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Higher education back-to-school story ideas

August 4, 2005  |   Media Advisory

HOT SUMMER READING: MIDDLE EASTERN BESTSELLER — Books that give a personal perspective of life in the Middle East are high on best-seller lists and on college summer reading lists. One such book, Azar Nafisi’s “Reading Lolita in Tehran,” was selected by Wake Forest University as […]

Stories this week at WFU

August 3, 2005  |   Campus Life, Community, Events, Research, Speakers

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY FRESHMEN MOVE IN — About 1,120 new students will move into their Wake Forest residence halls Thursday, Aug. 18. Students will begin arriving for move-in day around 8 a.m. Most residence halls for freshmen are located in the southern area of the Reynolda […]

Advisory: Media invited to biotechnology workshop for Forsyth County school teachers

August 2, 2005  |   Media Advisory

Members of the media are invited to Wake Forest University the week of Aug. 1 to 5 for the workshop “The Science Behind Biotechnology,” being held in Salem Hall for middle school teachers from Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools. The workshop meets each day from 9 a.m. […]

WFU’s Graylyn Conference Center wins industry award

July 26, 2005  |   University Announcement

Graylyn International Conference Center of Wake Forest University has been awarded the 2005 Gold Key Award by Meetings & Conventions magazine. The award is voted on by readers of the magazine, who make selections based on the overall professionalism and quality of the property. “We […]

Advisory: Supreme Court nominee could play key role in religious expression cases

July 21, 2005  |   Media Advisory

Melissa Rogers, visiting professor of religion and public policy in the Wake Forest University Divinity School, says President Bush’s Supreme Court nominee, John G. Roberts, could play a pivotal role in cases related to government-sponsored religious displays and expression. Rogers, an attorney who lives and […]

WFU names director of women’s and gender studies

July 18, 2005  |   Faculty, Media Advisory, University Announcement

Wake Forest University has named Wanda Balzano director of the women’s and gender studies program. “This is a significant and promising moment for the women’s and gender studies program,” said Dean of the College Deborah Best. “I am sure that she (Balzano) will bring vision […]

Popularity of baseball in Japan topic of WFU lecture

July 14, 2005  |   Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers

William W. Kelly, professor of anthropology and Sumitomo Professor of Japanese Studies at Yale University, will explain the history and reasons for the extreme popularity of baseball in Japan and its place within modern Japanese culture in a lecture at the Wake Forest University Museum […]

WFU professors available for Supreme Court stories

July 14, 2005  |   Media Advisory

Editor’s Note: Wake Forest University has a direct link to Microspace Communications in Raleigh for uplinking to C- and Ku- band satellite, as well as VYVX fiberoptic for television. We offer ISDN connectivity for radio through NPR member station WFDD, which broadcasts from the Wake […]

July 13, 2005  |   Arts & Culture, Community, Events

TERRORISM: WHAT’S THE MESSAGE? — Randall Rogan, associate professor of communication and chair of the communication department at Wake Forest University, is available to discuss communication and terrorism in regards to the bombings in London. An expert on the communication and analysis of hostage and crisis […]

Ancient Mexican artifacts donated to WFU Museum of Anthropology

July 8, 2005  |   Arts & Culture, Events

Hundreds of earthenware pots and other pre-Columbian artifacts from ancient West Mexico are now part of the collections of Wake Forest University’s Museum of Anthropology. The objects, most dating from 300 B.C. to 400 A.D., were donated to the museum in May. The collection of […]