Stories this week at WFU
August 28, 2003 | Campus Life, Events, Research, School of Business, Speakers, Student
ARE COMPUTER NUMBER GAMES REALLY READING YOUR MIND? – There are several versions of the game that circulate on the Internet: the computer prompt asks you to type in a three or four digit number, reverse the numbers, subtract one from the other and magically it […]
WFU story ideas related to Sept. 11 anniversary
August 28, 2003 | Community, Research, Speakers
EFFECT OF 9/11 ON COLLEGE CLASSES — Cynthia Villagomez, assistant professor of history, teaches “The Middle East Before 1500” and has seen class sizes double since 2001. “I believe that my classes have swelled because our students have felt the need to develop an informed understanding […]
Vice President Zick statement regarding article in student yearbook
August 28, 2003 | University Announcement
The following is a recent statement by Kenneth A. Zick, vice president for student life and instructional resources at Wake Forest University, to the university community regarding an article in the 2002-2003 edition of The Howler, the student yearbook at Wake Forest: “The University administration […]
Summer construction at WFU includes completion of young student walk
August 25, 2003 | Campus Life, University Announcement
Several construction and renovation projects moved forward at Wake Forest University this summer, including completion of the new Young Student Walk around University Plaza (Quad), completion of the 49,000-square-foot addition to Calloway Hall and renovations to the Pruitt Football Wing at the Athletic Center. Work […]
WFU Divinity School dean says Baptists face critical questions of identity
August 22, 2003 | Faculty, School of Divinity, Speakers
In a modern society that is increasingly fragmented, Wake Forest University Divinity School Dean Bill Leonard says he offers his latest book, “Baptist Ways: A History,” not only as a broad historical survey of Baptist faith and practice, but as a tool for all denominations […]
Bill Leonard to lecture on new book at WFU
August 22, 2003 | Events, Faculty, School of Divinity, Speakers
Bill Leonard, dean of the Wake Forest University Divinity School and professor of church history, will give the public lecture “Changing a Theology: Baptists, Salvation and Globalism Then and Now” at 11 a.m. Sept. 2 in the university’s Wait Chapel. Leonard, an expert on church […]
U.S. News & World Report recognizes Calloway School, first-year experiences
August 22, 2003 | Recognition, School of Business, University Announcement
Wake Forest University ranks 28th among 248 national universities in the 2004 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s guide, “America’s Best Colleges.” Wake Forest tied with two other schools for 25th place in last year’s edition. This year, the university’s overall score remained the […]
Stories this week at WFU
August 21, 2003 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Events, For Parents, Research, School of Medicine, Student
GOING HOME TO AN EMPTY NEST – Parents of freshmen all across the country, including the 1,009 Wake Forest freshmen who moved in Aug. 20, will be going home to either an empty house or a quieter one after dropping off their new college student this […]
Pianist Orion Weiss to open Secrest Artists Series season
August 20, 2003 | Arts & Culture, Events
Twenty-one-year-old pianist Orion Weiss will open the 2003-2004 Secrest Artists Series at Wake Forest University on Sept. 4. Weiss, the winner of the 2002 Avery Fisher Career Grant, will perform at 8 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall. While still a teenager, Weiss stepped in with […]
WFU welcomes incoming freshman class
August 20, 2003 | Campus Life, Student
Lines of traffic, piles of personal belongings, nervous moms and dads and paperwork are hallmarks of freshman move-in day at college campuses across the country, and Wake Forest University was no exception Aug. 20 as the 1,009-member incoming class descended upon the university’s Reynolda campus. […]
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