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Composer to have works performed
Categories: University AnnouncementsMusic written by Dan Locklair, Wake Forest University’s composer-in-residence, will be premiered at the 1996 Centennial Convention of the American Guild of Organists (AGO) in New York City July 9. New York City Opera conductor Robert Duerr will conduct the Ascension Orchestra’s performance of Locklair’s […]
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Comito promoted to assistant treasurer
Categories: University AnnouncementsIrene A. Comito, Wake Forest University’s assistant to the vice president and treasurer for the past 10 years, has been promoted to assistant treasurer. A Kernersville resident, Comito will assist the treasurer in the management of the university’s financial assets. She also will have specific […]
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WFU hires two media relations officers
Categories: University AnnouncementsKimberly S. Griffing and Wayne Thompson have been named media relations officers in the Wake Forest University News Bureau. Previously, Griffing was an award-winning reporter with The Winchester Star in Winchester, Va. A 1992 graduate of Wake Forest, she earned a master’s degree in mass […]
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Johnson accepts new post at University of Delaware
Categories: University AnnouncementsDana J. Johnson, dean of the Wayne Calloway School of Business and Accountancy since 1992, has accepted a position to lead the University of Delaware’s College of Business and Economics. Wake Forest Provost David G. Brown said Johnson has been an effective leader whose contributions […]
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Director of Charlotte MBA program named
Categories: University AnnouncementsMary Piette Lai has been named director of the Charlotte MBA Program at the Babcock Graduate School of Management at Wake Forest University. Lai will be responsible for managing the admissions process and daily operations of the program. Previously, she was an account representative with […]
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Professor named ‘master teacher’
Categories: University AnnouncementsCharles Longino Jr., a Wake Forest University sociology professor, was named a master teacher by the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education. The association only extends this awarded to two or three people annually. Longino is the director of Wake Forest’s Reynolda Gerontology Program and […]
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Director of Ethnic Studies appointed
Categories: University AnnouncementsEarl Smith, Dean of Social Sciences at Pacific Lutheran University, will head Wake Forest University’s new American ethnic studies program beginning in fall 1996. The distinguished sociology professor has been named Director and Rubin Professor of American Ethnic Studies. Smith is the author of books […]