We are saddened to share that retired professor of English Robert N. (Bob) Shorter died at Salemtowne on Saturday, July 10. He taught medieval literature for 41 years at Wake Forest from 1958-1999 where he was chairman of the English department for 12 years and associate dean of the Graduate School.
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Wake Forest School of Medicine and Atrium Health today announced that they have received the needed accreditation approval and notification to proceed with phased plans to open an instructional site in Charlotte, for years three and four of the medical school curriculum in 2022.
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The west entrance to parking lot Q from Allen Easley Street will be closed from Friday, July 16, through Friday, July 30, while the Scales Fine Arts Center roof is replaced.
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Retired physics professor Richard T. Williams passed away July 5, 2021, after a brief struggle with AML leukemia. He was 75. After a successful early career at the Naval Research Laboratory, he was recruited back to Wake Forest as the Reynolds Professor of Physics. Professor Williams increased the reputation and visibility of the Wake Forest physics department by helping to establish its PhD program in the 1980s. He mentored the first physics PhD graduate and was the first endowed professor within the department.
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A section of Gulley Drive will be closed to thru-traffic on Friday, July 9 between the entrance to parking lot G and the entrance to lot E. Both lots and the Z. Smith Reynolds Library loading drive will remain accessible.
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See a list of employees who joined or left the University in June 2021.
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Following a national search, Ashleigh Hala, MSW, LCSW, has been named director of the Office of Wellbeing at Wake Forest University. Hala, a licensed clinical social worker, has most recently served as director of Wellness & Prevention Services at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
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The new Gilead COMPASS Initiative Faith Coordinating Center at Wake Forest University School of Divinity has awarded grants to 17 organizations working to address the HIV crisis in the American South. Recipients are rooted in over ten states, and the majority are led by Black, Indigenous, people of color.
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On Thursday, July 1, Wake Forest President Susan R. Wente shared a message of greetings with the Wake Forest community on her first day as the University’s 14th President. Read the message here »
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On Wednesday, June 30, Wake Forest President Nathan Hatch and his wife, Julie, shared a farewell message with the Wake Forest community. Hatch is retiring after 16 years as president. Read the message here »
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