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Mathematics’ Kirkman wins service award

Longtime mathematics professor Ellen Kirkman has received an award for outstanding service from the Mathematical Association of America. Kirkman received the MAA’s Southeastern Section Distinguished Service Award. She was recognized for her long service to Wake Forest and to the MAA. The MAA’s Southeastern […]


Bell receives award

Sylvia Bell, associate director, Student Health Service, received the Charles F. Bohmann Award from the Southern College Health Association on March 18. The award is presented to an outstanding leader who has established impressive standards for excellence and service both in the field of college […]


Gilmore receives award

Anne Gilmore, shop associate at the Museum of Anthropology, received the 2011 Staff Contribution Award from the North Carolina Museums Council at its annual meeting in Greensboro on March 21. She is retiring this summer after almost 20 years at the museum.


Whittington receives award

Steve Whittington, director of the Museum of Anthropology, received the 2011 Creative Award for Best Bi-lingual Entry from the North Carolina Museums Council at its annual meeting in Greensboro on March 21. The award was for the catalog, “Art of Sky, Art of Earth: Cosmic […]


Angelou receives Medal of Freedom

Reynolds Professor of American Studies Maya Angelou received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama at the White House on Tuesday. Angelou, a world-renowned poet, author, actress and civil rights activist, joined the Wake Forest faculty in 1982. She was honored along […]


Physics professor named KITP Scholar

Assistant Professor of Physics Timo Thonhauser is one of only eight scholars nationwide to be named a KITP Scholar for 2011 – 2013. The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) at the University of California at Santa Barbara selects seven or eight college or […]


Herndon-Edmonds receives award

Shayla Herndon-Edmonds was one of the recipients of this year’s WFU/WSSU Martin Luther King Jr. Building the Dream Award. She was recognized for developing and implementing the Gatekeepers Workshop and for her work mentoring students. Read more.


ZSR Library wins national award

The Z. Smith Reynolds Library has won a national award for excellence in supporting the teaching and learning mission of the University. “It’s like winning the NCAA championship for libraries,” said Lynn Sutton, dean of the library. The library received the 2011 Excellence in […]


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