Joshua Else of Winston-Salem and Melissa N. Combes of Greensboro have joined the University Relations staff at Wake Forest University. Combes was named director of development and alumni relations for the Babcock Graduate School of Management. Combes is the former director of major gifts at […]
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G. William Joyner Jr., the vice president for university relations at Wake Forest University, has announced his intention to take early retirement effective Sept. 15. He joined the Wake Forest staff in 1969 as director of alumni affairs. During his tenure, the university has conducted […]
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Dale R. Martin, a former Roanoke resident and a 1964 graduate of Roanoke-Benson High School, was awarded the Price Waterhouse Professorship for Academic Excellence for his work at Wake Forest University. The professorship recognizes outstanding effectiveness in teaching, extensive interaction with the accounting profession and […]
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A memorial service for TWA crash victim Matthew Alexander will be held 11 a.m. Sept. 12 in Wait Chapel. University chaplain Ed Christman said that the Wake Forest community is invited to attend the service honoring Alexander, 20, a rising senior and French major from […]
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Wake Forest University is preparing for the arrival of approximately 950 freshmen on Wednesday, Aug. 21, who will be the first to take part in the university’s new Plan for the Class of 2000. A blueprint for enriching undergraduate education, the wide-ranging plan calls for […]
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The Wake Forest University community now has easier access to computer services and technical support. Students will find a new computer “help desk” with expanded services in Reynolda Hall, new printers in every residence hall, computer-savvy advisors in freshman halls, and other improvements for the […]
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Extensive renovations to Johnson, Bostwick and Kitchin residence halls and other facilities were among summer improvements to the Reynolda campus. Classrooms and residence halls also received technical upgrades for the start of the Plan for the Class of 2000, gatehouses went up at two of […]
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Wake Forest University has named Jack E. Wilkerson Jr. acting dean of the Calloway School of Business and Accountancy. Wilkerson’s appointment follows the resignation of Dana Johnson, Calloway’s dean from 1992 until this summer. Wilkerson, who joined Wake Forest in 1989, is an accounting professor. […]
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Three employees in the Wake Forest University Office of Information Systems recently received promotions. Jay L. Dominick was named assistant vice president and chief information officer. He will be responsible for overall technical direction for the university’s academic and business computing. Previously, Dominick was director […]
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Music 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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