"John Friedenberg" Archive

College faculty retirees, 2020

June 4, 2021

A guest post from the College

This is the final post in a five-part series honoring College faculty who have retired in 2021 and 2020.

The College honors those who retired at the end of the 2020 academic year. Due to the abbreviated virtual conferring of degrees in 2020, these tremendous teacher-scholars and directors were recognized during this year’s Commencement ceremonies. Enjoy the linked profiles capturing their lasting legacies.

• John E.R. Friedenberg, Professor of Theatre and Dance
• Brian Gorelick, Associate Professor and Director of Choral Ensembles
• Judy Kem, Professor of French Studies
• G.E. “Rick” Matthews, Professor of Physics
• Tom Phillips, Director of the Wake Forest Scholars Program
• Catherine E. Seta, Professor of Psychology
• Kathy B. Smith, Professor of Politics and International Affairs
• Alan Williams, Professor of History

Faculty retirements 2020-21

June 1, 2021

The following Wake Forest University Reynolda Campus faculty members retired in 2020-21 (unless otherwise specified). This year’s retirees were honored during the 2021 Commencement ceremony.

College faculty profiles and citations will be shared in a five-part series in the coming days. Read more

Office of the Provost announces faculty retirements

May 13, 2020

The Office of the Provost has announced the following Reynolda Campus faculty retirements with full retirement dates in July or August of 2020:

School of Business

George Page West, professor

College

John Friedenberg, associate teaching professor

Brian Gorelick, associate professor

Judy Kem, professor

Rick Matthews, professor

Cathy Seta, professor

Alan Williams, history

School of Law

Kate Mewhinney, professor

Suzanne Reynolds, professor

21 faculty members to serve as fellows in residence halls

August 9, 2017

Twenty-one University faculty members will serve as faculty fellows in first-year residence halls in 2017-18.

The faculty fellows program increases faculty-student engagement by promoting informal, regular interactions between students and faculty in the residence halls for first-year students. The program fosters exceptional faculty-student engagement and helps to educate the whole person through enriching the intellectual, cultural, and social lives of the first-year students.

Faculty Fellows work closely with first-year residents throughout the academic year, creating programs, hosting dinners and interacting with students in their assigned residence halls.

2017-18 faculty fellows:

Angelou

Barbara Lentz, senior fellow (School of Law)
John Friedenberg (Theatre and Dance)
Jed Macosko (Physics)

Babcock

Erica Still, senior fellow (English)
Michael Lamb (University Scholar)
Al Claiborne (Chemistry)

Bostwick

John Llewellyn, senior fellow (Communication)
Teresa Sanhueza (Spanish and Italian)
Sam Beck (School of Business)

Collins

Melissa Jenkins, senior fellow (English)
Eric Carlson (Physics)
Molly Knight (German and Russian)

Johnson

Ananda Mitra, senior fellow (Communication)
Swati Basu (Physics)
Brian Calhoun (Counseling)

Luter

Mark Scholl, senior fellow (Counseling)
Darlene May (Spanish and Italian)
Bernadine Barnes (Art)

South

Ron Von Burg, senior fellow (Communication)
Alessandra Von Burg (Communication)
Paul Jones (Chemistry)

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2015-16 Faculty Fellows Announced

April 29, 2015

Wake Forest prioritizes engagement inside and outside of the classroom. With an 11:1 student-faculty ratio and national recognition, like the U.S. News #11 ranking for undergraduate teaching, the Faculty Fellows program is an extension of the University’s teacher-scholar model.

The Faculty Fellows program increases faculty-student engagement by promoting informal, regular interactions between students and faculty in the residence halls for first-year students. The program fosters exceptional faculty-student engagement and helps to educate the whole person through enriching the intellectual, cultural, and social lives of the first-year students.

Read more