Oakes named Chief Diversity Officer at UNLV
Chief Diversity Officer and Assistant Provost Barbee Oakes will become Chief Diversity Officer at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) on Sept. 1.Categories: University Announcements
Chief Diversity Officer and Assistant Provost Barbee Oakes will become Chief Diversity Officer at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) on Sept. 1.Board of Trustees increasingly reflects changes in student, alumni population
Wake Forest University’s most diverse class of Trustees took office for terms beginning July 1, 2017. The governing group more closely reflects the current makeup of the University’s students, faculty and alumni. Categories: University Announcements
Pair female engineering students for projects, and they flourish
Female first-year students earn a higher grade when paired with at least one other female for group projects in introductory college engineering classes, according to new research by a Wake Forest University professor.Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Anna Julia Cooper Center launches Freedom School for local children
Students can lose two months of reading skills in the summer and spend up to six weeks in the fall relearning what they lost. The new Freedom School program at Wake Forest University aims to keep children’s reading skills sharp all summer.WFU awards and recognitions briefs
The WFU Awards and Recognitions briefs celebrate milestones of faculty, staff and students at Wake Forest.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
WFU Commencement: Media arrangements
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and presidential historian Jon Meacham will deliver Wake Forest University’s commencement address on Monday, May 15. The commencement ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. on Hearn Plaza.Categories: Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Wake Forest pledges support for entrepreneurship in Winston-Salem
In an unprecedented and historic demonstration of solidarity, Wake Forest joined leaders from five other Winston-Salem-based colleges and universities — each pledging to incentivize entrepreneurship among their students and alumni through a series of programs based on their areas of focus and unique visions.Categories: Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
WFU President Hatch receives Wheaton ‘Alumnus of the Year’ award
The Wheaton College Alumni Association presented Wake Forest University President Nathan O. Hatch with its 2017 Alumnus of the Year Award for Distinguished Service to Society at a ceremony on May 4.Categories: Awards & Recognition, University Announcements
Commencement story ideas from Wake Forest
Experts available on job trends and mentoring new grads in the workplace. 2017 graduates include a first-gen from the neighborhood that made headlines for Freddie Gray's death and a blind student who never let her lack of sight keep her from succeeding.Chemistry professor receives NSF CAREER Award for $500K
Chemistry professor Michael Gross has been named a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program Award winner. The CAREER Award from the NSF Directorate for Engineering provides $500,000 over five years.