Student uses grant to create leadership program for black males
September 5, 2000 | Student, University Announcement
Wake Forest University student Jonathan Kelly is using a grant from the university’s Fund for Ethics and Leadership to create a leadership program for black male high school students. Kelly designed the weekend retreat, “Men of Distinction: Wake Forest University Academy for Future Leaders,” for […]
Area media invited to Wake Forest for presentation on presidential debate
September 5, 2000 | Media Advisory
Wake Forest University will host an information session for the news media on Wednesday, Sept. 6, regarding the presidential debate scheduled for Oct. 11 at the university. The meeting will be held on campus from 1-2 p.m. in Benson University Center, Room 401. Representatives of […]
Wake Forest ranks 28th among national universities
September 1, 2000 | Media Advisory, University Announcement
Wake Forest University ranks 28th for the second consecutive year among national universities in the new edition of U.S. News & World Report’s guide, “America’s Best Colleges.” The annual guide, which announced its new rankings today, gives Wake Forest high marks for its small […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
September 1, 2000 | Events, Media Advisory, School of Law, University Announcement
WAKE FOREST 28TH BEST NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Wake Forest University ranks 28th for the second consecutive year among national universities in the new edition of U.S. News & World Report’s guide, “America’s Best Colleges.” The annual guide gives Wake Forest high marks for its small classes, […]
Soprano, violinist featured at WFU faculty recital
August 31, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Events
The Wake Forest University Department of Music will present Teresa Radomski, soprano, and Jacqui Carrasco, violinist, in concert Sept. 10 at 3 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall, Scales Fine Arts Center. The program will include works by Bach, Schubert, Vaughan Williams, Granados, Villa Lobos, […]
Area media invited to Wake Forest for presentation on presidential debate
August 29, 2000 | Media Advisory
Wake Forest University will host an information session for the news media on Wednesday, Sept. 6, regarding the presidential debate scheduled for Oct. 11 at the university. The meeting will be held on campus from 1-2 p.m. in Benson University Center, Room 401. Representatives of […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
August 24, 2000 | Campus Life, Community, Media Advisory, Student, University Announcement
FRESHMEN GET TOUR OF THE TOWN—As part of orientation, Wake Forest’s 1,035 freshmen will tour Winston-Salem on Saturday, Aug. 26. Twenty-six city buses will meet between 2:30 and 3 p.m. in front of freshmen residence halls. Students will visit downtown Winston-Salem, Bethabara Park, the N.C. […]
Convocation Address to Freshmen and Parents August 24, 2000
August 24, 2000 | For Parents, President, Speakers, Student
THE FIRST DAY OF ADULTHOOD Convocation Address to Freshmen and Parents August 24, 2000 Thomas K. Hearn, Jr. President Wake Forest University Several years ago I received a letter that caused me to regard this moment as not just another occasion for me to speak […]
Wake Forest to host ‘William Poteat’ book signing
August 23, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Events
Randal L. Hall, the author of the book, “William Louis Poteat: A Leader of the Progressive-Era South,” will sign copies at a public reception from 4-5:30 p.m. on Sept. 14 in the Wake Forest University Bookstore. William Louis Poteat, the subject of Hall’s biography, was […]
WFU verse translator receives gold medal from Italian city
August 22, 2000 | Faculty, University Announcement
Allen Mandelbaum, the W.R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Humanities at Wake Forest University, was awarded the Gold Medal of the city of Florence, Italy, at a celebration honoring the 735th anniversary of Dante’s birth. The medal was given to Mandelbaum for his translation of Dante’s […]
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