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A celebration of rising joy
June 7, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events, Faculty, For Alumni, For Parents, National, Speakers, Top Stories
The Wake Forest University community and guests from around the world gathered Saturday, June 7, at the invitation of Dr. Maya Angelou’s family to celebrate the beloved poet, author, actress, civil rights activist and Wake Forest’s Reynolds Professor of American Studies. Dr. Angelou passed away on May 28 at the age of 86.
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Drawing + biology = art
April 25, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Events, Student, Top Stories, Uncategorized
About 80 paintings, prints, and other pieces by undergraduate student artists on are display at the annual Student Art Exhibition. Works by art majors, non-majors and honors students are featured at the Charlotte and Philip Hanes Art Gallery.
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Desk decorating for kids
April 17, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Campus Life Highlights, Community, Events, Pro Humanitate, Student, Top Stories
Students from across campus teamed up with 47 children from Old Town Elementary to paint desks designed for each individual child. Flowers and movie characters were popular decorations.
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Capturing stories
April 7, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Student, Top Stories, Uncategorized
“Songs of Hope,” which chronicles the lives of a group of homeless women, will screen at RiverRun International Film Festival on April 11 at the Hanesbrands Theatre.
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Choirland
March 31, 2014 | Arts & Culture, International, Student, Top Stories, Uncategorized
Fifty-two concert choir members, across multiple majors and years, gave four performances during the department of music’s eight-day tour of Ireland over spring break.
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Hitting the right note
February 24, 2014 | Alumni, Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Faculty, Mentoring, Student, Top Stories, Uncategorized
The 37th Giles-Harris Competitions in Musical Performance have grown into a major event for Wake Forest’s pianists, singers, and instrumentalists.
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Happy Chinese New Year
February 12, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Community, Events, International, Top Stories
A different animal represents each year in the Chinese zodiac calendar, and 2014 is the year of the horse. Wake Forest hosted a Chinese New Year celebration at The Barn for students, faculty, staff and the Winston-Salem community.
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Student Storyteller: A ticket to Prague
February 10, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Events, Faculty, International, Mentoring, Student, Top Stories, Uncategorized
One theatre class led Johanna Beach (’15) on an amazing journey to Prague. Now assistant director of “Embers and Stars,” she is sharing the story of Petr Ginz, who was a young teen during the Holocaust.
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Painting robot lends surgeons a hand
February 3, 2014 | 2014 Highlights: Research, Arts & Culture, Humanities, Mentoring, National, Online, Pro Humanitate, Research, Scholars and Scientists, Student, Students Taking the Lead, Teacher-Scholar, Top Stories, Valuing Diversity
Would you let an artist perform life-saving surgery on you? You might someday, if the artist is a painting robot. Timothy Lee (’16) built a robotic painting arm that could one day lend doctors a hand in practicing complex, robot-assisted surgeries without having to step foot in an operating room.
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Theatre major to designer
January 30, 2014 | 2014 Highlights: OPCD, Admissions, Alumni, Arts & Culture, Top Stories, Wake Will
In the five years since she graduated, Lauren Gaston has taken her acting, directing, designing and drawing skills — combined them with her love of travel — and become a rising star in the world of costume design.
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