Three to receive honorary degrees at WFU commencement ceremony
April 26, 2005 | Recognition, University Announcement
A famed civil rights attorney, the physician who developed the defibrillator and the founder and president of the Inner City Education Foundation (ICEF) will receive honorary degrees during Wake Forest University’s May 16 commencement on Thomas K. Hearn Jr. Plaza (the Quad). The 9 a.m. […]
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 […]
Stories this week at WFU
April 14, 2005 | Community, Events, Recognition, Speakers, Student
DESK PAINTING EVENT RESCHEDULED FOR APRIL 14 AT WFU — Wake Forest University students will paint desks from 4 to 7 p.m. April 14 on the Magnolia Courtyard to give to at-risk students at Old Town Elementary School. The event was originally scheduled for April 13. […]
Stories this week at WFU
March 31, 2005 | Arts & Culture, Events, Faculty, Recognition, University Announcement
CREW BOAT TO BE NAMED IN HONOR OF OUTGOING WFU PRESIDENT — The Wake Forest Club Crew team will honor the university’s outgoing president by naming a newly acquired boat the “Thomas K. Hearn” at 4:30 p.m. March 31. Hearn and his wife Laura will formally […]
WFU tops study abroad list
December 3, 2004 | Media Advisory, Recognition, University Announcement
Wake Forest University had the highest percentage of undergraduates studying abroad among doctoral/research institutions in 2002-2003, according to the Open Doors 2004 report published by the Institute of International Education. The report, released in November, put Wake Forest at the top of the list “Selected […]
WFU senior Rebecca Cook named Rhodes Scholar
November 22, 2004 | Recognition, Student, University Announcement
Wake Forest University senior Rebecca E. Cook, who has worked to improve health care for premature babies in Kenya, has been named a Rhodes Scholar. She is among 32 Americans chosen by the Rhodes Trust Nov. 20 to study at England’s Oxford University in 2005 […]
Black Enterprise magazine recognizes WFU as one of 50 best for black students
October 28, 2004 | Recognition, University Announcement
Black Enterprise magazine has named Wake Forest University to its list of 50 Best Colleges for African Americans. Wake Forest is ranked in 31st place on the annual list. The list, which includes private and public institutions, appeared in Black Enterprise’s October issue. The magazine explains […]
WFU student named Truman Scholar
April 5, 2004 | Recognition, Student
Wake Forest University junior Anjali Garg of Minnetonka, Minn., is among a distinguished group of undergraduates nationwide who have been named 2004 Truman Scholars by the Washington-based Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. Garg is one of 77 students from 67 U.S. colleges and universities named […]
Grant will fund Calloway Professor’s work with Forsyth County tax program
March 26, 2004 | Community, Faculty, Recognition
Wake Forest University’s Calloway School of Business and Accountancy has received a $63,000 grant to support the transition of many duties of the Forsyth County Working Families Partnership to the Forsyth County United Way. The Jessie Ball duPont Religious, Charitable and Educational Fund awarded the […]
Lancaster Resident wins fourth place in WFU musical competition
March 25, 2004 | Arts & Culture, Recognition, Student
Violinist Morgan Brubaker, a Wake Forest University freshman, won fourth place in the 27th annual Christopher Giles and Lucille S. Harris Competitions in Musical Performance Feb. 28 at Wake Forest. Brubaker, a graduate of Hempfield High School in Landisville, is the daughter of Roger and […]
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