Media arrangements for WFU commencement
May 5, 2005 | Media Advisory, University Announcement
Members of the media are invited to attend Wake Forest University’s commencement ceremony May 16, featuring golf legend and Wake Forest alumnus Arnold Palmer as speaker. The outdoor ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. on Thomas K. Hearn Jr. Plaza (the Quad). The event is […]
Arnold Palmer to give commencement address at WFU May 16
May 3, 2005 | Media Advisory, Speakers, University Announcement
Arnold Palmer, one of the most beloved golf legends of all time and a Wake Forest University alumnus, will deliver the university’s commencement address May 16. Palmer will address approximately 1,450 Wake Forest graduates during the 9 a.m. outdoor ceremony on Thomas K. Hearn Jr. […]
WFU student wins Goldwater scholarship
May 2, 2005 | Recognition, Student, University Announcement
Emily Leonhardt, a Wake Forest University junior from Cincinnati, Ohio, has been awarded a 2005 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Leonhardt is one of approximately 320 students across the country to earn the scholarship this year. The Goldwater Scholars were selected on the basis of academic […]
Arnold Palmer to address Wake Forest graduates, three to receive honorary degrees
April 29, 2005 | Speakers, University Announcement
Arnold Palmer, one of the most beloved golf legends of all time and a Wake Forest University alumnus, will deliver the university’s commencement address during a May 16 ceremony on Thomas K. Hearn Jr. Plaza (the Quad). Three distinguished people in the fields of medicine, […]
Stories this week at WFU
April 28, 2005 | Campus Life, Events, University Announcement
ARMY ROTC CADET TO BE COMMISSIONED BY HER FATHER, MAJ. GEN. MARTIN DEMPSEY — Caitlin Dempsey, a senior Army ROTC cadet, will be commissioned by her father, Maj. Gen. Martin Dempsey, during a ceremony May 15. General Dempsey, who served as the 1st Armor Division commander […]
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. […]
University Police arrests student for property damage
April 19, 2005 | Media Advisory, University Announcement
Wake Forest University Police arrested a Wake Forest student April 15 in connection with graffiti that started appearing early this month on several buildings across campus. The student, a sophomore, is charged with nine counts of injury to real property. Much of the graffiti consisted […]
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 […]
Scottish Re pledges $500,000 to WFU Calloway School program
April 14, 2005 | School of Business, University Announcement
Scottish Holdings Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Re Group Limited, has pledged $500,000 to the enterprise risk management program at Wake Forest University’s Calloway School of Business and Accountancy. Scottish Re is a global life reinsurance specialist with subsidiaries around the world, including […]
University Police investigates indecent exposure incidents
April 13, 2005 | Media Advisory, University Announcement
University Police is investigating a recent case of indecent exposure that is believed to be related to similar incidents that occurred earlier this academic year. At approximately 1:30 p.m. on April 8, an unidentified man in a white panel van exposed himself to three students […]
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