Wake Forest College Awards
The Award for Excellence in Advising
This award is presented annually at New Student Convocation to one or two faculty or staff advisers who demonstrate excellence in undergraduate advising. The award receives support from the Alumni Association.
Current Recipient: Wayne Silver, Professor of Biology (pictured with Leah McCoy, Professor of Education and Chair of the Committee on Orientation and Lower Division Advising)
The Donald O. Schoonmaker Faculty Award for Community Service
This award was established in 1988 by the Wake Forest Alumni Council to recognize extraordinary community service of a respected teacher/scholar from the College. The award was named in memory of Donald Schoonmaker ('60), professor of politics. Dr. Schoonmaker was posthumously awarded the faculty prize for community service in 1993.
Current Recipient: Susan Borwick, Professor of Music (pictured)
The Reid-Doyle Prize for Excellence in Teaching
This award is for a faculty member in the Wake Forest College who is still in the early part of his or her career. The award was established in 1971 and renamed in 1986 in recognition of the generosity of the late Wilbur Doyle ('48), who endowed the prize to honor his philosophy professor, A.C. Reid. The Reid-Doyle Prize is also supported by the Alumni Council and the Alumni Association.
Current Recipient: Chrstian Miller, Assistant Professor of Philosophy (pictured)
The Jon Reinhardt Award for Distinguished Teaching
This award recognizes an experienced member of the faculty, distinguished as a teacher in the broadest sense of the word, and recognized not only for performance in the classroom but also for exemplifying the ideals of a liberal arts education. To be considered for the award, faculty members must have held the rank of associate or full professor, or its equivalent, for at least a year.
Current Recipient: Barry Maine, Professor of English (pictured)
The Award for Excellence in Research
This award is presented annually to an outstanding young scholar in the College who is either an assistant professor or is in his or her fourth year or less as an associate professor. The award's monetary prize is made possible through support from the Alumni Association.
Current Recipients: Martin Guthold, Associate Professor of Physics (pictured), and Christian Miller, Assistant Professor of Philosophy