Italian Art Historian Lectures On Tiepolo Works
September 23, 1996 | Arts & Culture, Events
Terisio Pignatti, Reynolds Professor of Art at Wake Forest University, will present a talk on “The Tiepolo Centenary Exhibition in Venice” on Wednesday, Oct. 2. Internationally known as an authority on Venetian art, Pignatti will begin his slide lecture at 7:30 p.m. in Scales Fine […]
WFU, Foundation Create New Scholarships
September 23, 1996 | Admissions, Media Advisory, Student, University Announcement
Wake Forest University and the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation announced today the creation of the North Carolina Leadership Scholarships for as many as 100 students with financial need throughout the state. “I see these scholarships as a way to ensure that young people of modest […]
This Week at Wake Forest
September 19, 1996 | Events, Faculty, Speakers, Staff, Student
Beverly Sills to Speak at Opening Convocation Opera legend Beverly Sills, one of America’s most prominent advocates for the arts, will speak at Wake Forest University’s opening convocation Tuesday, Sept. 24. Sills, chairman of the board of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, will […]
WFU Police Receive State Grant
September 17, 1996 | Campus Life, University Announcement
The Governor’s Crime Commission awarded University Police a two-year grant worth up to $68,202 for upgrading the department’s computer system. The grant will be used to buy a multi-user computer system, including software and six personal computers, said Ken Overholt, assistant University Police chief. The […]
Anthropology Museum Shares Its Treasures
September 16, 1996 | Community, Events, University Announcement
Masks from the Kuba Kingdom of Zaire and Australian bark paintings are among the many never-before exhibited objects included in “Treasures from Wake Forest University’s Museum of Anthropology.” The exhibit, which runs from Sept. 20 through March 1, 1997, includes archeological and ethnographic pieces from […]
WFDD May Return to Full Strength Next Week
September 13, 1996 | University Announcement
Radio station WFDD, which has been operating with a reduced transmitting signal since Hurricane Fran, expects to return to full broadcasting strength early next week. High winds from by the hurricane caused some damage on the station’s antenna in northern Davidson County, said Cleve Callison, […]
This Week at Wake Forest
September 12, 1996 | Speakers, Student, University Announcement
Students Helping Out in the Wake of Hurricane Fran About 15 students from Wake Forest University will head east this weekend to help the university’s birthplace of Wake Forest, N.C., recover from the aftermath of Hurricane Fran. “We will be providing child care, helping cut […]
WFDD Broadcasting Temporarily With Reduced Signal
September 10, 1996 | University Announcement
Hurricane Fran’s wind and rain might be to blame for a technical problem that has temporarily reduced the power of radio station WFDD’s transmitting signal, according to Cleve Callison, manager of the National Public Radio affiliate at Wake Forest University. WFDD (88.5 FM) apparently lost […]
Wake Forest Ranked 25th in Nation By U.S. News
September 5, 1996 | Student, University Announcement
Wake Forest University ranked 25th among national universities in U.S. News and World Report’s annual rankings of America’s best colleges and universities released today. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill tied Wake Forest for the 25th spot. The 1997 edition of “America’s Best […]
Two Students Killed in Off-Campus Accident
September 5, 1996 | Student, University Announcement
Two Wake Forest University students were fatally injured and four others were hurt late Wednesday night in an automobile accident near the university. The students, all women, were traveling east on Polo Road when their car collided with a car driven by a man traveling […]
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