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Four Awarded Wake Forest Professorships
Categories: University AnnouncementsFour faculty members have been awarded Wake Forest Professorships for excellence in teaching and scholarship. Receiving the honors, effective July 1, are: John Baxley, Wake Forest Professor of Mathematics; Deborah Best, Wake Forest Professor of Psychology; Willie Pearson Jr., Wake Forest Professor of Sociology; and […]
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Wake Forest Faculty Receive Promotions
Categories: University AnnouncementsThe following 13 Wake Forest University faculty members will receive promotions effective July 1: Stephen B. Boyd, associate professor of religion, will be promoted to professor. James C. Fishbein, associate professor of chemistry, will be promoted to professor. Susan K. Grebeldinger, associate professor of law, […]
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Trustees Approve Fiscal 1997 Budget, Elect Members
Categories: University AnnouncementsWake Forest University’s board of trustees have approved a total operating budget of $473.7 million for fiscal 1997, which begins July 1. During its April 3-4 meeting on campus, the board also elected 12 trustees and its 1997-98 officers. The fiscal 1997 budget includes $309.5 […]
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Moyer Named Dean of Babcock School
Categories: University AnnouncementsR. Charles Moyer has been named Dean of the Babcock Graduate School of Management at Wake Forest University. Wake Forest President Thomas K. Hearn Jr. announced Moyer’s appointment this afternoon at a gathering of University officials, including Babcock faculty, and members of the community. Moyer […]
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Construction Closes Part of Wingate Road, Parking Lot
Categories: University AnnouncementsWake Forest University will temporarily close a section of Wingate Road and a campus parking lot in March due to construction activities with the universityís new south chiller plant. A section of Wingate Road at the entrance to the universityís power plant will be closed […]
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Former Math Professor Receives WFU’s Highest Honor
Wake Forest University honored retired mathematics professor Ivey Gentry with its highest honor, the medallion of merit, during Founders’ Day Convocation on Tuesday, Feb. 25. Gentry joined Wake Forest’s faculty in 1949. His career with the university spanned 40 years, including 25 years as chairman […]
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Public Affairs Takes Top Honors for Communications
Categories: University AnnouncementsWake Forest University’s Office of Public Affairs won 12 awards in the 1996 District III communications competition of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE),the most by any college or university in the contest comprising nine Southeastern states. The University Editor’s Office […]
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WFU Holds Memorial Service for Giles
Categories: University AnnouncementsA memorial service will be held for Christopher Giles, a retired Wake Forest music professor, at 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, in Brendle Recital Hall. Giles taught piano at Wake Forest from 1951-1988. One of his students, Winston-Salem attorney Paul Sinal, set up a competition […]
