WFU Habitat for Humanity House Built
Wake Forest volunteers from the Reynolda Campus and the medical center worked together to build a Habitat for Humanity house in Winston-Salem. The house was dedicated Jan. 28. Construction on the house...
View ArticleReligion professor profiled by American Academy of Religion
Nelly Van Doorn-Harder, professor of Islamic studies, was featured in the American Academy of Religion (AAR)’s “Religious Studies News.” Van Doorn-Harder served as the chair of the organization’s...
View ArticleWinter Institute for Intercultural Communication
The Wake Forest University Office of Diversity & Inclusion and the Intercultural Communication Institute will host the first Winter Institute for Intercultural Communication, a four-day...
View ArticleGladding to deliver Poteat Lecture on arts and mental health
Samuel Gladding, chair and professor of counseling, will deliver the Hubert McNeill Poteat Lecture and receive the 2014 Poteat Lecture award in recognition of his research and scholarship. Gladding’s...
View ArticleDavis organizes cleanup of historic cemetery
On Feb. 22, Wake Forest volunteers and other members of the community worked together to clean Odd Fellows Cemetery at an event organized by David Davis, manager of landscaping services. Odd Fellows...
View ArticleFetrow named provost at University of Richmond
Dean of the College and Reynolds Professor of Computational Biophysics Jacque Fetrow has been appointed Provost at the University of Richmond. As Dean since 2009, Fetrow’s tenure has been marked by a...
View ArticleGillespie featured on CSPAN’s BookTV
Gillespie, author of “Katharine and R. J. Reynolds: Partners of Fortune in the Making of the New South,” was interviewed for CSPAN’s BookTV about her biography of R.J. Reynolds, founder of the R.J....
View ArticleCharles Iacovou named Dean of Business
A message from President Nathan O. Hatch. I am pleased to announce that Dr. Charles Iacovou has accepted my invitation to serve as the next Dean of the Wake Forest University School of Business,...
View ArticleMorant named GWU law dean
President Nathan Hatch sent the following message to faculty, staff and students: After seven years of exemplary service to Wake Forest University as Dean of the School of Law, Blake D. Morant will...
View ArticleInterim law dean named
Suzanne Reynolds A message from Provost Rogan Kersh This to affirm that Suzanne Reynolds (JD ’77) has graciously accepted my request to serve as Interim Dean for the coming academic year. Ron Wright,...
View ArticleResponses from Imam Griggs and Chaplain Auman
The following is an open letter to the Wake Forest community from Imam Khalid Griggs, Associate Chaplain for Muslim Life: It is with heartfelt emotion that I express my genuine appreciation for the...
View Article25 Years Later: President Hatch’s Book on American Christianity
A quarter century after it was published, scholars are still talking about the award-winning book, “The Democratization of American Christianity,” written by Wake Forest University President Nathan O....
View ArticleOffice of Chaplain hosts panel discussion on Islamophobia
Chaplain Tim Auman introduces panelists Michaelle Browers, Imam Adeel Zeb, Manzoor Cheema, Jade Brooks, Dani Moore, and Imam Khalid Griggs. The Office of the Chaplain recently hosted a panel...
View ArticleAdministrator Lu Leake mixed dignity with a sense of humor
Lula M. “Lu” Leake came to Wake Forest as dean of women in 1964, two decades after the University opened its doors to undergraduate women during World War II, and served the University for 33 years....
View ArticleWFU historian featured on TLC’s ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’
Wake Forest University Assistant Professor of History Jake Ruddiman analyzed historical documents and provided on-air commentary for the April 19 episode of the TLC program “Who Do You Think You Are?”...
View ArticleSupport for Charleston
The Wake Forest University community joins the nation in mourning the victims and searching for answers in light of last week’s shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston,...
View ArticleJames Dunn: Invested in the Next Generation
This story written by C. Mark Batten was originally posted on the School of Divinity website. Wake Forest Divinity School professor Rev. Dr. James Dunn. James Dunn, who was a champion of religious...
View Article‘Book club’ approach to first-year reading
Christy Buchanan Wake Forest took a “book club” approach to this year’s summer reading assignment for first-year students. From John Grisham’s “Gray Mountain” to Levitt and Dubner’s “Think Like a...
View ArticleTa-Nehisi Coates to deliver Voices of Our Time address Nov. 17
President Hatch sent a message to faculty, staff and students regarding the Nov. 17 Voices of Our Time. Dear Faculty, Staff and Students, I’m pleased to share that Ta-Nehisi Coates, a national...
View ArticleInterim law dean named
Suzanne Reynolds A message from Provost Rogan Kersh This to affirm that Suzanne Reynolds (JD ’77) has graciously accepted my request to serve as Interim Dean for the coming academic year. Ron Wright,...
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