Long-time head of admissions at Wake Forest dies
June 18, 2001 | Faculty, University Announcement
William Gray Starling, dean of admissions and financial aid at Wake Forest University, died unexpectedly June 18. He was 65. A Smithfield native, Starling marked 43 years of service to Wake Forest this month. He was among the longest serving directors of admissions in the […]
Wake Forest’s anthropology museum receives federal grant aid
June 14, 2001 | Arts & Culture, University Announcement
Wake Forest University’s Museum of Anthropology has received a Museum Assessment Program (MAP) grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The $1,775 grant, which is designed to help museums assess their strengths and weaknesses for long-range planning, will be used by […]
International Economics Society to hold annual meeting at WFU
June 11, 2001 | Events, University Announcement
The History of Economics Society will hold its 28th annual meeting at Wake Forest University June 29-July 2. All sessions will be held in Worrell Professional Center. The media is invited to attend the meeting, which is not open to the public. To sit-in on […]
Banks named station manager at public radio station WFDD
May 29, 2001 | University Announcement
James (Jay) B. Banks has been named station manager at WFDD (88.5 FM), Wake Forest University’s National Public Radio and classical music station. A former publisher of the Asheville Citizen-Times, Banks earned a bachelor’s degree and a master of business administration degree from Wake Forest. […]
Traffic detours planned during WFU commencement
May 16, 2001 | Commencement, Events, University Announcement
Wake Forest University will be closed to through traffic during its commencement ceremony on Monday, May 21, from 7 a.m. until the ceremony ends around noon. Parking passes and tickets are required to enter campus and attend commencement. Tickets and passes are reserved for graduates […]
Commencement stories at Wake Forest University
May 10, 2001 | Commencement, Events, University Announcement
STUDENT SAW YEAR OF ETHICS AND HONOR COME FULL CIRCLE As a freshman at Wake Forest, Amanda Carlson wanted to create a plan that would help incorporate ethics and honor on the university’s campus. As a member of the Student Government’s committee on honor, she […]
WFU donates furniture for flood relief project with Baptist State Convention of North Carolina
May 9, 2001 | Community, University Announcement
Wake Forest University is again donating furniture for the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina’s on-going flood relief effort. Numerous families are still homeless due to devastating floods caused by Hurricane Floyd in 1999. Beginning on May 14, furniture will be moved out of residence […]
Two teachers win Marcellus E. Waddill award worth $20,000 from Wake Forest
May 8, 2001 | Community, Teacher-Scholar, University Announcement
Jeffrey Morgan of Winston-Salem and Elizabeth Fair Goffigon of Sparks, Md., are the 2001 recipients of Wake Forest University’s Marcellus E. Waddill Excellence in Teaching Awards. They will accept the $20,000 awards during the Opening Convocation ceremony at Wake Forest in the fall. Wake […]
Barbara Bush will receive degree and give address at WFU commencement ceremony
May 8, 2001 | Commencement, Events, University Announcement
Former first lady Barbara Bush will deliver Wake Forest University’s commencement address and receive an honorary degree on May 21st at the 9 a.m. outdoor ceremony on Wake Forest’s University Plaza. A total of 1,349 students will receive degrees. There will be 809 students who […]
WFU students to volunteer in Tbilisi
May 7, 2001 | Student, University Announcement
Nine Wake Forest University students will travel to Eastern Europe to work at a refugee youth house in the country of Georgia. From May 15-May 30, the students will volunteer at the Tbilisi Youth House for Internally Displaced Persons. Called “The Tie That Binds,” the […]
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