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Wilson, Gladding to Assume Provost’s Duties at WFU
Categories: University AnnouncementsTwo weeks after Wake Forest University’s provost announced he will devote his full attention to a new Wake Forest-IBM project, the university’s president has arranged for the provost’s responsibilities to be assumed January 1 by English professor and former provost Edwin Graves Wilson and counseling […]
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Construction Temporarily Closes Portion of Wingate Road
Categories: University AnnouncementsA section of Wingate Road in front of the Athletic Center at Wake Forest University will be closed over the weekend while a campus facilities management crew extends piping across the road. The road will close from 7 a.m. Friday, Nov. 7, until business hours […]
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Pearson Named to National Science Foundation Committee
Categories: University AnnouncementsWillie J. Pearson Jr., sociology professor at Wake Forest University, has been appointed to serve on the Advisory Committee for the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate of the National Science Foundation. Pearson joined the Wake Forest faculty in 1980. He received a doctorate degree […]
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WFU Promotes Mills to Associate Vice President
Categories: University AnnouncementsWake Forest University has promoted Robert D. Mills of Winston-Salem to associate vice president for university advancement. In his new position, Mills manages the capital support and advancement technologies group for Wake Forest’s university advancement office. The group’s responsibilities include major gift fund raising and […]
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Smith Named National Debate Coach of the Year
Categories: University AnnouncementsRoss Smith, debate coach for Wake Forest University, was recently named the 1997 National Debate Coach of the Year. The coaching award was presented to Smith on Sept. 21 at the South Carolina Earlybird Debate Tournament. Smith, a Wake Forest graduate and former debater, has […]
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Stokes and Hudgins Join WFU School of Divinity
Categories: University AnnouncementsWake Forest University continues to build toward the fall 1999 opening of its new divinity school, hiring a new fundraiser and student recruiter. The hiring of L. Wade Stokes Jr. as director of development and Scott Hudgins as director of student recruitment comes as the […]
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Dinkins Named Assistant Director of Development at WFU
Categories: University AnnouncementsR. Kriss Dinkins has been named assistant director of development for Wake Forest University’s Office of University Advancement. Formerly the director of corporate and foundation relations for Wake Forest’s Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Dinkins will be responsible for all fundraising for the Calloway School […]
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Former Wake Forest Law School Dean Dies
Categories: University AnnouncementsRobert E. Lee, who was dean of the Wake Forest School of Law in the late 1940s and taught at the school for more than 30 years, died Thursday, Aug. 21, at Brookridge Retirement Community in Winston-Salem. A prolific writer of law texts, including works […]
