Student Life creates advisory committee to recommend allocations for activities fee
January 14, 2004 | University Announcement
Wake Forest University has created an advisory committee to recommend allocations of a portion of the new student activities fee approved last fall by the university’s board of trustees. The student activities fee, at the recommendation of Student Government, will be split in two major […]
Dunn to address ‘Challenging Religion’ at WFU’s Divinity School convocation
January 13, 2004 | School of Divinity, Speakers, University Announcement
Wake Forest University Divinity School will formally open its first semester of 2004 with its spring convocation Jan. 20 at 11 a.m. in Wait Chapel. James M. Dunn, adjunct professor of Christianity and public policy, will deliver the convocation address. The topic of Dunn’s speech […]
Calloway Center complete; work begins on Reynolda Park
January 9, 2004 | University Announcement
The expansion and renovation of Wake Forest’s Calloway Hall, home to the Calloway School of Business and Accountancy and the math and computer science departments, is now complete. The newly named Calloway Center of Business, Mathematics and Computer Science consists of Kirby Hall, home to […]
WFU’s new 30-second spot to air during Wake Forest-Clemson game
January 8, 2004 | Athletics, University Announcement
Wake Forest University’s new 30-second institutional message will air during the Wake Forest-Clemson men’s basketball game Jan. 10. The game will be broadcast by Jefferson-Pilot Sports. Television networks regularly air 30-second videos provided by colleges and universities during televised basketball and football games. The 30-second […]
Secretary of State Colin Powell to address WFU graduates May 17
January 7, 2004 | Commencement, Events, Media Advisory, University Announcement
Secretary of State Colin L. Powell is scheduled to deliver Wake Forest University’s commencement address May 17. Powell will address Wake Forest graduates during the 9 a.m. outdoor ceremony on University Plaza (the Quad), his schedule permitting. The ceremony is not open to the public. […]
Stories this week at WFU
January 6, 2004 | Arts & Culture, Events, Recognition, Research, University Announcement
WAKE FOREST STUDENTS RETURN FROM SERVICE TRIPS ABROAD — Thirty-seven Wake Forest students and six faculty and staff advisors who spent a portion of their winter recess serving the poor and disadvantaged in other countries will return to the Triad Jan. 9 and 10. The volunteers, […]
WFU president leaves hospital to recuperate at home
December 17, 2003 | Faculty, Media Advisory, University Announcement
Wake Forest University President Thomas K. Hearn Jr. has returned home to recuperate nearly one week after brain surgery. Hearn, who has served as Wake Forest’s president for 20 years, was discharged from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center on Dec. 16. The university president’s […]
Maine named director of interdisciplinary honors at WFU
December 16, 2003 | Faculty, University Announcement
Barry Maine, professor of English, has been named director of interdisciplinary honors at Wake Forest University. Maine has been a faculty member at Wake Forest for more than 20 years, and he was chair of the English department from 1987 to 1996. Paul Escott, dean […]
WFU receives $2 million entrepreneurship grant
December 15, 2003 | Community, Student, University Announcement
Wake Forest University has been selected as one of eight Kauffman Campuses by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and will receive a $2.16 million grant to further entrepreneurship on campus, the foundation announced Dec. 15. In July, the foundation selected 15 universities nationwide to apply […]
WFU President Hearn responds well after surgery
December 11, 2003 | Faculty, Media Advisory, University Announcement
Wake Forest University President Thomas K. Hearn Jr. has responded well after brain surgery today at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. The surgery is related to Hearn’s ongoing treatment for a brain tumor discovered this fall. In an e-mail today to faculty, staff, students, […]
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