Expert on Racial Issues to Lecture at WFU
January 20, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events, Speakers
Sociologist Joe Feagin, an expert on racial issues, will lecture at Wake Forest University on Thursday, Jan. 22. Feagin, a sociology professor with the University of Florida, will present “The Coming White Minority in an Era of Racism” at 4:30 p.m. in the Annenberg Forum, […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
January 15, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Community, Events, Student
Service Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. A public program at Wake Forest honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. will be held today at 11 a.m. in Wait Chapel. The service will feature an address by the Rev. John Thomas Porter, a pastor and long-time […]
Hickory Native Endows Lectureship at Divinity School
January 14, 1998 | Community, School of Divinity, University Announcement
Hickory native, Dr. Sanford L. Steelman, has endowed the Margaret A. Steelman Lectureship at Wake Forest University’s new School of Divinity. The lectureship is named in honor of his wife. Steelman said that the lectureship will focus on Judeo-Christian topics. The first lecture of the […]
Environmental Studies Professor to Speak at WFU
January 14, 1998 | Events, Research, Speakers
David W. Orr, director of the environmental studies program at Oberlin College, will speak at Wake Forest University on Wednesday, Jan. 21. Orr will speak on “Ecological Design and a Liberal Arts Education” at 7:30 p.m. in Benson University Center, Room 401. The lecture is […]
WFU Professor to Direct Production of “The Caretaker”
January 13, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events, Faculty
“The Caretaker,” a modern classic by British playwright Harold Pinter, will run Jan. 22-24 in Wake Forest University’s Ring Theatre. The three-character play, directed by theater professor Harold Tedford, will include James Dodding, Wake Forest professor of theater, and two Wake Forest graduates. In Pinter’s […]
Special Service in Wait Chapel to Honor King Legacy
January 12, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events
The public is invited to a special chapel service at Wake Forest University honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on Thursday, Jan. 15. The 11 a.m. service in Wait Chapel will feature the Rev. John Thomas Porter, a pastor and long-time associate of the […]
Faculty, “Divine Inspiration” Exhibits Open Jan. 12
January 7, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events, Faculty
Two exhibits, one featuring the work of four new Wake Forest University faculty artists and another titled “Divine Inspiration: Religious Prints from the Wake Forest University Collection,” will open Monday, Jan. 12, in the university’s Fine Arts Gallery in Scales Fine Arts Center. The faculty […]
WFU Study Takes Students in Flight with the Albatross
January 5, 1998 | Community, Research
Wake Forest University biologist David Anderson normally does his field studies of seabirds in the wild without much company, but this time is different. Through e-mail and a World Wide Web site, students in thousands of classrooms in the United States are following the work […]
WFDD to Broadcast “A Prairie Home Companion”
December 19, 1997 | University Announcement
WFDD, Wake Forest University’s National Public Radio member station, will once again air the weekly variety show “A Prairie Home Companion” in January. Beginning Jan. 10, WFDD (88.5 FM) will broadcast the show every Saturday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The weekly shows will […]
Luce Foundation Awards Grant to Divinity School
December 17, 1997 | School of Divinity, University Announcement
The Henry R. Luce Foundation, Inc., has awarded Wake Forest University’s new School of Divinity $150,000 to develop a series of multidisciplinary courses designed to provide students with the broad skills required to meet the needs of America’s changing congregations. Bill J. Leonard, the school’s […]
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