Desk-painting event postponed due to rain
April 13, 2005 | Community, Events, University Announcement
Wake Forest University students will postpone painting desks for at-risk Old Town Elementary School students to April 14 because of rain. The event was originally scheduled for April 13. Each of about 40 Old Town students will get a colorful, custom-decorated desk. The project, D.E.S.K […]
Stories this week at WFU
April 7, 2005 | Community, Events, University Announcement
CARDINAL ARINZE GAVE 1999 COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS AT WFU — Cardinal Francis Arinze, often mentioned in news reports as a possible successor to Pope John Paul II, delivered the May 17, 1999, commencement address at Wake Forest. Arinze spoke at Wake Forest when his nephew, Niki Arinze, […]
WFU Board of Trustees elects members, officers
April 1, 2005 | University Announcement
In its April 1 meeting, the Wake Forest University Board of Trustees elected new trustees and its 2005-2006 officers. Vice Chairman L. Glenn Orr of Winston-Salem was re-elected to the board and elected as the new chairman. Orr is president and chief executive officer of […]
Arnold Palmer to give commencement address at WFU May 16
April 1, 2005 | Events, 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 University Plaza (the Quad). […]
Stories this week at WFU
March 31, 2005 | Arts & Culture, Events, Faculty, Recognition, University Announcement
CREW BOAT TO BE NAMED IN HONOR OF OUTGOING WFU PRESIDENT — The Wake Forest Club Crew team will honor the university’s outgoing president by naming a newly acquired boat the “Thomas K. Hearn” at 4:30 p.m. March 31. Hearn and his wife Laura will formally […]
Retired WFU chaplain Ed Christman receives Divinity School service award
March 24, 2005 | Faculty, School of Divinity, University Announcement
Edgar D. “Ed” Christman, who retired as Wake Forest University’s chaplain in 2003 after serving in that role since 1969, was presented the first Wake Forest Divinity School Distinguished Service Award during the university’s weekly worship service in Wait Chapel March 22. Christman, who has […]
Foreign policy citizens forum to be held at WFU
March 8, 2005 | Community, Events, University Announcement
Wake Forest University’s Center for International Studies will host Winston-Salem’s Great Decisions 2005, a six-week citizens forum on current foreign policy issues, March 17 through April 21. Each forum, which will feature a different discussion topic led by a Wake Forest expert, is free and […]
Stories this week at WFU
February 24, 2005 | Community, Events, Research, University Announcement
N.C. ONE OF TEN REMAINING NON-LOTTERY STATES IN U.S. — As the 2005 North Carolina General Assembly turns once again to consider a state lottery, legislators will be conscious of the fact that the number of non-lottery states declined by one this past November, when Oklahoma […]
Acting director of admissions named at WFU Divinity School
February 24, 2005 | Faculty, School of Business, School of Divinity, University Announcement
Ginny Bridges Ireland was recently named acting director of admissions and student services in the Wake Forest University Divinity School. Ireland was previously the staff assistant to Katherine Amos, Divinity School associate dean of academic affairs. In her new role, Ireland will be responsible for […]
WFU President Thomas K. Hearn Jr. receives regional higher education award
February 23, 2005 | University Announcement
Wake Forest University President Thomas K. Hearn Jr. was awarded the 2005 Chief Executive Leadership Award by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District III in Atlanta Feb. 22. The award is presented annually to the chief executive of a CASE […]
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