If all the world were a stage, and all men and women were players, then Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” would be easier to understand. At least that’s what Wake Forest theatre professors say.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
The “Big Tent,” a public art project conceived by Wake Forest art professor David Finn, provided a safe space for students at Mt. Tabor High School to talk openly about ethnic and cultural differences.Categories: Alumni, Arts & Culture, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Inclusive Excellence, Pro Humanitate, University Announcements
Bentrice Jusu, a senior studio arts major, not only creates socially and economically conscious documentaries, but she also runs her own nonprofit organization to benefit underprivileged teenagers and the arts in her hometown of Trenton, N.J.
Jawad Wahabzada ('14) finds balancing schoolwork and the global promotion of his documentary "Children of Kabul" a challenge, but says taking courses you love and connecting with a good mentor can make a difference.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Global Wake Forest, Leadership & Character, Mentorship, University Announcements
For a post-9/11 generation, José Rivera's play "Marisol" captures the feeling of living life with the fear that something bad could happen at any time. The play, in its final weekend, kicks-off the 2012-13 Wake Forest Theatre season.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Research & Discovery
Featuring music, dancing and fun, the World Cultural Festival is an annual campus event highlighting differences that unite, inspire and entertain the entire community. This year, the festival was held under the "Faces of Courage" banner — a University celebration of 50 years of integration.Categories: Arts & Culture, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Inclusive Excellence
The ring of a wind chime … the chirping of birds … the start of a car’s engine. Noises like these might blend into the background and go unnoticed for many people. But to the 10 children enrolled in 88.5 WFDD’s summer radio camp, these “natural sounds” function as the first building blocks in producing a proper radio segment.Categories: Arts & Culture, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Mentorship, University Announcements
Wake Forest's Student Art Gallery (START) been showcasing works by Anderson Williams in an exhibit entitled "(Re)Generations." This Homecoming, the 1999 graduate visits his alma mater and shares his thoughts about what it means to be an artist.Categories: Arts & Culture, University Announcements
Forty years from now, the world's rainforests may be gone and with them our chance for a stable environment. Wake Forest's JAMAZON celebrates that creative minds from biology to music to history to English can join together to find the answers. Categories: Arts & Culture, Environment & Sustainability, Global Wake Forest, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery
Refugees, ballad singers, classic car collectors and victims of forced sterilization —Wake Forest third-year documentary film students have spent the last year working on movies that show what life is like from these different perspectives.
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