Stories this week at Wake Forest University
March 21, 2002 | Community, Events, Faculty, Recognition, Speakers, Student
UNIVERSITY PLAZA BECOMES EASTER BUNNY PLAYGROUND— Students in Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity will rise early on March 24 to hide dozens of Easter eggs on University Plaza (the Quad) for children of Wake Forest faculty and staff. The annual egg […]
Wake Forest gives highest university honor to Douglas Maynard at Feb. 21 convocation
February 21, 2002 | Faculty, Recognition, University Announcement
Wake Forest University presented its highest honor, the Medallion of Merit, to Dr. C. Douglas Maynard, acting dean of the Wake Forest School of Medicine, during Founders’ Day Convocation Feb. 21. Wake Forest President Thomas K. Hearn Jr. presented the award during the ceremony in […]
Wake Forest catholic student group organizes trip to help nicaraguan refugees in Costa Rica
December 4, 2001 | Recognition, Student
A group of Catholic students from Wake Forest University will travel to Costa Rica in January to work with Nicaraguan refugees. From Jan. 3-13, the students will serve the refugee community in Alajuelita, a small borough outside San Jose, by tutoring, helping to run a […]
Graylyn International Conference Center joins IACC, wins top industry awards
November 15, 2001 | Recognition, University Announcement
Graylyn International Conference Center was recently honored with induction into one of the meeting and conference industry’s most prestigious organizations and recognized with three of the industry’s top awards for 2001. Graylyn, which is owned and managed by Wake Forest University, is now a member […]
WFU student newspaper wins national award for general excellence
November 5, 2001 | Recognition, Student, University Announcement
Wake Forest University’s student newspaper, the Old Gold and Black, recently won a Pacemaker Award for general excellence during the Associated Collegiate Press’ national conference in New Orleans. The award annually recognizes the best college newspapers in the nation. The Newspaper Association of America judged […]
Wake Forest Admissions and Welcome Center named for former director Bill Starling
October 29, 2001 | Faculty, Recognition, University Announcement
Wake Forest University named its Admissions Building and Welcome Center in memory of William G. Starling, former dean of admissions and financial aid, at an Oct. 26 ceremony on the building’s front lawn. The university also unveiled a portrait of Starling at the ceremony, […]
Wake Forest students create ‘Helping Hands’ to send gloves to workers at ground zero
October 25, 2001 | Recognition, Student, University Announcement
Wake Forest University students Melissa Poe and Jill Bader have begun what they hope will become a national project to support the clean-up crews who are still working around the clock in the rubble of the World Trade Center. Poe and Bader, who met during […]
WFU celebrates 50th anniversary of Reynolda Campus groundbreaking
October 19, 2001 | Community, Events, Recognition
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of its Reynolda Campus groundbreaking in Winston-Salem, Wake Forest University will host a luncheon and special program on Oct. 29. Then known as Wake Forest College, the school broke ground on its Reynolda Campus on Oct. 15, 1951. […]
Wake Forest communication professor receives national awards for book
October 17, 2001 | Faculty, Recognition, University Announcement
Michael J. Hyde, University Distinguished Professor of Communication Ethics at Wake Forest University, was recently honored with two awards from the National Communication Association for his book, “The Call of Conscience: Heidegger and Levinas, Rhetoric and the Euthanasia Debate.” Hyde received the Diamond Anniversary […]
Calloway students triple national average on CPA exam; accounting program ranked in top 20
September 27, 2001 | Recognition, School of Business, University Announcement
Accounting students in Wake Forest University’s Calloway School of Business and Accountancy rank second in the nation for their performance on the May 2000 Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam. The Calloway students’ passage rate-71.9 percent-more than triples the national average. The National Association of State […]
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