Stories this week at WFU
June 12, 2003 | Community, School of Business, University Announcement
KNEE PAIN: SHOULD YOU POP PILLS, EXERCISE, OR BOTH? – As supplements come under tighter scrutiny by the Food and Drug Administration, a Wake Forest study is examining whether the benefits of one of the most popular supplement combinations for knee osteoarthritis can match its […]
WFU promotes Cherin Poovey to assistant vice president
June 4, 2003 | Faculty, Recognition, University Announcement
Wake Forest University has promoted Cherin C. Poovey to assistant vice president for university advancement. She will also continue as director of creative services. Poovey joined Wake Forest’s Reynolda Campus staff in 1987. Prior to that she worked in public relations and marketing at Wake […]
U.S. Surgeon General among WFU honorary degree recipients
May 19, 2003 | Commencement, University Announcement
Wake Forest University awarded five honorary degrees during its commencement ceremony May 19. The ceremony featured New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg as speaker. The university presented honorary doctor of laws degrees to Bloomberg and to Martha W. Barnett, partner in the law firm Holland […]
Martha Barnett receives honorary degree from WFU
May 19, 2003 | Commencement, University Announcement
Martha W. Barnett, partner in the law firm Holland & Knight and chair of the firm’s directors’ committee, received an honorary doctor of laws degree at Wake Forest University’s commencement ceremony May 19. Approximately 170 law students graduated during the ceremony. Barnett delivered the address […]
Molecular biologist receives honorary degree from WFU
May 19, 2003 | Alumni, Commencement, Recognition, University Announcement
Eric Olson, chairman of molecular biology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, received an honorary doctor of science degree at Wake Forest University’s commencement ceremony May 19. Approximately 1,478 undergraduate, graduate and professional school students received degrees during the ceremony. Olson is director […]
Traffic detours planned during WFU commencement
May 16, 2003 | Commencement, Community, Events, University Announcement
Wake Forest University will be closed to through traffic for its commencement ceremony on Monday, May 19, from 7 a.m. until the ceremony ends around noon. Parking passes and tickets are required to enter campus and attend commencement. Passes and tickets are reserved for graduates, […]
Bloomberg to address WFU grads: C-SPAN to broadcast ceremony
May 16, 2003 | Commencement, Events, Media Advisory, University Announcement
Michael R. Bloomberg, mayor of New York City and founder of the information services, news and media company Bloomberg L.P., will deliver Wake Forest University’s 161st commencement address and receive an honorary doctor of laws degree May 19. The title of Bloomberg’s speech is “The […]
Sound clips from New York Mayor Bloomberg’s WFU address to be available online
May 13, 2003 | Commencement, Speakers, University Announcement
Broadcast-quality sound clips from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s May 19th commencement address at Wake Forest University will be available for radio stations to download and broadcast that afternoon. The ceremony begins at 9 a.m. The Wake Forest News Service will post several sound […]
WFU math team takes top honors in international competition – again
May 12, 2003 | Recognition, Student, University Announcement
For the fifth time in as many years, a Wake Forest University math team has taken top honors in an international math competition. The 2003 team – none of them math majors – created a solution for the best way to handle baggage security claims […]
Stories this week at WFU
May 8, 2003 | Commencement, Events, Media Advisory, Research, Student, University Announcement
STUDENTS VOLUNTEER ON NAVAJO RESERVATION — Ten Wake Forest students will spend two weeks volunteering on a Ganado, Ariz., Navajo reservation beginning May 14. Junior Catherine Alley began organizing the trip in early March. By the end of the month, she had recruited nine other students […]
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