’s Ronald Watkins Collection – an extensive collection of books, papers and lectures on the Globe Theatre — during a discussion on Jan. 21.