Escott announces plans to resign as WFU dean, remain as Reynolds Professor
September 8, 2003 | Arts & Culture, Faculty, University Announcement
Paul D. Escott announced Sept. 8 that he is resigning as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Wake Forest University effective June 30, 2004, but he will remain at the university as Reynolds Professor of History. “I intend to return to teaching […]
Martha Mason receives WFU’s Pro Humanitate Award
September 8, 2003 | Alumni, Pro Humanitate, Recognition, University Announcement
Wake Forest University announced Martha Mason, a 1960 Wake Forest graduate, as the winner of the university’s Pro Humanitate Award during a Sept. 5 ceremony on campus. The award, one of the university’s highest honors, was presented to Mason in recognition of a life lived […]
Composer in-residence receives award
September 8, 2003 | Arts & Culture, Faculty, University Announcement
Dan Locklair, Wake Forest University’s composer-in-residence and professor of music, has been awarded a 2003-2004 ASCAP Award by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Reflecting their ongoing commitment to assist and encourage composers, the ASCAP grant awards are based on the unique prestige […]
Anthropology museum celebrates “Days of the Dead”
September 8, 2003 | Arts & Culture, Events
Wake Forest University’s Museum of Anthropology will celebrate “Dias de los Muertos” (“Days of the Dead”) with a month-long exhibit running Oct. 1 through Nov. 1 and a free gallery lecture titled “Dias de los Muertos, Me Experiencia y otras leyendas” (“Days of the Dead: […]
WFU art department hosts video and performance art series
September 5, 2003 | Arts & Culture, Events
To explore the history of performance and video art from the 1970s to the 1990s, Wake Forest University’s art department will present a video and performance art series beginning Sept. 10. The series is based on five themes, “The Body” (Sept. 10), “Culture, Society, Politics” […]
Advisory: Blogs give voice to society’s marginalized, says WFU expert
September 5, 2003 | Faculty, Research
A Wake Forest University expert who specializes in communication technology says the Internet phenomenon of blogging gives an outlet of expression to an element of society that previously did not have a voice. “The traditionally marginalized segment of our society and those who didn’t have […]
Stories this week at WFU
September 4, 2003 | Community, Events, Speakers, Student
DEMOCRATIC DEBATES CRUCIAL FOR EDWARDS’ POLITICAL FUTURE – As the 2004 presidential race gears up with the first of six Democratic debates at 10 p.m. Sept. 4 in Albuquerque, N.M., John Edwards finds himself in the middle of a large pack of Dems vying for the […]
WFU Theatre announces 2003-2004 schedule and format changes
September 4, 2003 | Arts & Culture, Events
The Wake Forest University theatre kicks off its 2003-2004 season with contemporary plays as well as changes to its format. The annual offering will still include four MainStage productions and the Studio Series of six one-act plays, but this year the theatre will return to […]
Robert Korstad to discuss Winston-Salem’s African-American labor history
September 4, 2003 | Community, Events, Speakers
Author Robert Korstad will present a lecture at Wake Forest University titled “Like Being Reconstructed: The Legacy of Labor and Civil Rights Activism in 1940s Winston-Salem” Sept. 22 at 6 p.m. in Scales Fine Arts Center, Room A102. The free lecture will be based on […]
New memory training process shows promise for older adults
September 3, 2003 | Research, School of Medicine
Older adults often find themselves repeating a story to the same audience within a short amount of time. They remember the story, but not that they have recently told it. Wake Forest University psychologist Janine Jennings and her co-researcher Larry Jacoby of Washington University have […]
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