We congratulate our 367 Honorees who have collectively served nearly 5,000 years at Wake Forest University!
“Being here is about more than doing our jobs - being part of the Wake Forest community contributes to the richness of our lives – and more than that, I know that being a part of the Wake Forest community means that our work serves a purpose greater than ourselves. Students are the heart of our mission. And Humanity is the heart of our motto. To each of you being honored today, on behalf of the Wake Forest community, thank you for your service to both." - President Susan Wente
40 years
In 1984, Apple ran their very first advertisement for the Macintosh Computer during the 1984 Super Bowl and legendary Host Alex Trebek began his tenure on Jeopardy! Also in 1984, we had four colleagues begin their careers at Wake Forest:
- Kathy Bunn, School of Business
- David Faber, Department of Art
- Sally Irvin, School of Law
- Paul Sheff, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
35 years
In 1989, The Joel Coliseum was opened and became home to our Wake Forest Men’s and Women’s Basketball Teams and Tim Berners-Lee proposed the World Wide Web (WWW), starting the internet as we know it today!
- Amy Comer, Research & Sponsored Programs
- Jeffrey Holleman, University Police Department
- Brad Jones, Department of Chemistry
- Kerry King, University Advancement
- Regina Lawson, University Police Department
- Larry Love, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
- Jeffrey Marion, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
- Cheryl Walker, University Marketing & Communications
30 years
In 1994, Disney’s The Lion King is released in theaters, Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos, and Stephen Speilberg’s Schindler’s List took home seven Oscars.
- Scott Baker, Department of Education
- Chris Burris, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
- Craig Fansler, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
- Patrick Ferrell, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
- Jeff Lerner, Department of History
- Vanessa Little, Graylyn Estate
- Gordon McCray, School of Business
- Ananda Mitra, Department of Communication
- Kelly Norman, Information Systems
- David Phillips, Humanities Institute
- Joel Rogers, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
- Eric Stone, Department of Psychology
- Rosalind Tedford, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
- Amy Wagner, Office of Personal & Career Development
- Jason Woody, Graylyn Estate
25 years
In 1999, the Wake Forest School of Divinity was founded–24 students enrolled in that first class–the United States Women's Soccer Team hosted and won the FIFA Women’s World Cup, and Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” from the Titanic soundtrack won record of the year at the 1999 Grammys.
- Steve Adams, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
- Nathan Anderson, Finance
- Kevin Bender, School of Business
- Uli Bierbach, Department of Chemistry
- Julia Blackwell, Graylyn Estate
- Andrea Bohn, Campus Life
- Charles Bombeld, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
- Craig Bullins, University Police Department
- Jane Caldwell, Athletics
- Dawn Calhoun, Enrollment
- Cathy Camp, Finance
- Jacqui Carrasco, Department of Music
- Betsy Chapman, University Marketing & Communications
- Greg Cook, Department of Physics
- Jill Crainshaw, School of Divinity
- Carol Cramer, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
- Ola Furmanek, Department of Spanish
- Michele Gillespie, Provost
- Laura Graham, School of Law
- Julie Groves, Finance
- Woody Hood, Department of Communication
- Kathy Jeffords, Graylyn Estate
- Paul Kennedy, Athletics
- Teresa Leonard, Finance
- David Lubin, Department of Art
- Carolyn McCallum, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
- Brad McIlwain, University Advancement
- Kaeley McMahan, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
- Shannon Mihalko, Department of Health & Exercise Science
- Stacy Owen, School of Business
- Jennifer Richwine, University Advancement
- Donna Simmons, Department of Philosophy
- Leigh Stanfield, Global Affairs & Programs
- Kelly Taylor, Campus Life
- Ron Whitlock, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
- Kim Widener, Finance
- Rick Woollen, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
- Michael Wright, Information Systems
- Wayne Yates, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
- Linda Ziglar, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
20 years
In 2004, Wake Forest Field Hockey won their third consecutive NCAA national championship, Facebook first launched, and Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won a record-tying 11 Oscars.
