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July 2013 comings and goings

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March 2012 staff milestones

See a list of employment milestones reached by staff in March 2012: Read more

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Students explore working at Wake Forest

Senior Rebecca Hinson interviews academic advisor Tiffany Waddell.

Senior Rebecca Hinson interviews academic advisor Tiffany Waddell.

Students in Michele Gillespie’s history class took a closer look at the work of Wake Forest staff and faculty this semester as part of their study of the history of work in America.

For an oral-history project called “Wake at Work,” students interviewed about 20 staff members and professors about their backgrounds and jobs and how their jobs influenced their perception of the American dream. Transcripts of the interviews are now available on the Z. Smith Reynolds Library website. Audio recordings of many of the interviews are also available at the same website.

Using the University as an example of the contemporary workplace exposed students to a variety of jobs before they began their journey back to colonial days to trace how work — individually and collectively — has shaped American history and expectations about the American Dream today, Gillespie said. Read more

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March 2011 staff milestones

30 Years

Cindy H. Davis, Administrative Coordinator, Biology Department

10 Years

David A. Bare, Greenhouse Manager, Reynolda Gardens
Landon G. Burrow, Service Technician, Facilities and Campus Services
Kevin D. Cook, Lead Groundskeeper, Facilities and Campus Services
Sonya C. Izzard, Accounts Receivable Representative, Financial and Accounting Services Read more

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