Stories this week at Wake Forest
April 19, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers, University Announcement
MAYA WEAVER DEMONSTRATES HER CRAFT Today, weaver Rosalina Santiz Diaz from Chiapas, Mexico, will demonstrate traditional and contemporary Maya weaving and answer questions about the craft from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Museum of Anthropology. Maya women have been weaving since Pre-Columbian times, […]
Choirs to perform music of Aaron Copland
April 18, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Events
The Wake Forest University Concert Choir and Collegium Vocal Ensemble will present a concert featuring the music of Aaron Copland on the 100th anniversary of the composer’s birth. The free concert begins at 8 p.m. April 27 in Brendle Recital Hall. The Concert Choir will […]
Wake Forest Editor’s Office wins award for publications
April 18, 2000 | University Announcement
The Wake Forest University Editor’s Office has received the Grand Gold Medal for Overall Publications Programs-the top higher education publications award in the country-in this spring’s national Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Circle of Excellence awards competition. Entrants were asked to submit […]
Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems, will deliver WFU’s commencement address
April 17, 2000 | Commencement, Media Advisory, Speakers, University Announcement
John Chambers, president and chief executive officer of Cisco Systems Inc., will deliver Wake Forest University’s commencement address and receive an honorary degree on May 15. A total of 1,393 undergraduate and graduate students will receive diplomas during the 9 a.m. outdoor ceremony on […]
N.C.’s first cardiac rehab program celebrates 25 years of healing hearts
April 17, 2000 | Events, Speakers, University Announcement
The cardiac rehabilitation program at Wake Forest University, the first such program in North Carolina and one of the first in the nation, will celebrate its 25th anniversary in May. To help mark the anniversary, Dr. Barry Franklin, exercise physiologist and president of the […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
April 12, 2000 | Campus Life, Community, Events, Speakers, University Announcement
ECONOMICS OF THE ENVIRONMENT John Graham, a professor at Harvard University, will discuss “Environmental Risks: Facts, Fears and the Unknown” at 4 p.m. on April 13 in Carswell Hall, Room 111. In the field of environmental health, Graham’s research has focused on the need to better understand […]
Wake Forest ranks among America’s ‘Most Wired’ schools
April 11, 2000 | Media Advisory, University Announcement
Wake Forest University ranks 19th among America’s top 50 “most wired” universities and research schools, according to Yahoo! Internet Life magazine. The ranking is reported in the magazine’s fourth annual feature on America’s “most wired” schools, published in its May edition. Yahoo! Internet Life […]
WFU to celebrate Earth Day with symposium on environment
April 6, 2000 | Community, Events, Speakers, University Announcement
An award-winning nature writer, a former Sierra Club president and a nationally- known expert on science and religion are among the speakers scheduled during “Environment 2000” at Wake Forest University April 11-27. All events are free and open to the public. John Graham, professor of […]
Dance company to present spring show
April 6, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Events
The Wake Forest University Dance Company presents its spring dance concert April 13-15 featuring “Inertia,” a piece choreographed by guest artist Karola Luttringhaus. Performances, which also include several student-choreographed works, begin at 8 p.m. in the Mainstage Theater of Scales Fine Arts Center. “‘Inertia,’ though […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
April 6, 2000 | Campus Life, Community, Events, Speakers, University Announcement
“CAMPUS SWEEP” PLANNED AS PART OF EARTH DAY To raise awareness of environmental issues, Wake Forest’s Student Environmental Action Coalition and the campus chapter of Amnesty International will host an Earth Day celebration on April 7 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Magnolia Court, located behind […]
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