- Wanda Balzano, Department of English
- David Bass, Athletics
- Paul Bright, University Art Galleries & Collections
- Mike Crespi, School of Business
- Sara Cromwell, Museum of Anthropology
- Brad Darmofal, Athletics
- Pam Davis, Finance
- Kristy Eanes, Residence Life & Housing
- Tim Everidge, Transportation & Parking
- Susan Fahrbach, Biology
- Mike Furr, Department of Psychology
- Stavroula Glezakos, Department of Philosophy
- Tomma Guastaferro, Office of Wellbeing
- Kim Hampton, Reynolda House & Gardens
- Beth Hoagland, Office of the Provost
- Sherry Hollingsworth, Reynolda House & Gardens
- Mimi Komos, The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
- Jed Macosko, Department of Physics
- Marnie Matthews, Finance
- Mark Mayberry, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
- Kathryn Mayers, Department of Spanish
- Todd McFall, Department of Economics
- Kim McGrath, University Marketing & Communications
- Christian Miller, Department of Philosophy
- Amy Mohan, Campus Life
- Dana Muto, Residence Life & Housing
- Monique O’Connell, Department of History
- Shawna Potts, University Advancement
- Sarah Raynor, Department of Mathematics
- Wendy Rhodes, Reynolda House & Gardens
- Sid Shapiro, School of Law
- Frank Shelton, Residence Life & Housing
- Michelle Steward, School of Business
- Lori Sykes, Office of Personal & Career Development
- William Turkett, Department of Computer Science
- Benjamin Venable, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
15 years
2009 was the year that Couch Ballpark became home to the Wake Forest Baseball team, Barack Obama was inaugurated as the first Black person to serve as President of the United States, and James Cameron’s film Avatar was released and became the first film to gross over $2 billion in theaters worldwide.
- Emily Austin, Department of Philosophy
- Lauren Beam, Office of Personal & Career Development
- Daniel Beavers, Department of Statistical Sciences
- Lisa Blee, Department of History
- Dawn Cadd, University Advancement
- Tom Canace, School of Business
- Andy Chan, Office of Personal & Career Development
- Amy Ciaccia, Office of Wellbeing
- Bill Cilento, Athletics
- Sherri Clark, Department of Anthropology
- Lori Crouse, Center for Immigration Services & Support
- Barry Davis, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
- Dedee DeLongpré Johnston, Office of Sustainability
- Linus DeVotta, Department of Politics & International Affairs
- Bernard Edmonds, Transportation & Parking
- David Ford, 88.5 WFDD
- Jerid Francom, Department of Spanish
- Nate French, Department of Communication
- Sylvia Green, School of Business
- Amanda Griffith, Office of the Dean of the College
- Susan Harlan, Department of English
- Omaar Hena, Department of English
- Jon Hoban, Athletics
- Marie Isaacs, Department of Politics & International Affairs
- Cherise James, Residence Life & Housing
- Lucas Johnston, Department for the Study of Religions
- Oana Jurchescu, Department of Physics
- Vicki Keslar, Office of Personal & Career Development
- Remi Lanzoni, Italian Studies Program
- Linda Luvaas, University Advancement
- Julie Moore, School of Business
- Donal Mulcahy, Department of Education
- Leigh Myers, Campus Life
- Jimmy Nifong, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
- Morna O’Neill, Department of Art
- David Powell, School of Business
- Dayna Rohrer, University Advancement
- Erica Schoen, Finance
- Jessica Shade Venegas, Department of Spanish
- Sarah Simpson, The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
- Shelley Sizemore, Office of Diversity & Inclusion
- Barbara Stephens-Macri, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
- Claudia Valdez, Department of Spanish
- Pieternella Van Doorn Harder, Department for the Study of Religions
- José Luis Venegas, Department of Spanish
- Charles Walldorf, Department of Politics & International Affairs
- Tom Walter, Athletics
- G. Michael White, Athletics
- Ya Wen Yang, School of Business
- Seth Youngblood, School of Business
10 years
In 2014, legendary author and Wake Forest faculty member Maya Angelou passed away–her memorial was hosted on campus in June 2014–Breaking Bad won the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series, and the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge went viral online, raising over $220M worldwide.
