Mark 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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Sandra 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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Wake 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 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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The 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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Wake 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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R. 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 […]
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Wake Forest University will temporarily close a section of Wingate Road and a campus parking lot in March due to construction activities with the universityís new south chiller plant. A section of Wingate Road at the entrance to the universityís power plant will be closed […]
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Wake Forest University honored retired mathematics professor Ivey Gentry with its highest honor, the medallion of merit, during Founders’ Day Convocation on Tuesday, Feb. 25. Gentry joined Wake Forest’s faculty in 1949. His career with the university spanned 40 years, including 25 years as chairman […]
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Wake Forest University’s Office of Public Affairs won 12 awards in the 1996 District III communications competition of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE),the most by any college or university in the contest comprising nine Southeastern states. The University Editor’s Office […]
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