African-American Writer to Speak at WFU
April 9, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
Brent Staples, author of the critically-acclaimed autobiography, “Parallel Time: Growing Up in Black and White,” will speak at Wake Forest University at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, in Brendle Recital Hall. Staples’s book chronicles his ascent from the mean streets of the urban ghetto to […]
Weather Expert to Explain Tricks of Nature’s Light
April 4, 1997 | Events, Research
Craig Bohren, distinguished professor of meteorology at Penn State University and winner of the American Meteorological Society’s Louis J. Battan Award for his book, “Clouds in a Glass of Beer,” will present a program Thursday, April 17, at Wake Forest University. In “All That’s Best […]
Religion Department Adds New Faculty
April 4, 1997 | Faculty, School of Divinity, University Announcement
Wake Forest University’s religion department has announced the hiring of two new faculty members and the departure of a 26-year veteran. Mary F. Foskett will join the department as assistant professor of biblical studies after earning her doctoral degree at Emory University in New Testament […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
April 3, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events, Student
Spirituality and Volunteerism Connected To explore the link between volunteerism and spirituality, Wake Forest will host a conference April 11-12 in Benson University Center, Room 401. Organized by Wake Forest students, faculty and campus ministers, the “Spirituality and Volunteerism” conference will feature guest speakers, panel […]
WFU To Offer Lecture on Chinese Foreign Policy
April 3, 1997 | Events, International, Speakers
Guest lecturer Brantly Womack will discuss “The Basic Parameters of China’s Foreign Policy” at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, in Carswell Hall’s Annenberg Forum at Wake Forest University. Womack, professor of government and director of the East Asia Center at the University of Virginia, has […]
British Novelist to Give Reading at WFU
April 3, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events
British novelist Peter Benson will read from his fiction at Wake Forest University Monday, April 7, at 7 p.m. in Scales Fine Arts Center, Room 102. Benson won the 1987 Guardian Fiction Prize for his first novel, “The Levels,” and the Encore Award for his […]
Photo Exhibit on Display at WFU
April 3, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events
Twenty black-and-white photographs of China will be on exhibit April 11 and 12 at Wake Forest University. “China Perspectives” includes photographs by Justin Guariglia, a Wake Forest senior who studied in China last year, and a student from Boston University. Many of the photographs show […]
Chamber Ensembles to Present Varied Program
April 3, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events
Wake Forest University’s student chamber ensembles will present a concert Monday, April 14, at 8 p.m. in Scales Fine Arts Center’s Brendle Recital Hall. The program will feature four Michael Praetorius pieces played by a five-guitar ensemble and a Bach work arranged for saxophone quartet. […]
Wake Forest Debate Team Wins National Title
March 25, 1997 | Student
A Wake Forest University debate team won the national championship in intercollegiate debating Monday night at the 51st National Debate Tournament. Debaters Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Brian Prestes won the top title after defeating a team from the University of Georgia in the tournament’s final round. […]
Museum Sponsors Trip to Sepphoris Exhibit
March 25, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events
Wake Forest University’s Museum of Anthropology will sponsor a bus trip to see “Sepphoris in Galilee: Cross Currents in Culture” at the North Carolina Museum of Art on Saturday, April 12. Kenneth Hoglund, associate professor of religion at Wake Forest, will lead the trip. Hoglund […]
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