- Gail Adams, Department of English
- Presley Allsbrook, Information Systems
- Diana Arnett, Biology
- JoAnna Bearden, School of Business
- Erin Binkley, The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
- Nicole Brocato, Campus Life
- Adam Carlson, Information Systems
- Amy Cecil, School of Law
- Neal Charnoff, 88.5 WFDD
- Elena Clark, Department of German & Russian
- Margaret Clayton, Office of Academic Advising
- Elizabeth Clendinning, Department of Music
- Jon Clift, The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
- Sloan Cole, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
- Silvia Correa, Global Affairs & Programs
- Jolene Cox, Finance
- Kim Crewey, Finance
- Jamie Crockett, The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
- Mark Curtis, Department of Economics
- Christina Dalton, Department of Economics
- Cara Davis, Biology
- Donald Dillingham, Information Systems
- Mike Downs, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
- Christy Dvorscak, University Marketing & Communications
- Andrea Echeverria, Department of Spanish
- Jeffrey Eller, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
- Marianne Erhardt, Department of English
- Mark Evans, School of Business
- Meredith Farmer, Department of English
- Niles Fleet, Athletics
- Trey Frye, School of Law
- Scott Geyer, Department of Chemistry
- Laura Giovanelli, Office of the Dean of the College
- Morey Graham de Garcia-Gallont, University Advancement
- Michael Gross, Department of Engineering
- Kristina Gupta, Department of Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
- Melissa Harris-Perry, Department of Politics & International Affairs
- Seth Hayden, The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
- Bari Helms, Reynolda House & Gardens
- Diana Henderson, University Police Department
- Allison Hunter, University Advancement
- Kathleen Hurley, Campus Life
- Jordan Jarry, Athletics
- Stephanie Koscak, Department of History
- Alli Lawson, Information Systems
- Sharon Lunsford, School of Business
- Denis Maier, School of Professional Studies
- Cary Marcantonio, Human Resources
- Lesli Marshall, Finance
- Tyrone McGill, University Police Department
- Gerard McMahon, Athletics
- Brian Mendenhall, Office of Personal & Career Development
- Bob Nations, The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
- Matt Nelkin, School of Law
- Liz Orr, Office of the Chaplain
- Ashley Phipps, Office of Personal & Career Development
- Thomas Ray, Enrollment
- Ccharee Rice, Graylyn Estate
- Malika Roman Isler, Office of Diversity & Inclusion
- Joanna Ruocco, Department of English
- Mark Scholl, Department of Counseling
- Hayden Shuping, Reynolda House & Gardens
- John Smith, University Police Department
- Monesha Staton-Fluker, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
- Cody Stevens, Information Systems
- Iris Still, School of Law
- Nick Tabacca, Athletics
- Brooke Taylor, Athletics
- Emily Thornton, School of Law
- Lowell Tillett, Enrollment
- Wesley Todd, Residence Life & Housing
- Mary Tribble, University Advancement
- Colleen VonDohlen, School of Business
- Chris Williams, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
- Paula Willis, School of Law
- Cynthia Wilson, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
- Candelaria Zarate, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
5 years
In 2019, we announced the partnership between Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and Atrium Health, the Event Horizon Telescope project captured the first ever photo of a Black Hole, and Apple TV-Plus and Disney-Plus both debuted as new streaming services!
- Richella Allen, School of Business
- Sarra Alqahtani, Department of Computer Science
- Tony Amoruso, School of Business
- Kyler Anderson, Athletics
- Phil Anderson, School of Business
- Neelam Awan, Department of Education
- Janie Bass, Reynolda House & Gardens
- Ashley Bastron, Athletics
- Brittany Battle, Department of Sociology
- Meghan Belanger, Campus Recreation
- Kaitlin Berry, School of Business
- Criseida Blancas, Deacon Health
- Lance Burke, School of Law
- George Campbell, Information Systems
- Missy Campbell, Human Resources
- Sherie Carico, University Police Department
- Minghan Chen, Department of Computer Science
- Xijinyan Chen, The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
- Jorge Cherry, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
- Marty Cole, University Advancement
- Veronica Cole, Department of Psychology
- Andrew Conway, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
- Otto Copeland, University Police Department
- Amber Cowan, Deacon Health
- John Currie, Athletics
- Lucy D’Agostino McGowan, Department of Statistical Sciences
- Ronald Davis, University Police Department
- John DeFere, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
- Christina Deloglos, Global Affairs & Programs
