College faculty retirees, 2020
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
Categories: Faculty News, Guest Post, Inside WFU
Faculty retirements 2020-21
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
Categories: Faculty News, Inside WFU
Office of the Provost announces faculty retirements
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
Categories: Faculty News, Inside WFU
21 faculty members to serve as fellows in residence halls
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)
Categories: Faculty News, University Announcement
2015-16 Faculty Fellows Announced
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.
Categories: Faculty News, University Announcement