Wake Forest to receive $10 million gift
Mike and Mary Farrell, parents of Michael Edward Farrell, a 2010 Wake Forest graduate, have pledged to give $10 million to Wake Forest toward the construction of a new building for the Schools of Business.Categories: Alumni, University Announcements
Two Wake Forest seniors, Cate Berenato and Katherine Sinacore, spent four weeks in Peru this summer helping to determine which programs are best at helping sustain Brazil nut harvesters, their families and the rainforest.
A new garden pays tribute to nine historically African-American fraternities and sororities and their impact. It is a sign of the University’s “commitment to inclusion and diversity,” said President Nathan O. Hatch.
Building on its liberal arts tradition, Wake Forest University has established the Wake Forest Humanities Institute to support innovative scholarship and collaboration in the humanities.
Nancy Suttenfield, senior vice president and chief financial officer, announced today she will step down from her position at Wake Forest University effective October 13, 2010.
Student government president Natalie Halpern has a track record of leading people and getting projects accomplished in her time at Wake Forest.
Wake Forest has launched a redesigned website, including the home page, news sites and Inside WFU, a community-focused site targeted to faculty and staff. The rollout also features a new content-management system.
Mike Duke, the president and CEO of Wal-Mart, described his company's global growth strategy during the first presentation in the 2010-11 Leading Out Loud lecture series at the Schools of Business.
The video game CellCraft, developed by a team of scientists, middle-schoolers and software developers based at Wake Forest, has been played more than 2.5 million times worldwide.
Dean of Business Steve Reinemund, former chairman and CEO of PepsiCo, appeared live on CNBC television as part of the coverage of the “Investing in America” town hall event with President Barrack Obama.