Wake Forest to Host Poetry Reading
October 22, 1996 | Arts & Culture, Events, Student
Reetika Vazirani, winner of the 1995 Barnard New Women Poets Prize, will read her poems at Wake Forest University Wednesday, Oct. 30, at 7 p.m. in Scales Fine Arts Center, Room 102. Author of a recently published volume of poetry entitled “White Elephants,” Vazirani teaches […]
U.S. Supreme Court Clerk to Speak at WFU
October 17, 1996 | Events, Speakers
William K. Suter, clerk of the U.S. Supreme Court, will lecture at the Wake Forest School of Law on Oct. 30. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will begin at noon in the Worrell Professional Center auditorium. Suter, the liaison between […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
October 17, 1996 | Community, Events, Speakers, Student
Students Prepare for Project Pumpkin Wake Forest University students will offer a safe alternative to trick-or-treating through city streets for nearly 1,500 Forsyth County children Wednesday, Oct. 30. Project Pumpkin, a Halloween event started in 1989, will be held from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. in […]
Cherokee Storyteller to Offer Program at Museum
October 16, 1996 | Arts & Culture, Events
Cherokee storyteller and artist Freeman Owle will present a program on Cherokee culture and history at the Wake Forest University Museum of Anthropology Saturday, Nov. 2. For the museum’s Family Day, Owle will use Cherokee symbolism and storytelling techniques to narrate a traditional story of […]
Guest Violinist / Pianist to Perform at WFU
October 15, 1996 | Arts & Culture, Events
Guest violinist Oliver Steiner and pianist Cary Lewis will perform at Wake Forest University Oct. 21. The 8 p.m. concert in Brendle Recital Hall will feature selections by several composers including Vivaldi, Bach and Strauss. Steiner, an associate music professor at Georgia State University, taught […]
IBM CEO to Deliver 1997 Commencement Address
October 15, 1996 | Commencement, Events
Louis V. Gerstner Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of International Business Machines Corporation, will speak at Wake Forest University’s 1997 commencement ceremony on May 19. Before joining IBM in 1993, Gerstner spent four years as chairman and chief executive officer of RJR Nabisco […]
WFU’s Project Pumpkin: Fun for Community Kids
October 14, 1996 | Community, Events
Wake Forest University students will offer a safe alternative to trick-or-treating through city streets for nearly 1,500 Forsyth County children Wednesday, Oct. 30. Project Pumpkin, a Halloween event started in 1989, will be held from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. in front of Wait Chapel. Costumed […]
Jacobs Brings `Electric Pickle’ to WFU
October 11, 1996 | Events
Steve “Jake” Jacobs, host of “Jake’s Attic” on Fox television and science consultant for “Mr. Wizard’s World” on the Nickelodeon channel, hopes Piedmont-area sixth graders get a charge out of “The Electric Pickle” program Oct. 17 in Wait Chapel at Wake Forest University. Jacobs said […]
Wake Forest to Host Windham Hill Concert
October 11, 1996 | Arts & Culture, Events
Three groups who record on the Windham Hill label will perform a holiday program of music at the Winter Solstice Concert Thursday, Nov. 7. Tuck & Patti, a San Francisco-based vocal/guitar duo; The Turtle Island String Quartet, a jazz string quartet; and pianist Philip Aaberg […]
Stories this week at WFU
October 10, 1996 | Faculty, University Announcement
Watch the Debate Watchers Wake Forest students and community members participating in DebateWatch ’96 will watch the second debate between President Clinton and challenger Bob Dole on a big screen on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 9 p.m. in Carswell Hall, Room 111. Following the debate, […]
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