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Dean of Graduate School will step down

Message from Mark E. Welker, Interim Provost: Dr. Lorna G. Moore will be stepping down from her position as Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences when her 5-year term ends on June 30, 2012. During her tenure, Dean Moore, her staff, and our graduate […]


Campus Connections

Curious about campus events? Questions about the quad, construction, HR? Please join Interim Provost Mark Welker and Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration Hof Milam for Campus Connections, an opportunity for all non-faculty staff to learn about, discuss and provide input about issues at Wake Forest University. Campus […]


Kerry King, Wake Forest Magazine

Kerry M. King (’85) has been named senior editor of Wake Forest Magazine. Previously, he was director of internal communications in the Communications and External Relations Office and editor of the Inside WFU website.


Summer update from Dept. of Communication

Jarrod Atchison served as chair for the panel “Navigating Reasoned Argument Opportunities: New Developments from the 2009 National Debate Developmental Conference” at Alta Argumentation Conference, July 29-31, Snowbird, Utah. On that panel, he presented the paper “Pedagogical Functions of the Annual Resolution in Contemporary Policy […]


WFU will present at Tech Briefing

The Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences will be one of the presenters at the 10th Annual Technology Briefing to be presented Sept. 15 at the Benton Convention Center in downtown Winston-Salem by the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce.  The Tech Briefing, […]

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Michele Gillespie, History

Michele Gillespie, the Kahle Associate Professor in History, collaborated with two professors from other schools to edit Southern Society and Its Transformations. The book challenges conventional perceptions of the antebellum South as an economically static region compared to the North.


CARE team is a key to safe campus

As the academic year begins, we want to inform you of the work of the Wake Forest University Campus Assessment, Response and Evaluation (CARE) Team.  CARE teams arose on our nations’ campuses after the tragedy at Virginia Tech and other institutions.  Our CARE Team serves […]


Bill Smith, biology, and Natalie Holzwarth, physics

Congratulations to Bill Smith, whose proposal entitled “Collaborative RUI Proposal: Effects of Contrasting Cloud Regimes on Plant Carbon/Water Relations at Treeline” has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Congratulations to professor Natalie Holzwarth, whose proposal entitled “First principles simulations of battery […]


Thursdays at Byrum Hall

The Provost and the Undergraduate Admissions Office invite faculty and staff to Thursdays at Byrum Hall (the Welcome and Admissions Center) on Sept. 15. A wine and cheese reception will run from 4-4:30 p.m., followed by a program from 4:30-5:15 p.m. that will feature […]

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Wayne Silver, biology

Congratulations to Wayne Silver, whose proposal entitled “Undergraduate neuroscience training cooperative between WFU and WSSU” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).


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