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Office of Public Affairs Wins Six CASE Awards
Categories: University AnnouncementsWake Forest University’s Office of Public Affairs (OPA) has won six medals in the Circle of Excellence national awards program of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) in Washington, D.C. The University Editor’s Office won five awards: a gold medal for […]
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Former Dean of Students Dies
Categories: University AnnouncementsMark H. Reece, who retired as Wake Forest University’s dean of students in 1988, died today. He was 71. For his 32 years of distinguished service to the university, Reece received Wake Forest’s highest honor, the Medallion of Merit, in 1996. “To generations of students, […]
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Boyette Named to New Post at WFU
Categories: University AnnouncementsSandra Combs Boyette, Wake Forest University’s vice president for public affairs since 1988, has been named to the new position of vice president for university advancement. Wake Forest President Thomas K. Hearn Jr. announced the appointment today at a 2 p.m. campus gathering of Wake […]
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Hyde Selected for Communication Ethics Chair
Categories: University AnnouncementsWake Forest University has named Michael J. Hyde as University Distinguished Chair in Communication Ethics and Professor of Communication. Hyde joined the Wake Forest faculty in 1994 as J. Tylee Wilson Chair in Business Ethics and Professor of Communication. He will give up that chair […]
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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 […]