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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.

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

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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

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A message about technology and its future at Wake Forest

A message from:
School of Business Vice Dean of Programs Gordon McCray
Former CIO, Information Systems and Professor of Physics Rick Matthews, and
Vice Provost and Dean of Z. Smith Reynolds Library Lynn Sutton

Dear Wake Forest Faculty, Staff and Students,

In May 2014, a committee of Wake Foresters representing various areas of the University completed a review of the technological landscape in higher education and began the important challenge of exploring what the future of collaborative work might look like in the next five years.

After site visits, interviews and research, the committee produced “Vision 2020: Charting A Course for Academic Computing at Wake Forest,” a white paper that envisions how technology changes already underway can support teaching and learning at Wake Forest.

From an environmental scan to recommendations regarding teaching and learning, the 27-page report offers informative and insightful details on IT-based technology and higher education. We would like to showcase several important points from the paper as people begin to delve more deeply into Vision 2020.

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Update on the wireless network

The following message is from Rick Matthews, associate provost for technology and information systems and chief information officer:

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we worked to resolve the problem with our wireless network. Information Systems staff worked with Cisco Systems engineers around the clock to develop a solution that should resolve the wireless network problem. Cisco Systems developed the needed software update and the IS staff applied it to our network hardware this week. The problem should now be resolved.

Despite this known problem, I am proud to report that we did not experience a wireless network outage related to this problem since Oct. 9. Thanks to the Information Systems team for the countless hours that were dedicated to keeping the campus connected while a solution was developed.

Please continue to monitor and report any issues you experience by calling ext. 4357 (HELP) or sending an email to help@wfu.edu.

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