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. […]
WFU starts 2003-2004 theme year dedicated to dialogue, civil discourse
August 20, 2003 | Community, Events, Speakers, University Announcement
The theme “Fostering Dialogue: Civil Discourse in an Academic Community” will set the tone for the upcoming 2003-2004 academic year as Wake Forest University hosts a number of events, lectures and performances designed to explore how free people with passionate interests and beliefs can communicate […]
WFU welcomes new students
August 18, 2003 | Campus Life, Student
Wake Forest University expects 1,009 incoming freshmen on campus Aug. 20. Freshmen will move into their residence halls throughout the day beginning at 8 a.m. Nearly all freshmen will live on campus. Sophomores, juniors and seniors will move into their rooms on Aug. 23 and […]
Campus dining service adds more options
August 18, 2003 | Campus Life
Aramark, Wake Forest University’s food service provider, has added several menu options to its campus dining areas, a new convenience store, a coffee shop, and dinner nights in the Magnolia Room for the 2003-2004 academic year. In response to student requests, Aramark will offer dinner […]
Advisory: Media invited to WFU campus for freshmen move-in day Aug. 20
August 18, 2003 | Media Advisory
More than 1,000 freshmen students and their parents are expected on the Wake Forest University campus early on the morning of Aug. 20, when residence halls open to new students. Members of the media are invited to cover move-in day. The 1,009 freshmen representing 40 […]
WFU calendar of events August-September
August 15, 2003 | Events
August Through Sept. 20 “Peruvian Textiles from Past to Present.” Museum of Anthropology. 19th and 20th century Peruvian textiles including complete native outfits and weaving paraphernalia will be on display. Free. Museum hours: 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Tues. – Sat. For more information, call […]
Stories this week at WFU
August 14, 2003 | Campus Life, Community, For Parents, Media Advisory, Student, University Announcement
ECON EXPERT: WHAT TAYLOR’S RESIGNATION MEANS FOR WEST AFRICA – Sylvain Boko, an associate professor of economics at Wake Forest, says although active United States intervention is necessary to begin the humanitarian, political and economic rebuilding of Liberia, foreign military intervention should be used cautiously. “U.S. […]
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