Congratulations to the College’s newest endowed professors, this year’s Wake Forest Faculty Fellows and those faculty receiving promotions. The Wake Forest Professorship award is an endowed chair position and is among the University’s highest honors. The selection criteria include exceptional skill and sustained dedication […]
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Gillespie, author of “Katharine and R. J. Reynolds: Partners of Fortune in the Making of the New South,” was interviewed for CSPAN’s BookTV about her biography of R.J. Reynolds, founder of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and his wife, Katharine. The program will […]
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Blee, Lisa. (History). Framing Chief Leschi: Narratives and the Politics of Historical Justice. The University of North Carolina Press. March 2014. Duke, Steven T. (Center for Global Programs and Studies). Forwards by Steven S. Reinemund (School of Business) & Ken Bouyer. Preparing to Study Abroad: […]
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See a list of employees joining and leaving the University in January 2014:
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The following faculty members have been selected to serve as resident professors at the Wake Forest overseas houses in 2015-2016: Worrell House (London) Fall 2015: Page West (Business) Spring 2016: Mary Wayne-Thomas (Theatre) Flow House (Vienna) Fall 2015: Robert Hellyer (History) Spring 2016: Lisa Kiang […]
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We are saddened to inform you that Cyclone Covey, professor emeritus of history, died Nov. 22 in Winston-Salem. Covey was a member of the Wake Forest faculty from 1968 until his retirement in 1988. A memorial service for Covey will be held Dec. 1 at 3 […]
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Elizabeth Stroupe, wife of longtime faculty member Henry and mother of current faculty member David (’68), passed away on Nov. 4 a week after she had turned 100. Henry Stroupe began teaching history on the Old Campus, and he retired in 1984. The Stroupes were […]
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To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem State University and Old Salem, in conjunction with the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, are hosting a conference called “Lay My Burden Down” on Oct. 17-18. At the conference, experts and […]
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As part of an ongoing commitment to recognize exceptional Wake Forest faculty and recruit talented new professors, Professor of History Michele Gillespie has been named the first Presidential Chair. President Nathan Hatch announced the Presidential Chair initiative in 2012, and Gillespie is the first honored […]
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Michele Gillespie, the Kahle Family Professor of History at Wake Forest, recently spoke to an audience of 40 people at the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History as part of the museum’s fall history talks. Gillespie’s presentation about Katharine and R.J. Reynolds was featured in The Mount Airy […]
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