WFU and WSSU ‘Perform the Dream’ for Martin Luther King Jr. celebration
January 5, 2004 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events
Students and faculty from Wake Forest University and Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a collaborative performance titled, “Performing the Dream” at Wake Forest’s Wait Chapel Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. The performance is free and open to the […]
Kosansky shows how ‘We Are All Sons of Adam’ at Museum of Anthropology
January 5, 2004 | Arts & Culture, Events
As part of the Wake Forest University’s Museum of Anthropology exhibit “Drinking from the Same Well: Jewish and Muslim Co-existence in Morocco,” the museum will host guest lecturer Oren Kosansky, research fellow at the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, Jan. […]
Wake Forest News Service closed for one week
December 19, 2003 | Media Advisory
The Wake Forest University News Service will be closed Monday-Friday, Dec. 22-26, while the university is closed for Christmas. The News Service will reopen on Monday, Dec. 29. For New Year’s, the News Service will be closed on Thursday, Jan. 1. For urgent media matters, […]
WFU calendar of events for January/February
December 18, 2003 | Events
JANUARY Through Jan. 28 “INSIDE/OUTSIDE Contemporary Cuban Art.” Charlotte and Philip Hanes Art Gallery. A mixed-media exhibit of recent work from artists born and educated in Cuba. Exhibit runs through Jan. 28. Free. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday – Friday and 1 […]
Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner to speak at WFU
December 18, 2003 | Arts & Culture, Events
Tony Kushner, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of several plays, including “Angels in America,” will give a free, public lecture at 7 p.m. Jan. 27 in Wake Forest University’s Wait Chapel. The lecture will be followed by a book signing at the College Book Store near the […]
WFU president leaves hospital to recuperate at home
December 17, 2003 | Faculty, Media Advisory, University Announcement
Wake Forest University President Thomas K. Hearn Jr. has returned home to recuperate nearly one week after brain surgery. Hearn, who has served as Wake Forest’s president for 20 years, was discharged from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center on Dec. 16. The university president’s […]
Maine named director of interdisciplinary honors at WFU
December 16, 2003 | Faculty, University Announcement
Barry Maine, professor of English, has been named director of interdisciplinary honors at Wake Forest University. Maine has been a faculty member at Wake Forest for more than 20 years, and he was chair of the English department from 1987 to 1996. Paul Escott, dean […]
WFU receives $2 million entrepreneurship grant
December 15, 2003 | Community, Student, University Announcement
Wake Forest University has been selected as one of eight Kauffman Campuses by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and will receive a $2.16 million grant to further entrepreneurship on campus, the foundation announced Dec. 15. In July, the foundation selected 15 universities nationwide to apply […]
WFU President Hearn responds well after surgery
December 11, 2003 | Faculty, Media Advisory, University Announcement
Wake Forest University President Thomas K. Hearn Jr. has responded well after brain surgery today at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. The surgery is related to Hearn’s ongoing treatment for a brain tumor discovered this fall. In an e-mail today to faculty, staff, students, […]
WFU president to undergo surgery at WFU Baptist Medical Center
December 10, 2003 | Faculty, Media Advisory, University Announcement
Thomas K. Hearn Jr., president of Wake Forest University, is scheduled to undergo brain surgery at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center on Dec. 11. The surgery is related to Hearn’s ongoing treatment for a brain tumor discovered early this fall. Hearn announced the planned […]
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