Founders' Day Convocation recognizes student leaders, faculty
Student leaders and faculty were honored Feb. 16 during Founders’ Day Convocation in Wait Chapel.
The University’s highest honor, the Medallion of Merit, was awarded to James Barefield and Herman Eure. Other faculty received awards, too.
Students Richard Caban-Cubero, Ashley Laughlin and Cameron Silverglate—who won the 2017 Senior Orations Competition–made presentations during the event.
Additional information here.
Categories: Events, Faculty News
Provost Kersh: Convocation to be held Feb. 16 in Wait Chapel
This message was emailed to the University community, recently, by Provost Rogan Kersh:
Dear Wake Forest Community,
Each year, the Wake Forest family gathers for the Founders’ Day Convocation to observe the University’s founding in February of 1834. Wake Forest will hold Founders’ Day Convocation on Thursday, February 16, at 4:00 p.m. in Wait Chapel.
We will award the Medallion of Merit, the highest honor bestowed by the University, to James Barefield, Professor Emeritus of History, and Herman E. Eure, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Biology. Faculty awards will be presented in the areas of advising, teaching and service. As is Wake Forest tradition, we will also have the opportunity to hear outstanding seniors read this year’s winning Senior Orations and the Class of 2017 will be honored with a reflective video featuring student testimonials.
The Office of the Provost will be hosting a reception immediately following the convocation in the Green Room.
Best regards,
Rogan Kersh
Provost
Categories: Guest Post, University Announcement
Eure featured in the Winston-Salem Journal
Herman Eure, a biology professor who specialized in parasitology, was featured in the Winston-Salem Journal recently.
Eure, who became the first black man to become a full-time faculty member at Wake Forest, is retiring after 39 years of teaching.
Categories: Faculty News
Congratulations to retiring faculty, staff
The following is a message from President Nathan Hatch:
While commencement season always brings about a sense of new beginnings and opportunities, it’s also a time to say thank you and bid farewell to many of our friends, colleagues and mentors who have called Wake Forest University home.
Please join me in congratulating and commemorating a marvelous class of Reynolda Campus faculty and staff retiring from Wake Forest this year. We are grateful for the many contributions from this remarkable group of individuals, who together have more than 800 years of service to the University: Read more
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Thursdays at Byrum
The Provost and the Office of Undergraduate Admissions invite faculty and staff to Thursdays at the Porter B. Byrum Welcome and Admissions Center on April 25.
A wine and cheese reception will run from 4-4:30 p.m., followed by a program from 4:30-5:15 p.m. that will feature Jac Heckelman, Herman Eure and Donna Henderson.
Heckelman, a professor of economics, will discuss estimating delegate votes and interests at the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
Eure, a professor of biology, will discuss what is referred to as The Diversity Impact Factor: 398 Years of Observations and Assessments at Wake Forest. Eure will compare Wake Forest’s diversity issues from his arrival on campus in 1973 to those in 2013, while asking, “How does the diversity commitment today differ from the commitment 39 years ago and what can we expect in the future?”
Henderson, a professor of counseling, will discuss adapting processes to an online program delivery and how it has opened dynamic possibilities for the counseling faculty.
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