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Reynolda House's centennial marketing campaign wins award

This is a guest post from Reynolda House Museum of American Art:

The Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) has awarded Reynolda House Museum of American Art the Gold Medal for the museum’s marketing campaign created for Reynolda’s centennial.

A Winston-Salem Journal story reported that “Reynolda House debuted the centennial logo in July 2017 to kick off its centennial-year celebrations. The designs reflected colors found throughout the inside and outside of the estate, Art Nouveau-style typography found in the original house blueprints, and a line drawing of a female hand and a rose, symbols of the three generations of women who have stewarded Reynolda’s legacy as a gift to the community. The designs appeared in an array of materials created for the milestone: banners, magnets, decals, embossers, stickers, invitations, T-shirts, advertisements and brochures.”

The Gold Medal award for the campaign will be given at the SEMC annual event in Jackson, Miss. in October. Reynolda earned first place out of 14 submissions in the category. SEMC encompasses museums in a 12-state region and includes Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

See related Winston-Salem Journal story.

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Staff Advisory Council elects members

Wake Forest’s Staff Advisory Council (SAC) elected 10 new members and re-elected three members in April.

Newly-elected members from the University’s staff include: Steve Allen, Marc Jones, Denise Kelly, Sheila Lockhart, Wendy Logan, Barbara Meredith, Jennifer Rogers, Sarah Smith, Cynthia Tucker and Valerie Waddell..

Re-elected staff members include: Mark Cook, Kevin Cox and Susan Edwards.

Members completing their SAC service include: Shannon Badgett, Matt Clifford, Karen Frekko, Kim Hampton, Jennifer Killingsworth and Teresa Watson.

Established with the support of the President’s Office, the SAC has a number of key responsibilities, including serving as a forum of exchange  about policies and issues affecting Wake Forest employees; listening to, examining and responding to ideas, concerns and suggestions of the staff; and conveying those ideas, concerns and suggestions to the University administration.

Its meetings, held monthly during the academic year, are open to staff.  More information about the SAC is available here.

Categories: Inside WFUStaff News

Cook, Smith honored for leadership

K. Carter Cook

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Sarah Smith

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Wake Forest employees K. Carter Cook (’94, JD/MBA ’98) and Sarah R. Smith were named to the Triad Business Journal’s “40 Leaders Under Forty” list this year. Cook and Smith were recognized at an awards ceremony in Greensboro in February.

Cook is associate counsel in the legal department, and Smith is the director of marketing and communications for the Reynolda House Museum of American Art.

The awards honor 40 remarkable individuals, all under the age of 40, who have distinguished themselves in their careers and community and also hold promise of great things to come.

Taken from the Journal, here are the reasons each was selected:

  • Cook: A skilled lawyer and leader at Wake Forest, he is also a skilled pianist. That led him to create Piano vs. Poverty, a faith-based nonprofit designed to fight hunger.
  • Smith: She developed the first retail partnership for the museum and has created special events and social media to engage a younger audience. She is a founding member and current chair of Young Leaders United, an arm of the United Way of Forsyth County, and also vice president of the Forsyth County Tourism Alliance.

Read more about the announcement »

Read more about the awards ceremony »

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Young Leaders United

United Way logoAs part of the Reynolda Campus United Way campaign, Young Leaders United (YLU) will host a social on Friday, Nov. 11 from 5-6:30 p.m. in the Moricle Room in Deacon Tower. Any eligible Wake Forest employee (40 years old and under) that pledges to the campaign at the YLU level or higher will be offered a ticket to the Wake Forest basketball season opener that night! Learn more about YLU at unitedway.wfu.edu. Watch videos of two of our colleagues, Stephanie Kohn and Sarah Smith, sharing their experience as YLU members.

Mark your calendars: The Wake Forest United Way campaign finale and auction will take place on Dec. 7 from 3-6 p.m. in the Benson University Center.

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