The School of Business faculty celebrated a successful and very busy year with an awards dinner at the Proximity Hotel on May 3.

The awards and recipients are: Continue reading »

Mary Pendergraft, professor of classical languages, has been honored by the Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS) with an Ovatio, the organization’s highest award for service to CAMWS and the Classics profession. The award presentation was made in Latin at a banquet attended by more than 450 members of the organization at its annual meeting in Iowa City, Iowa. At the same meeting, Pendergraft also was the recipient of the CAMWS Award for Excellence in College Teaching.

According to Tom Sienkewicz, professor of classics at Monmouth College and secretary-treasurer of CAMWS, Pendergraft was recognized for contributions in the areas of promotion of the study of Latin in North Carolina and throughout the United States and for her work as chief reader of the Latin College Board Exams.

Peter Knox, professor of classics at the University of Colorado and president of CAMWS, said: “Professor Pendergraft is an inspiring teacher, who is also actively engaged in collaborating with colleagues in pedagogical initiatives. Her service to the profession as chief reader of the AP Latin exam and her contributions to our association are justly acknowledged in this award.”

The Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Inc., is a professional organization for classicists and non-classicists at all levels of instruction which promotes the classics through the broad scope of its annual meeting, through the publication of both original research and pedagogical contributions and through its awards, scholarships and outreach initiatives. CAMWS was founded at the University of Chicago in 1905 and now covers 32 states and three Canadian provinces.

Tina Smith, the museum educator at Wake Forest’s Museum of Anthropology, was recently featured in an article in the Mt. Airy News. The article highlighted the curriculum for eight-graders at Central Middle School in Pilot Mountain, N.C. Smith helped judge projects by students who worked to design portable exhibits that explained the Holocaust to 4- and 5-year-olds.

Read more about Smith and the program »

The following is a message from President Nathan Hatch:

At the start of the fall semester, I established four campus-wide committees to foster inclusive discussion around particular aspects of Wake Forest University. I am grateful to the members of these committees who devoted countless hours in pursuit of a better Wake Forest. Through these committees, dozens of faculty, staff and students contributed to the following results: Continue reading »

A funeral service for Melvin Reid will be held at noon on May 13 at Praise Assembly Church Ministries, 3254 Kernersville Road, in Winston-Salem. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon at the church.

Mr. Reid was familiar to many at Wake Forest as a long-time driver for the University’s shuttle bus system. He died May 6.

Molly Keener, the scholarly communication librarian at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library, will take part in a discussion on HuffPost Live on Friday at 3:40 p.m. Keener will discuss her experiences with Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and chat about their future. Keener recently completed a MOOC offered by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and she shared her thoughts on a ZSR blog post.

The HuffPost Live discussion was triggered by an announcement from a MOOC facilitator, Coursera, which announced a deal with leading academic publishers to provide free access to etextbooks for students in MOOCs.

The Winston-Salem Symphony, under music director Robert Moody, will premiere Dan Locklair’s “Hail the Coming Day” on Sunday, May 12, at 3 p.m. with a repeat performance on Tuesday, May 14, at 7:30 p.m. at the Stevens Center.

For tickets or more information, call 336.464.0145 or visit the symphony website. More information about Winston-Salem’s Centennial Celebration is available here.

Locklair, a professor of music and the composer-in-residence at Wake Forest, was commissioned by the City of Winston-Salem to compose the piece in honor of the 2013 Centennial Celebration of the consolidation of the towns Winston and Salem.

The composition, “Hail the Coming Day,” takes its title from an 1876 speech given by an early Winston leader. The piece, scored for a large orchestra, is about five minutes long and is written in one movement, which consists of five short sections.

The composition is meant to recognize the individual attributes of the towns of Winston and Salem as well as their unification. Continue reading »

The University is saddened to inform faculty and staff that Melvin Reid, familiar to many on campus as a long-time driver for the University’s shuttle bus system, died May 6 while on duty.

Reid suffered a fatal health incident after driving his empty University van to a nearby apartment complex on the morning of May 6. No one had boarded the van at the time he became ill. An ambulance took him to a Winston-Salem hospital. He did not recover.

The University grieves Reid’s loss and extend its condolences to his family and friends, as well as those at Wake Forest — including many co-workers — who had the opportunity to know him.

Reid joined Wake Forest’s staff in 2003. He retired in 2012, but was driving for the University on a part-time basis since retirement.

Wake Forest offers support and counseling services for all students, faculty and staff. The Counseling Center may be reached at 758-5273, the Chaplain’s Office at 758-5210. For faculty and staff, there is also the Employee Assistance Program at 716-5493.

When available, the University will share information on services arranged by his family.

To improve customer service, the University is increasing the maximum cash reimbursement amount from $25 to $50. Effective May 6, any travel- or business-related expenses that total $50 or less may be reimbursed at the Cashier’s window in Reynolda Hall (Student Financial Services). Faculty and staff may continue to use direct deposit for reimbursement requests totaling $25 or more.

The University welcomes your feedback, and if you should have any questions, please contact Alice Hernandez, accounts payable representative, at extension 5833 or by email at hernanah@wfu.edu.

The following message is on behalf of Dave Pitts, director of campus mail services:

The Campus Post Office, currently located in Poteat Hall, will be relocating to our newly renovated space in Benson Center during the week after graduation. Listed below are some key items you may want to know about this move:

1. Anyone with a mail box at the old Poteat Post Office will have a mail box with the same number at the new Benson Center Post Office.
2. Departments with post office boxes will receive access and key information before the move.
3. Departments are asked to clear all mail from your current mail box by May 20. This will ensure a smooth transition and eliminate lost mail in the relocation.
4. We are moving from a 4,000-square-foot mail center to a 7,000-square-foot facility in hope of providing our students, faculty and staff with a better mail experience.
5. Postal retail operations will be closed on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 21 and May 22, for this move. All postal retail operations will be available at the new location on Thursday, May 23.
6. All existing Mail Center staff will be relocated to this new facility.

This move is beneficial on all sides: It opens up room for additional student social space on Hearn Plaza and provides Mail Services with a needed increase in number of mail boxes, as well as overall space.

Our goal has been, and will continue to be, that of providing outstanding, quality service to the Wake Forest community.