"Chinese New Year Festival" Archive

Librarian Yu passes away

Cristina YuCristina Yu, 52, died Thursday, Nov. 3, at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. Yu worked as a librarian at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library for 22 years, and she was instrumental in organizing the annual Chinese New Year Festival on campus. Her husband, Wei-Chin Lee, is a professor in political science, and one of their daughters, Rae-yao, is a freshman at Wake Forest. Their other daughter, Rae-ling, is a junior at Reagan High School.

Christina’s life will be celebrated at 1 p.m., on Wednesday, Nov. 9, at Brendle Recital Hall, followed by a reception.

Cristina began her work at Wake Forest as a technician in the Art Slide Library in 1988. In 1989, she joined the Z. Smith Reynolds Library team as a technician within the Cataloging Department for a brief stay before moving on to Reference and Interlibrary Loan. It was in Interlibrary Loan that Cristina blossomed as a librarian. She remained a solid contributor to the successes of the Library, the Wake Forest faculty, staff and students. She was a committed advocate for the library patrons, always seeking ways to improve the quality of services her unit provided. Read more

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