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Follow up to malicious emails
September 30, 2019 | Top Stories, University Announcement
The following message was sent to students, faculty and staff on Sept. 28.
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WFU Awards and Recognitions Briefs
June 14, 2019 | Personal and Career Development, Recognition, Top Stories, University Announcement
The WFU Awards and Recognitions briefs celebrate milestones of faculty, staff and students at Wake Forest.
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Jonathan L. Walton named Dean of WFU School of Divinity
April 28, 2019 | Faculty, School of Divinity, Top Stories, University Announcement
Wake Forest University has appointed Jonathan L. Walton as Dean of the School of Divinity. Walton is currently at Harvard, where he serves as the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the University’s Memorial Church. He is also Professor of Religion and Society at the Harvard Divinity School.
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Jane Aiken named Dean of WFU School of Law
April 24, 2019 | Faculty, School of Law, Top Stories, University Announcement
Wake Forest University has chosen Jane Aiken to become the next Dean of the School of Law. Aiken comes to Wake Forest from Georgetown Law, where she has been a professor and administrator since 2007 and currently serves as the Blume Professor of Law.
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Hold the mustard: What makes spiders fussy eaters?
April 15, 2019 | Faculty, Graduate School, Media Advisory, Research, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, University Announcement
It might be one of nature’s most agile and calculating hunters, but the wolf spider won’t harm an insect that literally leaves a bad taste in its mouth, according to new research by a team of Wake Forest University sensory neuroscientists, including C.J. “Jake” Saunders.
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WFU names Eric Maguire vice president for enrollment
April 8, 2019 | Admissions, Top Stories, University Announcement, Wake Forest College
Eric Maguire has been named vice president for enrollment at Wake Forest. Maguire is known for his success in recruiting highly talented undergraduates, prioritizing academic excellence and increasing socioeconomic, racial and ethnic diversity.
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WFU awards and recognitions briefs
April 5, 2019 | Community, Events, Faculty, Top Stories, University Announcement
The WFU Awards and Recognitions briefs celebrate milestones of faculty, staff and students at Wake Forest.
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A message from President Hatch (March 18)
March 18, 2019 | Top Stories, University Announcement
Among other next steps, Wake Forest University President Nathan Hatch is redirecting the $50,000 received from the Key Worldwide Foundation to the Magnolia Scholars program in support of first-generation college students.
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Update on college athletic admissions investigation (March 12)
March 12, 2019 | University Announcement
On Tuesday morning, March 12, Wake Forest announced it had placed volleyball coach Bill Ferguson on administrative leave. On Tuesday afternoon, president Nathan O. Hatch sent a message to the Wake Forest community.
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Ron Wellman to retire as Wake Forest Athletic Director, John Currie named AD
March 3, 2019 | Athletics, For Alumni, For Parents, Top Stories, University Announcement
After nearly 27 years leading the Wake Forest University athletic department, Ron Wellman will retire as Athletic Director on May 1, 2019. Wake Forest President Nathan O. Hatch has selected John Currie to succeed Wellman as the University’s sixth athletic director.
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