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WFU Magazine: new awards, new connections

When associate vice president Maria Henson (’82) judged senior orations earlier this month she brought copies of the spring issue of Wake Forest Magazine with her. She didn’t leave with any. “The students said, ‘Can we take these?’ It was music to my […]


Cook, Smith honored for leadership

Wake Forest employees K. Carter Cook (’94, JD/MBA ’98) and Sarah R. Smith were named to the Triad Business Journal’s “40 Leaders Under Forty” list this year. Cook and Smith were recognized at an awards ceremony in Greensboro in February. Cook is associate counsel in […]


James wins award from alma mater

Cherise James, the Residence Life Coordinator for South Campus, was presented with the 2011 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award during Nova Southeastern University’s 14th annual Celebration of Excellence banquet in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The 2011 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Awards were presented to graduates of the […]


University recognized by United Way

Wake Forest University is among 32 organizations statewide to be recognized for conducting outstanding United Way campaigns. The University received the Spirit of North Carolina Award for Campaign Excellence, given annually by the United Way of North Carolina. The award is based on employee participation […]


Psychologist’s paper wins best article award

Lisa Kiang, assistant professor of psychology, received the 2011 Emerging Scholar Best Article Award from the Journal of Youth and Adolescence (JYA) for her article, “Change in Ethnic Identity Across the High School Years Among Adolescents with Latin American, Asian, and European Backgrounds.” The […]


Historian wins statewide award

Noted Southern historian Paul Escott, Reynolds Professor of History at Wake Forest University, received the Christopher Crittenden Memorial Award for contributions to North Carolina history at the annual joint meeting of the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association and the Federation of Historical Societies […]


School of Law wins award for video

The American Bar Association’s Law Practice Management Section (LPM) announced the winners of its first-ever LPM Law Video Awards during the third bi-annual ABA Law Firm Marketing Strategies Conference on Nov. 8 in Philadelphia. The law school’s video, Wake Forest Law Alumni in New York […]


WFU is Goodwill’s Corporate Donor of the Year

Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina honored Wake Forest as its Corporate Donor of the Year at its 2011 Recognition Banquet on Thursday, Nov. 10. Attending on behalf of Wake Forest were Bill Yost, associate director of housing in Residence Life & Housing; Megan Anderson, […]


Institutional Research wins awards

The Office of Institutional Research received the award for “Best Electronic Fact Book: Second Place” at the October 2011 conference of the Southern Association for Institutional Research (SAIR) in Atlanta, Ga. Ross Griffith, Director, received the “James R. Montgomery Outstanding Service Award” from SAIR and […]


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