WFU student named Truman Scholar
March 24, 2000 | Media Advisory, Recognition, Student, University Announcement
Wake Forest University junior Jessica Esther Posner of Madison, Wisc., is among a distinguished group of undergraduates nationwide who have been elected as 2000 Truman Scholars by the Washington-based Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. Posner is one of 61 students from 49 colleges and universities […]
Wake Forest students win international math contest
March 15, 2000 | Student, University Announcement
Three Wake Forest students have won the international Mathematical Contest in Modeling. The contest is designed to “stimulate and improve problem solving skills.” The team competed against approximately 400 teams representing several different countries. For four days in February, the three-member team drafted a 40-page […]
Students exploring internet’s use in debate
March 13, 2000 | Campus Life, Events, Research, Speakers, Student
Wake Forest University is calling on its students to explore creative ways for using the Internet with the presidential debate coming to the university next fall. “When it comes to technology, it pays to turn to college students for innovative ideas,” said Jay Dominick, […]
Debate squad nationally ranked, qualifies for the national “sweet 16”
February 25, 2000 | Student, University Announcement
Wake Forest University has received an automatic bid to the National Debate Tournament for finishing the debate season as one of the nation’s top 16 teams. The National Debate Tournament Committee determines the top teams based on their season record. Two teams from Wake […]
Students to perform musical matinee
January 26, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Events, Student
Four Wake Forest University students will perform a musical matinee titled “Mozart Meets Sondheim” at 3 p.m. Feb. 13 in the university’s Brendle Recital Hall. Seniors Bill Diggle, Peden Fitzhugh, Matt Mundy and Cher Wright are voice students of Teresa Radomski, Wake Forest associate professor […]
Students head to Honduras during the holidays
December 30, 1999 | International, Media Advisory, Student, University Announcement
Ten Wake Forest University students will share the holiday spirit by spending a week volunteering in Honduras. As part of the Honduras Outreach Project and Exchange (H.O.P.E) Scholars Program, the students and one faculty leader will depart for Honduras from Raleigh-Durham International Airport on […]
Students to spend Christmas volunteering in Calcutta
December 6, 1999 | Community, Student, University Announcement
Two Winston-Salem residents, Greg Frey and Michael Hogge, will celebrate Christmas by traveling to Calcutta to help India’s poor. Frey, Hogge and nine other Wake Forest University students will depart Dec. 12 to spend two weeks in India volunteering with Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
September 1, 1999 | Campus Life, Events, Research, Speakers, Student, University Announcement
RESEARCHING A PIRATE SHIP FOCUS OF TALK The investigation of a shipwreck believed to be Queen Anne’s Revenge, Blackbeard’s lost flagship, will be the focus of a talk by Mark Wilde-Ramsing at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 2 at the Museum of Anthropology. Wilde-Ramsing is an underwater […]
Calloway students ranked first on test
August 26, 1999 | Student, University Announcement
Accounting students in Wake Forest University’s Wayne Calloway School of Business and Accountancy achieved the highest passing rate in the country for their performance on the CPA exam. Wake Forest had the highest score of all schools with students taking the exam for the first […]
Fall marks new stage in technology initiative
August 13, 1999 | Campus Life, Student
If a Wake Forest University professor tells students this fall to get ready for an online quiz, there will be no question about whether they are equipped for the task. After all, everyone in the class will have a laptop computer provided by the […]
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