- Gregory Deverson, Campus Recreation
- Courtney Di Vittorio, Department of Engineering
- Mary Dunlop, Campus Life
- David Eaton, Information Systems
- Corissa Epperly, Residence Life & Housing
- Kevin Fain, Transportation & Parking
- Sara Fernandez Cuenca, Department of Spanish
- Acacia Fike-Nelson, Wake Forest Scholars
- Jennifer Finkel, University Art Galleries & Collections
- Erinn Forbes, Campus Life
- Debbie French, Department of Education
- Morgan Frye, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
- Srikar Gajji, Information Systems
- Konrad Gannon, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
- Mason Garrison, Department of Psychology
- David Geary, Department of Music
- Heather Gram, School of Law
- Emily Gregg, Information Systems
- Cesar Grisales, First in the Forest
- William Hackley, University Marketing & Communications
- Ashley Hairston, Office of the Dean of the College
- Regina Hall, University Partnerships
- Hannah Harrison, Department of English
- Timothy Heath, Department of Music
- Garland Hilliard, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
- Chelsey Holdren, The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
- Emily Huang, Department of Statistical Sciences
- Mari Ishida, Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures
- Brien James, University Police Department
- Jeffrey Jessup, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
- Melissa Kenny, Department of Engineering
- Tim Kerr, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
- Natalia Khuri, Department of Computer Science
- Russ Kieselhorst, Athletics
- Jessica Koehler, Leadership & Character
- Andrew Kovar, Athletics
- April Laissle, 88.5 WFDD
- Bethany Leggett, Office of the Dean of the College
- Lee Lemert, University Police Department
- Adam Leonard, School of Business
- Denice Lewis, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
- Shari Lewis, Information Systems
- Paul Logan, Transportation & Parking
- Tiffany Longjohn, University Counseling Center
- Doris Lopez Palma, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
- Scott Lyle, 88.5 WFDD
- Eric Maguire, Enrollment
- Jonathan Marion, Graylyn Estate
- Deb Marke, Office of Civic & Community Engagement
- Juan Martinez, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
- Sean McClure, Center for RECAAL
- Justin Medlin, Information Systems
- Sara Mendonca, Department of Psychology
- Miranda Mitchell, Human Resources
- Michael Moore, University Registrar
- Nikki Moore, Department of Art
- Steve Morrison, Wake the Arts
- Jordyn Mosteller, Finance
- Ana Mota, Information Systems
- Mike Muse, Athletics
- Courtney Nance, Office of Personal & Career Development
- Angelica Netzel, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
- Branden Nicholson, School of Law
- Charlotte Orsborn, University Counseling Center
- William Pantages, Athletics
- Michelle Parks, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
- Damian Patterson, University Registrar
- Peter Paukstelis, Legal Department
- Brittney Peoples, Human Resources
- Sally Perez-Ramos, School of Business
- Ann Phelps, Leadership & Character
- Addie Proske, University Advancement
- Jeremy Rice, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
- Latayia Rice, Graylyn Estate
- Marco Sartor, Department of Music
- Scott Schang, School of Law
- Ryan Schroth, Department of French Studies
- Ashley Seamon, University Advancement
- Jim Settle, Office of the Dean of Students
- Stephan Shipe, School of Business
- Chris Smith, School of Business
- Sarah Soleim, Wake Forest Historical Museum
- Ashley Southern, Athletics
- Claire Nyles Suer, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
- Robert Tally, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
- Carla Tarazona, Campus Life
- Ande Thompson, Research & Sponsored Programs
- Tracey Thweatt, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
- Richard Titus, University Registrar
- Christa Todoroff, Department of Health & Exercise Science
- Jodi Tonsic, Facilities, Real Estate, & Planning
- Geraldine R Torrence, Transportation & Parking
- Kenneth Townsend, School of Law
- Marian Trattner, Office of Wellbeing
- Craig Walker, Graylyn Estate
- Mark Walley, Campus Life
- Gavin Warner, School of Business
- Nancy Warren, Reynolda House & Gardens
- Jason Wilkinson, Office of Personal & Career Development
- Harriet Williams, Campus Life
- Elizabeth Wyatt, Graylyn Estate
- Saami Yazdani, Department of Engineering
- Lynne Yengulalp, Department of Mathematics
- Kyana Young, Department of Engineering
Congratulations to all of our Honorees who reached a milestone in 2024! Though the work you do is unique and the paths that brought you here different, together you have helped Wake Forest grow into the institution we see today. For the work you do yesterday, today, and tomorrow, we thank you.