CASE awards presented to University Advancement
Wake Forest’s Office of University Advancement was presented 10 awards in February at the District III annual conference of CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) at Atlanta’s College Football Hall of Fame. The awards were won by three offices within University Advancement: Communications and External Relations, Wake Forest Magazine and Alumni Engagement.
Awards received by Communications and External Relations included a Grand Award, two Awards of Excellence and two Special Merit Awards.
Wake Forest Magazine received a Grand Award, an Award of Excellence and a Special Merit Award.
An Award of Excellence and a Special Merit Award were received by Alumni Engagement.
Categories: Staff News
Mike Ford's Retirement Message
Mike Ford
At a reception in his honor on June 28, Mike Ford delivered a farewell message to a crowd gathered in Benson University Center. Ford retired from Wake Forest in June after 36 years as student life administrator and campus leader.
Several of his colleagues, past and present, spoke at the reception before Ford addressed the crowd, reflecting on his Wake Forest college days (1968-72), his work in the Wake Forest community, his family and his faith. Several family members were present for the reception, including his wife, Gayle, and two of their three daughters with their families. He also made a brief reference to “exciting presidential political campaigning” in the 1970s when his father, Gerald R. Ford, served as the 38th president of the United States.
His remarks are available on the Wake Forest Magazine website.
Categories: Guest Post, Staff News
Wake Forest Magazine's Maria Henson speaks at Pulitzer event
Wake Forest Magazine editor-at-large, journalism lecturer and associate vice president Maria Henson (’82) recently spoke at the Pulitzer Centennial Celebration at Harvard University (video).
Henson is Wake Forest’s only Pulitzer Prize winner. She won in 1992 for a series of investigative editorials on domestic violence while at the Lexington Herald-Leader (Ky.). In 2005, she edited a series on Yosemite National Park in The Sacramento Bee (Ca.) that won for editorial writing. In 1993-94, Henson was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard.
In a powerful 11-minute speech before more than 1,000 people, she recalled the impact of “To Have and to Harm,” a yearlong series of 30 editorials that made recommendations for improved response and protections for battered women in Kentucky. In 1992, the Kentucky state legislature passed every aspect of domestic violence reform the Lexington Herald-Leader editorial board recommended and the courts changed their practices as well.
“All these years later, at a time of such discouragement and disenchantment over our public life, I look back and remember the power of the press and ordinary citizens to effect change – both of them out of a love of community and a passion for fairness. And all these years later, I have not given up on what is possible,” Henson said.
Henson was inducted into the Wake Forest University Writers Hall of Fame this year, in conjunction with Words Awake 2! Read an Inside WFU interview with her commemorating that occasion.
Categories: Faculty News, Staff News
Wake Forest Magazine: discarded bed frames gain second life
Wake Forest Magazine tells the story of how discarded bed frames in Palmer and Piccolo residence halls “will have a second life on campus as benches, rocking chairs and tables.”
The frames were pulled out of the residence halls, recently, and campus employees have plans now for building new objects from the frames that will carry some Wake Forest history.
The piece is written by the magazine’s senior editor, Kerry King (’85).
Categories: University Announcement
Greek Alumni Advisory Board established
In August 2015, the Office of Alumni Engagement and the Division of Campus Life brought together a diverse group of alumni representing various fraternity and sorority organizations to hear about what is happening in Greek life at Wake Forest and across the nation, and to talk about ways that the student experience here can be strengthened. Among the solutions proposed at that gathering was the creation of an advisory board relating to the fraternity and sorority experience at Wake Forest.
Now, the newly established Greek Alumni Advisory Board (GAAB) aims to serve as a bridge between alumni and the University in order to educate alumni about fraternity and sorority life today and to positively influence the student experience. The board also wants to support and strengthen the role of chapter advisors, as the University recognizes chapters with strong advisers tend to make better decisions.
The mission of the GAAB is: “Connecting yesterday’s and today’s Greeks to strengthen the spirit of Pro Humanitate.” Members include:
- Alfred Adams (’68, JD ’73, P ’01), Winston-Salem, N.C., Sigma Chi
- Lucy Anderson (’94, MBA ’99), Charlotte, N.C., Alpha Delta Pi
- Martin Baker (’99), Winston-Salem, N.C., Kappa Alpha
- Adrienne Myer Bohannon (’02), Seattle, Wash., Delta Delta Delta
- Mike Ford (’72), Winston-Salem, N.C., Sigma Chi
- Camille Wilkerson French* (’93), Lewisville, N.C., Delta Sigma Theta
- Nate French (’93), Lewisville, N.C., Alpha Phi Alpha
- Jane Claire Jacobi (’05), Charlotte, N.C., Delta Zeta
- James Ivory (’85, P ’17), Seven Devils, N.C., Theta Chi
- Gordon Kammire (’79, MD ’83, P ’18), Lexington, N.C., Kappa Sigma
- Leslie Danese Kammire (’82, MD ’86, P ’18), Lexington, N.C., SOPH
- Alicia Lee (’02), Houston, Tex., Kappa Alpha Theta
- Molly Welles Lineberger* (’82, MA ’15, P ’15), Winston-Salem, N.C., Fideles
- Shannon Bozoian Mihalko* (’92), Winston-Salem, N.C., Strings and Pi Beta Phi
- Reid Nickle (’15), Washington, D.C., Kappa Alpha
- Mike Queen (’68, P ’94), Wilmington, N.C., Lambda Chi Alpha
- Jeff Richardson (’87), Newport, Ky., Delta Kappa Epsilon
- Kim Boatwright Shirley (’85, P ’13, P ’13, P ’17), Raleigh, N.C., SOPH
- Lisa Snodgrass (’95), Atlanta, Ga., Thymes and Kappa Alpha Theta
- Andrew Snorton III (’93), Snellville, Ga., Alpha Phi Alpha
- Rob Wall* (’98), Winston-Salem, N.C., Kappa Alpha
- David M. Warren (’81, JD ’84, P ’13), Raleigh, N.C., Kappa Alpha
- Bill Wells (’74), Winston-Salem, N.C., Sigma Chi
- Tycely Williams* (’97), Alexandria, Va., Delta Delta Delta
Categories: University Announcement
