WFU competing with NCAA schools in American Red Cross Points for Pints program
October 31, 2001 | University Announcement
Wake Forest University is taking its rivalry with 18 other National Collegiate Athletics Association Division schools an extra step this year through the American Red Cross’s new Points for Pints program. Between Oct. 1 and March 1, 2002, Points for Pints blood drives will be […]
Memorial service for Germaine BrÈe planned for Nov. 6
October 30, 2001 | Faculty, University Announcement
Friends and family will gather Nov. 6 to remember and honor Germaine Brée, a retired Kenan Professor of Humanities at Wake Forest University who died Sept. 22. The memorial service, which is open to the public, will be held at 4 p.m. in Brendle Recital […]
Wake Forest Admissions and Welcome Center named for former director Bill Starling
October 29, 2001 | Faculty, Recognition, University Announcement
Wake Forest University named its Admissions Building and Welcome Center in memory of William G. Starling, former dean of admissions and financial aid, at an Oct. 26 ceremony on the building’s front lawn. The university also unveiled a portrait of Starling at the ceremony, […]
Wake Forest students create ‘Helping Hands’ to send gloves to workers at ground zero
October 25, 2001 | Recognition, Student, University Announcement
Wake Forest University students Melissa Poe and Jill Bader have begun what they hope will become a national project to support the clean-up crews who are still working around the clock in the rubble of the World Trade Center. Poe and Bader, who met during […]
Wake Forest students, parents, faculty and staff raise $10,000 for Sept. 11 relief efforts
October 19, 2001 | Community, University Announcement
Wake Forest University students, faculty and staff raised more than $10,000 during a recent campus-wide fund drive that will benefit charities supporting victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on America. The Wake Forest Volunteer Service Corps organized the project that drew more than 1,000 […]
This week at Wake Forest University
October 18, 2001 | Events, University Announcement
GET THE SKINNY ON OBESITY The biggest health problem facing our nation today is obesity, says Paul Ribisl, chair of Wake Forest’s health and exercise science department. He has lectured and written on the causes of obesity, and has studied how genetics, diet and exercise […]
Wake Forest communication professor receives national awards for book
October 17, 2001 | Faculty, Recognition, University Announcement
Michael J. Hyde, University Distinguished Professor of Communication Ethics at Wake Forest University, was recently honored with two awards from the National Communication Association for his book, “The Call of Conscience: Heidegger and Levinas, Rhetoric and the Euthanasia Debate.” Hyde received the Diamond Anniversary […]
Wake Forest, Virginia Tech plan to establish joint School of Biomedical Engineering
October 16, 2001 | University Announcement
Wake Forest University and Virginia Tech (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) announced plans today to establish a joint School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences. The school will fill needs at both universities. Wake Forest has long sought to add an engineering program, either directly […]
New staff members join radio station WFDD
October 9, 2001 | Arts & Culture, Community, University Announcement
Five people have joined the staff at radio station WFDD (88.5 FM), the public radio station that broadcasts from Wake Forest University. Evan Richey, a professional cellist and former owner of a recording studio in New York, has joined WFDD as operations coordinator. Richey graduated […]
WFU breaks ground on Calloway School expansion
October 5, 2001 | School of Business, University Announcement
Wake Forest University held a groundbreaking ceremony Oct. 4 for an addition to Calloway Hall that will bring all operations of the Calloway School of Business and Accountancy together under one roof for the first time. University trustees, members of the Calloway School board […]
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