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Pro Humanitate in the ‘City of Joy’
January 8, 2015 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, International, Top Stories, Uncategorized
Students are volunteering in Calcutta, India in the spirit of the University’s motto of Pro Humanitate, “for humanity,” by serving, teaching and using what they have learned to make the world better for everyone.
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#WFULovefeast: sharing the love
December 22, 2014 | 2014 Highlights, Arts & Culture, Top Stories
From North Carolina to Texas to Uganda, Wake Foresters shared their lovefeast moments and memories using the hashtag #WFULovefeast.
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Art history detectives
December 15, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Faculty, Humanities, Mentoring, Research, Student, Top Stories
History professor Michele Gillespie usually includes class visits to view art in Winston-Salem. This semester, she expanded the idea to benefit both the students in her Women and Gender in Early America course and the local museums.
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The 50th Lovefeast: A celebration around the world
December 9, 2014 | Alumni, Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Staff, Student, Top Stories
Christmas decorations, music, and the smell of sweet coffee filled Wait Chapel as more than 2,200 students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends of the University gathered to celebrate the 50th Annual Lovefeast.
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A treasured holiday tradition
December 1, 2014 | Alumni, Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Community, Staff, Student, Top Stories, Uncategorized
On Sunday, Dec. 7, Wake Foresters, near and far, will celebrate the 50th Annual Wake Forest Lovefeast, the largest Moravian-style lovefeast in North America and a favorite Wake Forest tradition.
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Breaking down barriers
November 12, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Thrive / Wellbeing, Top Stories
To help commemorate the 25th anniversary of the end of oppression in East Germany, students decorated a section of the Wake Forest “Berlin Wall” – four, nine-foot walls that were on display on Manchester plaza – in response to the question, “what walls hold you back?”
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Wake Forest’s World Cultural Festival
September 29, 2014 | Admissions, Arts & Culture, Community, For Alumni, For Parents, Student, Top Stories
You might not expect to be able to see a dance performance in West Africa, stop in China for a snack, and then finish up the evening in Italy for a quick game of bocce ball. But thanks to the World Cultural Festival, it is all possible.
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Play shines light on Radium Girls’ history
September 15, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Faculty, Mentoring, Student, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Uncategorized
Mike Griggs (’15) has been working with theatre professor Cindy Gendrich to hone his skills as a dramaturg. While a little unusual that Griggs auditioned and was cast for smaller roles in the play, “These Shining Lives,” it was important to him to gain professional experience researching, developing and acting in a play.
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Pictures worth a thousand words
August 4, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Events, Staff, Top Stories, Uncategorized
In his 18th year of documenting life at Wake Forest, award-winning University Photographer Ken Bennett has a unique, but long-term perspective of the University.
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Arts and humanities at Wake Forest
July 7, 2014 | Admissions, Arts & Culture, For Alumni, For Parents, Humanities, Humanities Highlights 2013-2014, Top Stories
Arts and humanities offer opportunities to learn about life through a variety of lenses. A new interdisciplinary program and a class where theatre students help train counseling students are just two examples of how Wake Forest combines imagination and insight.
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