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Professor Pat Roberts retires after teaching students the importance of words

May 10, 2010

Pat Roberts is riding away from a long career at the School of Law.

Despite numerous run-ins with cars over the years, Pat Roberts still has a passion for running and cycling. Now that she’s retired from the School of Law, she may be trading her road bike for a mountain bike and heading to the wilds of Southern Utah to explore the sandstone and red-rock desert where her daughter gives guided mountain bike tours.

Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements

Professor Tom Roberts retires after finding a home at Wake Forest for three decades

May 10, 2010

Outdoor enthusiast Tom Roberts plans to spend more time exploring the land, rather than teaching Land Use law, now that he’s retired from the School of Law.

Tom Roberts served in the Peace Corps in Ecuador years ago, and he’s spent time in the Amazon jungle. But even though he’s retiring this spring after 33 years teaching in the School of Law, he isn’t planning any exotic trips, for awhile at least.

Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements

Professor Larry West shared his passion for German with students for four decades

May 10, 2010

A dare 50 years ago sent Larry West on the path to a lifetime of teaching German at Wake Forest.

Boys being boys, they’ll dare each other on a whim to do wild and crazy stuff. Which explains why Larry West has enjoyed a long and venerable career as a college German professor. That career, spent almost entirely at Wake Forest, drew to a close this spring with his retirement from the Department of German and Russian. Behind him, the 68-year-old West leaves a redoubtable legacy as a teacher, scholar and study-abroad administrator, along with a cadre of devoted colleagues and former students who have been inspired by his dedication and regaled by his wit.

Categories: Arts & Culture, Research & Discovery

New divinity school dean named

April 29, 2010

Gail R. O'Day, a respected New Testament scholar and currently senior associate dean at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University, has been named dean of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity.

Categories: Research & Discovery, University Announcements

Retired professor Leon Cook dies

April 28, 2010

Associate Professor Emeritus Leon P. Cook Jr., who taught accounting from 1957 until retiring in 1993, died on April 26 in Winston-Salem.

Categories: Research & Discovery

The UK goes to the polls

April 14, 2010

David Coates, who joined the faculty in 1999, is the author of numerous books, including his most recent "Answering Back: Liberal Responses to Conservative Arguments" (Continuum Books, 2010).

With the UK General Election now announced for May 6, some background information on what is likely to unfold might be of general interest.

Categories: Global Wake Forest, Research & Discovery

Parsley recognized for bringing mathematics ‘out-of-the-box’

April 7, 2010

Assistant Professor of Mathematics Jason Parsley has received an award for distinguished teaching by a faculty member in the early stage of his or her teaching career.