As announced at the General meeting of the FoC at Homecoming, the next FoC Chair will be Roy Ware (PhD ’01). Roy assumes the position vacated by Keith McDowell. Roy is looking forward to working with all the members of the committee this year and looks forward to expanding the membership of the FoC…
Keith McDowell and Van Crisco finished 3 years of service on the FoC Steering Committee during the recent General Meeting of the FoC during Homecoming weekend. Van was particularly helpful with the mentoring program, especially as it deals with would-be physicians. Keith was also active with the mentoring program, but is primarily recognized for his…
Dr. David R. Bryant was named the winner of the 1st WF Chemistry Distinguished Alumni Award at the General Meeting of the WF Friends of Chemistry during the University’s recent Homecoming festivities. Dr. Bryant received his B.S. degree in chemistry from Wake Forest in 1958 and then earned his Ph.D. at Duke University in organic…
Homecoming comes early this year, but that’s good since you probably just can’t wait. We have plenty of activities planned, and here are the details: Friday September 19: 3:30-5:00PM – Friends of Chemistry Career Event (Salem 210): For the past 4 years we have gathered several alumni and other authoritative folks to tell our current…
Together with the Friends of Chemistry, the Department of Chemistry is excited to initiate a new alumni award program, to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of WFU graduates. In alternating years, the department will call for nominations for the WFU CHEMISTRY DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD and the WFU CHEMISTRY RECENT ALUMNI AWARD, beginning with the DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD for 2014. The WFU CHEMISTRY DISTINGUISHED…
The 2013 edition of the Career Event put on by the Friends of Chemistry took place Friday October 18 as part of the Homecoming activities. This year the attention was focused on careers in the pharmaceutical industry. Alumni Nick Ferenc (’01), Roy Ware (PhD ’00) and Malory Makowsky (’08) were present with the almost 30…
Keith McDowell (’66) has been selected as the next Chair of the Friends of Chemistry Steering Committee. He follows Perter Tarsa in this role. Keith is looking to continue building the organization and strengthening its existing efforts – expanding the information provided on the web page and the LinkedIn group page, further developing the mentoring…
There are 7 activities listed below. Make sure you look at them all! Friday, October 18: Back-to-the-Classroom with Prof. Mark Welker – “Drug Discovery and Technology Transfer at Wake Forest”. Any alumni from the pharmaceutical industry in attendance may have the opportunity to chime in. (3PM DeTamble Auditorium in Tribble Hall) Other Back-to-the-Classroom speakers include Jenny Puckett (’71) talking…
Van Crisco (BS ’89) and Roy Ware (PhD ’01) were elected to the FoC Steering Committee, beginning Homecoming 2012. Short bios can be found
Departmental Homecoming festivities were held jointly with the Physics department. About 70 people watched the Demo Show Olin Hall, and many went next-door to the reception in Salem Hall.
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