CARE Team, other resources can help ensure safety
Given the recent events in Boston and at other institutions of higher education, Wake Forest wants to remind members of its community of the CARE Team and its role in helping to ensure campus safety. Reports made to the CARE Team, either through a division liaison or on your own, are extremely helpful in ensuring the team is evaluating behaviors or communications which cause alarm.
The CARE Team thought it would be helpful to provide a few reminders about communicating with concerned parties: Read more
Categories: University Announcement
Reception to honor Zick will be April 29
A message from President Nathan Hatch:
Soon, we will have an opportunity to honor longtime Vice President and Dean for Student Affairs Ken Zick. I invite the campus community to gather on Monday, April 29, in Reynolda Hall’s Green Room for a reception recognizing Ken, who will step down from his administrative responsibilities this summer.
The reception is scheduled from 3:30 to 5 p.m., with remarks and a short program at 4 p.m. Please join us as we express our appreciation to Ken for more than 30 years of service to the University.
I am pleased to add that Ken will remain an active member of the University community. After a much-deserved one-year leave of absence, Ken will be teaching and participating in other administrative assignments at Wake Forest.
I encourage you to place this special event on your calendars. I look forward to seeing you at the reception.
Categories: Staff News
Faculty win awards at Convocation
Patricia Dos Santos waits to receive her award.
The Wake Forest community gathered together for Founders’ Day Convocation on Feb. 21 to celebrate the University’s founding in 1834 and the accomplishments of faculty and alumni in teaching, research and service.
Faculty awards are listed below:
- Rhoda B. Billings (JD ’66), who was a professor at the School of Law from 1973 to 2003, won the Medallion of Merit, the University’s highest honor.
- Music professor Louis R. Goldstein won the John Reinhardt Award for Distinguished Teaching.
- Assistant professor of physics Oana Jurchescu won the Reid-Doyle Prize for Excellence in Teaching.
- Assistant professor of chemistry Patricia Dos Santos received the Award for Excellence in Research.
- Anne Boyle, professor of English and associate dean for student-faculty academic initiatives, received the Donald O. Schoonmaker Faculty Award for Community Service.
- Ken Zick, vice president and dean of student affairs and professor of law, was awarded the Kulynych Family Omicron Delta Kappa Award.
- Associate professor of legal writing Tracey Banks Coan was presented the Joseph Branch Excellence in Teaching Award.
To find out more about Convocation, the awards and those who won then, see the Wake Forest News Center »
Categories: Events, Faculty News
Holmes wins lifetime award
On Nov. 3, Dean Harold Holmes was given a Lifetime Honorary Membership by the Southern Association for College Student Affairs for his contributions to the organization, including serving as president in 1997-’98.
Holmes also has been selected by the Winston-Salem City Council to serve as a member of the Citizens’ Organizational Efficiency Review Committee, whose responsibilities will be to conduct a comprehensive review of the city’s organizational structure, staffing, and efficiency in response to the ongoing impact of the economic recession on the city budget. The goal is to identify improvements that can be implemented as a part of the fiscal year 2013-’14 budget process.
Holmes is retiring this spring after 25 years of service to Wake Forest students.
Read more about Holmes and his retirement »
Categories: Staff News
Two debates on campus this week
As the Election Day approaches, the Wake Forest campus continues to be a hotbed for political discussions.
On Tuesday, Oct. 30, from 8-9:30 p.m., the Old Gold & Black student newspaper will hold a debate between the College Democrats, Republicans and Libertarians in Brendle Recital Hall. The debate will be moderated by Provost Rogan Kersh. Student questions are welcomed and should be submitted via email to krism9@wfu.edu or by Twitter @wfu_ogb.
On Thursday, Nov. 1, from 7-8:15 p.m., the Arch Society will hold a debate called “Capitalism on Trial” in the Benson Center’s Pugh Auditorium. The event is sponsored by the BB&T Center for the Study of Capitalism, the office of the vice president of student affairs, the department of economics, and the department of politics and international affairs.
The event will address the question of whether free markets are the best solution for today’s America. Fred L. Smith Jr., the founder and president of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a Washington, D.C., free market think tank, will support the proposition. David Coates, the Worrell Professor of Anglo-American Studies in Politics and International Affairs, will oppose the proposition. Student input and discussion will be included.
Categories: Events
