July 2012 staff milestones
See a list of employment milestones reached by staff in July 2012 (corrected):
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Wake Forest cleans up
The Simon Institute, a nonprofit organization that supports the cleaning industry, has nominated Wake Forest for 11 Cleaning Industry Awards – the most ever for the University. “There’s a total of 16 awards, and we’re nominated in eleven categories,” said Jim Alty, the associate vice-president […]
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Sutton co-authors article
Lynn Sutton, the dean of Z. Smith Reynolds Library, co-authored an article published in July 2012: Bruxvoort, Diane, John E. Burger, and Lynn Sorensen Sutton. “Like a Snowball Gathering Speed: Development of ASERL’s Print Journal Retention Program.” Collection Management 37.3-4 (2012): 223-36. Read the article […]
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Kersh begins duties as provost
Rogan Kersh’s tenure as the University’s new provost and professor of political science began on July 1. A Wake Forest alumnus, Kersh assumed his new duties as Wake Forest’s chief academic officer with responsibility for supervising and administering the academic programs and plans of the […]
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Proposals funded: Thonhauser, Holzwarth
Congratulations to Timo Thonhauser, assistant professor of physics, and to Natalie A. Holzwarth, professor of physics, whose proposal entitled “ES12: The 24th Annual workshop on Recent Developments in Electronic Structure Theory” has been funded by the U.S. Department of Energy.
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Proposals funded: Fetrow, Furr
Congratulations to Jacquelyn Fetrow, dean of the College, whose proposal entitled “Analysis of Redox Modulated Signaling Networks in Response to Ionizing Radiation” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the WFU Health Sciences (WFU funding agency) under award number 33-155120-00000-100-54134. Congratulations […]
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Professor Richard Heard releases CD
Associate professor of music Richard Heard released a new CD on June 26. “My Dream,” Heard’s second musical release, features African-American songs and spirituals by Florence Price. Price (1887-1953) was born in Arkansas and later moved to Chicago. In 1933, the Chicago Symphony […]
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WIN, Banner and Cognos will have outage
WIN, Banner (our administrative computing system) and Cognos reporting will be unavailable on Saturday, July 21, between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Information Systems staff will perform a required upgrade to Banner during this time. Information Systems apologizes for any inconvenience these outages may cause […]
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Proposals funded: Pauca, King
Congratulations to Paul Pauca, associate professor of computer science, whose proposal entitled “Implicit Geometry and Linear and Nonlinear Tensor Based Compression and Restructuring of High Dimensional Multimodality Data sets” has been funded by the US Department of Defense and the Boeing Company (WFU funding agency). […]
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Brown honored for distinguished service
Congratulations to Wanda Brown, associate dean at Z. Smith Reynolds Library, for her selection as co-winner of the 2011-2012 Distinguished Service to BCALA (Black Caucus of the American Library Association) Award. Wanda was recognized for outstanding service to BCALA and the library profession at last […]
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