Wake Forest Divinity School names Braxton to professorship
February 24, 2000 | Faculty, Media Advisory, University Announcement
The Wake Forest University Divinity School has named a Baltimore Baptist minister as the Jessie Ball duPont Assistant Professor of Homiletics and Biblical Studies. Brad R. Braxton will teach preaching courses, recruit students and develop relations with African-American churches. The professorship is sponsored by […]
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones to perform
February 24, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Events
Grammy-nominated Bela Fleck and the Flecktones will perform at Wake Forest University on April 10. The 7:30 p.m. concert will be held in Wait Chapel. The group has preformed with Sting, Phish and The Dave Matthews Band. Led by frontman Bela Fleck on the […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
February 24, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events, University Announcement
UNITY SING CONCLUDES SIT-IN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Music groups from Wake Forest and Winston-Salem State University will perform tonightat 7 p.m. in Wait Chapel at Wake Forest. The event will conclude a two-day celebration of a lunch counter sit-in held by students from both universities 40 years […]
WFU and WSSU celebrate 40th anniversary of student sit-in
February 24, 2000 | Community, Media Advisory, University Announcement
On the anniversary of their historic sit-in, the original student protesters from Wake Forest University and Winston-Salem State University were honored by their alma maters and the city of Winston-Salem with a commemorative walk and dedication of a historical marker. Eight of the original […]
Activist Angela Davis to speak at Wake Forest
February 23, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events, Speakers
Angela Davis, who gained national attention as a political activist in the 1960s, will speak at Wake Forest University on March 1. The free, public lecture will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Benson University Center, Room 410. In 1970, Davis was placed on […]
University Police distributes sketch of suspect in assault
February 17, 2000 | Campus Life, Media Advisory, University Announcement
With the aid of computer software, Wake Forest University Police investigators have developed a composite image of the unidentified man who attacked a graduate student on Feb. 10 as she walked to the Wake Forest campus. The incident occurred shortly before 9 a.m. on […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
February 17, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events, Speakers, University Announcement
COMMEMORATIVE WALK, HISTORICAL MARKER DEDICATION On Wednesday, Feb. 23, the city of Winston-Salem will honor Carl W. Matthews and students from Wake Forest and Winston-Salem State University who participated in a sit-in against segregated lunch counters 40 years ago to the day. At 2:30 p.m., the […]
WFU making preparations for visit to its birthplace
February 17, 2000 | Events, Media Advisory, University Announcement
Wake Forest University alumni and students are preparing for a three-day visit to the town of Wake Forest, carrying into the 21st century a tradition of making pilgrimages to the historic campus where the university was founded two centuries ago. The trek to the […]
NSA mathematician to lecture at Wake Forest
February 15, 2000 | Events, Speakers
S. Brent Morris, senior mathematician at the National Security Agency, will present a lecture, “Classic Cryptanalysis: The Folger Manuscript,” in Benson University Center’s Pugh Auditorium at 3 p.m. Feb. 28. The lecture is free and open to the public. Robert Folger, a 19th century New […]
Faculty member to give violin recital
February 15, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Events
Jacqui Carrasco, a Wake Forest University faculty violinist, will perform Feb. 21 at 8 p.m. in the university’s Brendle Recital Hall. The concert will feature three works that incorporate elements of technology. The first, “Synchronisms No. 9” by Mario Davidovsky, combines violin and electronic sounds. […]
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