Cuban Poet Will Read From Works, Discuss Homeland
September 30, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
Cuban poet Nancy Morejon will present “Where the Island Sleeps Like a Wing,” a poetry reading and discussion about Cuba, on Tuesday, Oct. 6, at Wake Forest University. The free and public event will begin at 7 p.m. in Scales Fine Arts Center, Room A102. […]
Ethnic Heritage Faire Will Celebrate World Cultures
September 29, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events
An Ethnic Heritage Faire at Wake Forest University will celebrate the music, food and dances of world cultures on Saturday, Oct. 17. The free and public event will be from 4 to 9 p.m. in the Benson University Center, Room 401. Faire highlights include performances […]
Global Economy Topic of Calloway Program at WFU
September 28, 1998 | Events, School of Business, Speakers
James R. Helvey III, a managing director at J.P. Morgan and Company in New York, will present “Managing Capital and Credit in a Global Economy” at Wake Forest University on Thursday, Oct. 1. The free and public event will begin at 4:30 p.m. in Benson […]
WFU Divinity School Announces New Wait Fellowships
September 25, 1998 | School of Divinity, University Announcement
Wake Forest University has established a major fellowship for students of its divinity school. The new Sarah and Samuel Wait Fellowships in Theology and Ministry will be awarded each year to up to eight students entering the school’s master of divinity program. Samuel Wait […]
Barber to Discuss Democracy and Globalization at WFU
September 24, 1998 | Events, Research, Speakers
Political scholar and theorist Benjamin Barber will present “Can Democracy Survive Globalization?” at Wake Forest University on Monday, Sept. 28. Barber, who received acclaim for “Jihad Versus McWorld,” an Atlantic Monthly article about the negative effects of tribalism and markets on democracy, will speak […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
September 24, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
Theorist Discusses Globalization and Democracy Political theorist Benjamin Barber will present “Can Democracy Survive Globalization?” at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 28, in Scales Fine Arts Center, Room 102. The discussion is free and open to the public. Barber is the Walt Whitman Chair of […]
WFU Awards Two Teachers $20,000 Each for Excellence
September 23, 1998 | Community, Recognition, University Announcement
Wake Forest University awarded two educators $20,000 each for winning the 1998 Marcellus Waddill Excellence in Teaching Award. The winners, Katherine Zimmer of San Diego and Kevin Pittard of Covington Ga., attended the university’s Opening Convocation ceremony on Sept. 17 and were recognized as the […]
Literary Scholar to Discuss Sonnets at WFU
September 22, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events
Distinguished literary scholar and critic Helen Vendler will discuss “The Art of Shakespeare’s Sonnets” at Wake Forest University on Thursday, Oct. 1. Vendler, the A. Kinsley Port University Professor at Harvard University, will speak at 8 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall. She is the author […]
Anthropology Museum to Host ‘Afternoon Tea’
September 20, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events
Enjoy English “high tea” and a traditional Japanese tea ceremony at the Wake Forest University Museum of Anthropology’s “Afternoon Tea” on Sunday, Oct. 4. The focus of the 3-5 p.m. museum event is tea, but guests can also sample Egyptian coffee or Mexican chocolate drinks […]
Arias Calls for U.S., Other Nations to Fight Poverty
September 17, 1998 | Events, Research, Speakers
Oscar Arias Sanchez, Costa Rica’s former president, called for a worldwide effort to relieve rampant global poverty during an address at Wake Forest University on Sept. 17. “Global inequality is expanding at an insidious rate. If staggering levels of poverty are ignored, future inhabitants […]
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