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Retired professor Bob Beck dies
Categories: University AnnouncementsProfessor Emeritus of Psychology Robert C. Beck, whose 50-year tenure ranks as one of the longest in Wake Forest history, has died. Beck, who retired two years ago, died on Aug. 18 in Winston-Salem after a brief illness. He was 79. A memorial service […]
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Former WFU president Scales honored
Categories: University AnnouncementsDr. James Ralph Scales, who served as president of Wake Forest from 1967 to 1983, was honored by his alma mater, Oklahoma Baptist. A statue of Dr. Scales, who also served as president of OBU in 1961, was unveiled and dedicated on OBU’s Quadrangle on […]
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Dedicated Deacons
Categories: Awards & RecognitionI would like to nominate Jason Shotton (Construction) for Dedicated Deacon recognition. Last week, on a Friday afternoon, a leaking pipe set off a fire alarm at ZSR Library. The leak was somewhere above our Rare Books Room and threatened to cause damage if not […]
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Message from John McConnell
Categories: University AnnouncementsA message from John D. McConnell, MD, CEO of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center: I want to congratulate all of you on our national rankings by U.S. News and World Report and invite you to view this Focus Forward video so you can see what […]
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Mary Pendergraft, Classical Languages
Categories: University AnnouncementsMary Pendergraft, professor of classical languages, completed her four-year term as Chief Reader for Advanced Placement Latin at the Reading in Kansas City, Mo., June 1-8. She also organized a workshop and gave two additional presentations at the American Classical League Annual Institute in Minneapolis on […]
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David Carroll, physics
Categories: University AnnouncementsCongratulations to professor David Carroll, whose proposal entitled “Graduate Research Fellowship Program” has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and whose proposal entitled “PF-DT WOLED Development” has been funded by CeeLite Technologies.
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Paul Pauca, computer science
Categories: University AnnouncementsCongratulations to Paul Pauca, whose proposal entitled “Challenging Ocular Image Recognition (COIR)” has been funded by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) and Carnegie Mellon University.
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Richard Williams, physics
Categories: University AnnouncementsCongratulations to professor Richard Williams, whose proposal entitled “Quantifying recombination dynamics in Srl2:Eu2+ with material variations: mechanisms and scintillator optimization” was funded by the National Nuclear Security Administration and Fisk University.
