Stories this week at Wake Forest
February 26, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Events, Student
Drumming Workshop Brings African Beat to Campus Community members will explore the rhythms of West African drum music at Wake Forest University during a workshop taught by members of the world-renowned percussion quintet NEXUS on Saturday, Feb. 28. The hands-on workshop, “West African Drumming,” begins […]
WFU Students Address Rape Awareness
February 2, 1998 | Campus Life, Community, Events, Speakers, Student
A Wake Forest University student organization, PREPAR (Policy Group for Rape Education, Prevention and Response), will sponsor its annual Rape Awareness Week February 9-12. “The goal of the week is to raise awareness of the prevalence of sexual assault, provide information about the prevention of […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
January 29, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Events
Follow the Flight of the Albatross Each morning, several thousand students and teachers across the United States are following the flight of albatrosses in the North Pacific waters off Hawaii. The Albatross Project, which began Jan. 25, was designed by Wake Forest University biologist David […]
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 […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
December 4, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Community, Events
Lovefeast Tradition Continues More than 2,300 students, professors, alumni and members of the community are expected to fill Wait Chapel for the annual Christmas Lovefeast. The event begins at 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, but many will arrive early to enjoy the luminaries leading to […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
November 20, 1997 | Campus Life, Events, University Announcement
New University Venture with IBM Wake Forest will hold a press conference on Friday, Nov. 21, to announce a new collaboration between Wake Forest and International Business Machines Corp. The announcement will be made at 10:30 a.m. in Benson University Center’s Pugh Auditorium. Wake Forest […]
WFU Wins Beyond Computing Magazine Award
October 9, 1997 | Campus Life, For Parents, Student, University Announcement
Wake Forest University is featured this month in Beyond Computing magazine as a winner of the magazine’s second annual Partnership Awards. Wake Forest is among 10 winners recognized in the magazine’s October issue as having successfully aligned their information technology operations with their primary missions. […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
September 25, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Community, Events
Haiti’s Secret Voodoo Societies Wade Davis, author of “The Serpent and the Rainbow” will discuss his experiences with Haitian voodoo culture in a public lecture at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30. Davis, who earned his doctorate in ethnobiology at Harvard, will speak in Benson University […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
August 21, 1997 | Campus Life, Events, Student
Students to Receive Laptops, Printers IBM laptop computers and Lexmark printers will be distributed Monday morning, Aug. 25, to Wake Forest freshmen. The distribution will take place throughout the morning in Reynolds Gymnasium. The university is gradually equipping all students with computers as part of […]
Wait Chapel Renovations Among Summer Updates
August 20, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life
Wake Forest University took advantage of the summer break to renovate Wait Chapel, begin upgrading fire protection equipment in student housing and continue construction of a new residence hall and a computer technology center. Officials also used the summer to prepare for the January start […]
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