‘Pixerina Witcherina’ to open at WFU art gallery
August 8, 2003 | Arts & Culture, Events
“Pixerina Witcherina,” an exhibition featuring contemporary women artists who address the complex history of women and storytelling, will open Aug. 26 at the Charlotte and Philip Hanes Art Gallery on the campus of Wake Forest University. The exhibit runs through Oct. 10. The title of […]
Stories this week at WFU
August 7, 2003 | Campus Life, Community, Research, Student
WAKE FOREST STUDENTS MOVE IN TO RESIDENCE HALLS – New students will move into their Wake Forest residence halls on Wednesday, Aug. 20. Part of the group of new students will include eight freshmen who will live in the university’s new “Technology Quarters,” in Luter Residence […]
Stories this week at WFU
July 30, 2003 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Commencement, For Parents, Student
THE ART OF GOLF COURSES – Katie Greenberg, a Wake Forest junior, is looking at the links as landscape architecture rather than places to tee off. Working with Harry Titus, professor of art, Greenberg is surveying Forsyth County golf courses. She does not play golf, but […]
Biology research in the palm of a hand – handhelds help track animal behavior
July 30, 2003 | Research, Scholars and Scientists
In a small, segmented aquarium in Wake Forest University’s Winston Hall, three male betta fish flash their fins and fan their tails to attract a female betta fish. When the female swims in front of a particular male, Wake Forest senior Jonathan Simpson quickly records […]
Jeanne Owen, WFU’s first female full professor, dies at age 82
July 30, 2003 | Faculty, University Announcement
Jeanne Owen, professor emerita of business law at Wake Forest University and the university’s first female full professor, died July 27 in Winston-Salem after a sudden illness. She was 82. Owen came to Wake Forest in 1956 to teach in what was then the School […]
Stories this week at WFU
July 24, 2003 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Events, For Parents, Research, School of Business, Student
SCHOOL VOLUNTEERING 101: PRACTICAL TIPS FOR PARENTS – For parents, volunteering at school can open an important window into a child’s world, but maintaining a balance between involved and too involved is important, says Donna Henderson, associate professor of counseling at Wake Forest. Henderson, who has […]
Incoming students to live with, test new technology in WFU residence hall
July 24, 2003 | Campus Life, Community, Student
Twelve incoming Wake Forest University students will live together in a residence hall to learn about new technology, share technical expertise with one another and occasionally help the university test new equipment that is being considered for use on campus. Technology Quarters, the most recent […]
Patel named interim dean of WFU’s Babcock School
July 24, 2003 | Faculty, School of Business, University Announcement
Ajay Patel has been named interim dean of Wake Forest University’s Babcock Graduate School of Management. Patel has been a faculty member at the Babcock School for 10 years and has served as associate dean for faculty and alumni affairs since 2002. Wake Forest Provost […]
WFU professor, independent filmmaker to screen documentary in Winston-Salem
July 22, 2003 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events, Faculty
Documentary filmmaker Brett Ingram, a lecturer in media production at Wake Forest University, will have a screening of his newest documentary-in-progress at 10 p.m. Aug. 1 at PS 211 in Winston-Salem. “Monster Road” is a 90-minute documentary about Seattle underground animator Bruce Bickford, best known […]
Stories this week at WFU
July 17, 2003 | Campus Life, Student
THE ART OF MAKING ROOMMATE ASSIGNMENTS — Thousands of North Carolina students will be leaving home for college in the next month and most will bunk up with someone they have never met. The Residence Life and Housing staff at Wake Forest University sorts through hundreds […]
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