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WFU 2018 Student Art Exhibition opens April 19

April 16, 2018  |   Arts & Culture, Staff, Top Stories

The 2018 Student Art Exhibition will open Thursday, April 19, at Hanes Art Gallery in Scales Fine Arts Center. The show will feature artwork by Wake Forest undergraduate student artists.

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​​Wake Forest public art class to host ‘Walking Tour of Works’

November 14, 2017  |   Arts & Culture, Events, Faculty, Staff, Student, Top Stories

Wake Forest University’s Public Art class is hosting a ‘Walking Tour of Works’ on Thursday, Nov. 16. The tour will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Scales Fine Arts Center lobby.

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Smithsonian to display WFU research addressing global challenges

September 25, 2017  |   Arts & Culture, Faculty, Research, Student, Top Stories

Wake Forest University has participated in a yearlong process with the Atlantic Coast Conference, partner ACC universities, and the Smithsonian Institution to create the first “ACCelerate: ACC Smithsonian Creativity and Innovation Festival.”

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A big step? Trial will test improvisational dance as dementia therapy

July 13, 2017  |   Arts & Culture, Faculty, Research, Top Stories

Depending on what generation you belong to, the term “improvisational dance” may conjure up images of beatniks grooving to the beat of bongos in a darkened coffeehouse or the black-clad Dieter gyrating to techno pop in a Sprockets sketch on “Saturday Night Live”.

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Wake Forest MFA student documentary to screen at Cannes

April 18, 2017  |   Arts & Culture, Recognition, Student, Top Stories

“My Garden, No Longer,” a short documentary by Wake Forest graduate student Scott E. Schimmel, has been selected as a finalist in the 2017 American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival.

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‘Big concerts’ bring music and ministry to Wake Forest April 22

April 12, 2017  |   Arts & Culture, Events, Student

Two faith-based singing groups at Wake Forest University will bring ministry and music to campus April 22. Chi Rho, the all-male Christian a cappella group, and the Wake Forest Gospel Choir will perform in separate concerts.

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Students purchase art during WFU’s one-of-a-kind New York art acquisition trip

March 15, 2017  |   Arts & Culture, Faculty, Staff, Student, Top Stories

Once every four years since 1963, Wake Forest students have traveled to New York City over spring break on a Student Union Art Acquisition Trip to purchase art on behalf of the University. They are asked to choose contemporary artwork that reflects the times.

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Rolling Stones keyboardist turned conservationist Chuck Leavell to visit

November 2, 2016  |   Arts & Culture, Speakers, Staff, Sustainability

Rolling Stones’ long-time keyboardist Chuck Leavell, who is also a leading tree conservationist, will visit Wake Forest Nov. 10 and 11 for a two-day celebration of environmental stewardship and land conservation.

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Wake Forest to launch first-year study abroad program in Denmark

October 5, 2016  |   Admissions, Arts & Culture, Student, Top Stories

In fall 2017, Wake Forest will send 18 to 20 first-year students to Copenhagen, Denmark, for a new, year-long study abroad program called Global AWAKEnings. The educational experience is a linchpin in the University’s push to help all students see the world through a global lens and better prepare them to lead in the 21st century.

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Expert on human longevity to deliver Voices of Our Time address

February 29, 2016  |   Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Community, Events, Speakers, Student, Top Stories

Voices of Our Time speaker to discuss the upper limits to human longevity and the pursuit of the scientific means to slow aging in people.

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