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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.


Mike Ford’s Retirement Message

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.


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.


Interview with WFU Writers Hall of Fame Inductee Maria Henson

On Saturday, April 9, in conjunction with Words Awake 2!, a celebration of writing and writers April 8-9, the University will induct five alumni writers into the Wake Forest University Writers Hall of Fame. Among them is Maria Henson (’82), a journalism lecturer and associate vice president and editor-at-large at Wake Forest Magazine. She is Wake Forest’s only Pulitzer Prize winner.


Wake Forest Magazine wins two top awards

Wake Forest Magazine won two top awards in the 2015 Circle of Excellence global competition sponsored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). The publication received a Gold Award in Periodical Staff Writing for a collection of five stories: “Out of […]


June 2015 faculty and staff milestones

Kriss Dinkins in Information Systems, Margaret Lankford in the School of Law and Frederick Harris in the School of Business are celebrating 25 years at Wake Forest. See other faculty and staff  celebrating milestones in June 2015.


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