Calloway School professor among nation’s top researchers
March 4, 2004 | Faculty, Recognition, University Announcement
Lee Knight, Hylton Professor of Accountancy at Wake Forest University, is one of the most prolific researchers in her field, according to a recent study. Knight teaches in Wake Forest’s Calloway School of Business and Accountancy and is the director of the school’s accountancy program. […]
WFU Announces Winners of Musical Competitions
March 4, 2004 | Arts & Culture, Recognition, Student, University Announcement
Twenty-one Wake Forest University students competed in the 27th annual Christopher Giles and Lucille S. Harris Competitions in Musical Performance Feb. 28 at Wake Forest. Established by Paul and Sara Sinal, the music competitions honor Christopher Giles, who taught piano at Wake Forest for 37 […]
Faculty receive teaching, research awards at WFU Convocation
February 19, 2004 | Faculty, Recognition, Staff, University Announcement
Several teaching and research awards were presented to Wake Forest University faculty during Founders’ Day Convocation Feb. 19. The presentations were made during an 11 a.m. ceremony in the university’s Wait Chapel, featuring a keynote speech by best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anna Quindlen. The Kulynych […]
Edwin G. Wilson receives highest honor at WFU Convocation
February 19, 2004 | Faculty, Recognition, University Announcement
Wake Forest University presented the Medallion of Merit to Provost Emeritus Edwin G. Wilson at the university’s Founders’ Day Convocation Feb. 19. The Medallion of Merit is Wake Forest’s highest award for service to the university. Wilson, a long-time English professor and administrator known affectionately […]
WFU student named to 2004 All-USA College Academic Team
February 12, 2004 | Recognition, Student, University Announcement
Rosita Najmi, a Wake Forest University senior, was one of 20 students named to the First Team of USA Today’s 2004 All-USA College Academic Team, which honors students for outstanding intellectual achievement and leadership. Najmi, an economics major from Knoxville, Tenn., was recognized for her […]
WFU accounting team named one of five winning teams in national competition
February 6, 2004 | Recognition, School of Business, Student, University Announcement
A team of five students from Wake Forest University’s Calloway School of Business and Accountancy was named one of five national winning teams in PricewaterhouseCoopers’ inaugural xTREME Accounting (xACT) Competition held in New York City Jan. 22-23. The team received a total of $11,000 in […]
Stories this week at WFU
January 6, 2004 | Arts & Culture, Events, Recognition, Research, University Announcement
WAKE FOREST STUDENTS RETURN FROM SERVICE TRIPS ABROAD — Thirty-seven Wake Forest students and six faculty and staff advisors who spent a portion of their winter recess serving the poor and disadvantaged in other countries will return to the Triad Jan. 9 and 10. The volunteers, […]
WFU deputy chief of police receives award
December 2, 2003 | Recognition, Staff, University Announcement
Kenneth Overholt, deputy chief of police at Wake Forest University, was recently awarded the Law Enforcement Medal from the Sons of the American Revolution. Overholt began his career as a deputy sheriff in Colorado. Throughout his distinguished career, he has served with two state bureaus […]
WFU senior named Rhodes Scholar
November 24, 2003 | Recognition, Student
Wake Forest University senior Jennifer Harris, who has traveled the world advocating for refugees, has been named a Rhodes Scholar. Harris, of Lawton, Okla., is one of 32 American women and men chosen as Rhodes Scholars on Nov. 22. Harris, who was named as one […]
Wake Forest University’s Jennifer Harris named as Rhodes Scholar
November 23, 2003 | Recognition, Student
Jennifer Harris, a Wake Forest University senior from Lawton, Okla., has been named a Rhodes Scholar. Harris is one of 32 American women and men chosen as Rhodes Scholars on Nov. 22. The American Rhodes Scholars will join an international group of Rhodes Scholars chosen […]
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