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Divinity School names director of supervised ministries

June 15, 1999  |   School of Divinity, University Announcement

The Rev. Jill Crainshaw of Richmond, Va., has been named director of supervised ministries at the Wake Forest University Divinity School, opening this fall. Crainshaw’s responsibilities will include designing and administering the divinity school’s program in supervised ministry. All students are required to participate […]

Divinity School announces New York City internship

April 6, 1999  |   School of Divinity, University Announcement

The Metro Baptist Church of New York City has established an internship through the Wake Forest University Divinity School opening in fall 1999. The internship will provide hands-on urban ministry experience in the Clinton South community of Manhattan, more famously known as Hell’s Kitchen. The […]

Fayetteville Resident, Foundation Establishes Scholarship

March 25, 1999  |   Admissions, School of Divinity, University Announcement

Freddie Lou Haworth and the Snyder Memorial Baptist Church Foundation of Fayetteville have established a scholarship at the Wake Forest University Divinity School opening in fall 1999. The D. Swan Haworth Memorial Scholarship was established in honor of the late Rev. David Swan Haworth, a […]

Divinity School Set to Open, Applications Under Review

March 19, 1999  |   School of Divinity, University Announcement

Preparations remain on schedule for the fall 1999 opening of the Wake Forest University Divinity School. The divinity school will open with about 40 students from a variety of denominational traditions and is expected to grow to 135-150 students within three years. The school will […]

Divinity School Announces Scholarship, Internship

March 8, 1999  |   School of Divinity, University Announcement

A scholarship and an internship have been established for Forsyth County residents at the Wake Forest University School of Divinity, opening in fall 1999. The William L. and Myrtle Ray Scholarship and the William Kay and Velma Preslar McGee Internship in Prison Ministry will be […]

Wake Forest Divinity School Receives Grant for Professorship in Homiletics

January 4, 1999  |   School of Divinity, University Announcement

The Wake Forest University School of Divinity, opening in fall 1999, has received a $200,000 grant to establish a professorship in homiletics, the art of preaching. Provided over three years by the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, the grant will support the divinity school’s appointment of […]

Wake Forest Divinity School Expands First Faculty

October 14, 1998  |   School of Divinity, University Announcement

The Wake Forest University School of Divinity, opening in fall 1999, has appointed two more members of its core faculty. Next fall, Alexandra R. Brown and James M. Dunn join the Wake Forest divinity school. Brown will have a one-year appointment as visiting associate professor […]

WFU Divinity School Announces New Wait Fellowships

September 25, 1998  |   School of Divinity, University Announcement

Wake Forest University has established a major fellowship for students of its divinity school. The new Sarah and Samuel Wait Fellowships in Theology and Ministry will be awarded each year to up to eight students entering the school’s master of divinity program. Samuel Wait […]

Wingate Gets Two-Story Addition for Divinity School

July 7, 1998  |   Campus Life, School of Divinity, University Announcement

Construction will begin later this month on a two-story rotunda addition to Wake Forest University’s Wingate Hall for its new divinity school. Expected to be completed in spring 1999, the 2,000-square-foot addition will become the new entrance to Wingate and is part of $4.25 […]

WFU Announces First Faculty of Divinity School

April 28, 1998  |   Faculty, School of Divinity, University Announcement

Wake Forest University has hired the first three faculty members of its new divinity school, scheduled to open in fall 1999. Bill J. Leonard, the school’s dean, said that the professors are renowned Hebrew scholar Phyllis Trible, Baptist theologian Frank Tupper and church history and […]

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