WFU moves up two spots in U.S. News rankings
September 6, 2001 | University Announcement
Wake Forest University ranks 26th among 249 national universities in the new edition of U.S. News and World Report’s annual guide, “America’s Best Colleges.” The University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) tied Wake Forest for the 26th spot. Wake Forest was ranked 28th […]
N.C. First Lady Mary Easley to speak at WFU convocation
September 6, 2001 | Events, Speakers, University Announcement
North Carolina First Lady Mary Easley will speak at Wake Forest University’s Opening Convocation on Sept. 13 at 11 a.m. in Wait Chapel. The event is free and open to the public. Her address is titled, “Competence, Confidence and the Comfort Zone; How to Color […]
WFU art gallery to be named for Philip and Charlotte Hanes
September 6, 2001 | Arts & Culture, Events, Recognition, University Announcement
In recognition of their contributions to the arts, Wake Forest University will name its art gallery for Winston-Salem businessman R. Philip Hanes and his wife, Charlotte, on Sept. 7. During a private dedication ceremony, the gallery will be named the Charlotte and Philip Hanes Art […]
UNC-TV to air documentary on lunch counter sit-in produced by WFU professors
September 6, 2001 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events, University Announcement
A documentary produced by two Wake Forest University professors on the Winston-Salem lunch counter sit-in of 1960 will be aired on public television station UNC-TV on Sept. 29 at 11 p.m. “I’m Not My Brother’s Keeper: Leadership and Civil Rights in Winston-Salem, North Carolina” […]
WFU Divinity School’s first graduating class begins final year of study
August 29, 2001 | School of Divinity, University Announcement
In May 2002, the Wake Forest Divinity School will grant degrees to its first graduates. Founded in 1999 and offering the master in divinity degree in an ecumenical full-time program, the school has attracted students from as close as North Carolina and Virginia to as […]
Attorney, N.C. First Lady Mary Easley to speak at fall convocation Sept. 13
August 28, 2001 | Events, Speakers, University Announcement
North Carolina First Lady Mary Easley will speak at Wake Forest University’s Opening Convocation on Sept. 13 at 11 a.m. in Wait Chapel. The event is free and open to the public. A professor at North Carolina Central University School of Law, Easley earned […]
Theologian and author Linda McKinnish Bridges named associate dean
August 28, 2001 | School of Divinity, University Announcement
Theologian and author Linda McKinnish Bridges has been named an associate dean of the College at Wake Forest University. She will also teach at the Wake Forest Divinity School during the 2001-2002 academic year. McKinnish Bridges has written numerous journal articles, book reviews and […]
Retired journalism professor/author of Wake Forest history dies
August 27, 2001 | Faculty, University Announcement
Bynum Shaw, long-time professor of journalism at Wake Forest University and author of the fourth volume of the university’s history, died at his home in Winston-Salem on Aug. 27 after an illness of several months. He was 78. An Alamance County native who grew […]
Wake Forest’s Calloway School of Business names six to Board of Visitors
August 24, 2001 | School of Business, University Announcement
Wake Forest University recently named six new members to the board of visitors of the Calloway School of Business and Accountancy. The new members will serve on the board until 2005. The new members are Emily Neese Babcock of Winston-Salem, chief financial officer of Universal […]
Calloway School prepares for expansion
August 21, 2001 | School of Business, University Announcement
Wake Forest University will break ground on a new addition to Calloway Hall this fall that will allow the Calloway School of Business and Accountancy to exist in its own space for the first time. The new four-story wing will be named after the F.M. […]
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