Community Archive

WFU professor, students help local residents file taxes

January 26, 2005  |   Community, Events

Accounting students at Wake Forest University will offer free tax-filing assistance to local residents beginning Feb. 1 at the Joblink Lab located in the Goodwill Industries building at 2701 University Parkway. The Wake Forest site will operate every Tuesday in February and March from 4 […]

WFU Anthropology museum offers summer camp for kids

January 21, 2005  |   Arts & Culture, Community, Events

This summer, children can take time out from the heat and cool off by exploring the cultures of the Arctic in “Snow Goggles in Summer?! The Arctic” at the Wake Forest University Museum of Anthropology summer camps. Camps meet the weeks of June 13, 20, […]

WFU hosts Chinese New Year Festival with games, food, dancing and music

January 10, 2005  |   Arts & Culture, Community, Events

Wake Forest University will celebrate the most important holiday for the Chinese by bringing in the year of the rooster at its sixth annual Chinese New Year Festival from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 29. The festival, which will be held in Reynolds Gym, […]

January 7, 2005  |   Community, Events

Wake Forest University will commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with two annual events. On Jan. 17, Wake Forest and Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) will co-host their fourth annual “Performing the Dream” celebratory event, and on Jan. 22, Wake Forest will hold its 7th Annual […]

Israeli priest, Nobel Peace Prize nominee Rev. Elias Chacour to speak at WFU Jan. 22

January 7, 2005  |   Arts & Culture, Community, Events, University Announcement

The Rev. Elias Chacour, a Palestinian-born Israeli citizen and priest in the Melkite Catholic Church, will discuss “Building Peace on the Desktops of Students” at 1 p.m. Jan. 22 in Wake Forest University’s Wait Chapel. A book signing will follow the free, public lecture. Chacour, […]

Coach Ken Carter to give hard-hitting advice at WFU

January 5, 2005  |   Community, Events, Speakers

Famed high school basketball coach Ken Carter will speak at Wake Forest University at 8 p.m. Jan. 19 in Benson University Center, Room 401. A book signing will be held following the lecture. Coach Carter is famous for locking his undefeated, state play-off bound basketball […]

WFU students to serve the poor in other countries

December 13, 2004  |   Community, Pro Humanitate, Student, University Announcement

Four Wake Forest University student groups will spend a portion of their winter recess serving the poor and disadvantaged in other countries. This year, 47 student volunteers and seven faculty or staff advisors will travel to India, Honduras, Costa Rica and Vietnam. Wake Forest’s City […]

Stories this week at WFU

December 2, 2004  |   Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Community, Events

WFU CELEBRATES HOLIDAY SEASON WITH ‘A SCOTTISH CHRISTMAS,’ ‘LIGHTING OF THE QUAD’ — “A Scottish Christmas,” featuring Bonnie Rideout with Highland pipes and drums, Celtic harp and Scottish dancers, will make its North Carolina debut at Wake Forest University at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2 in Wait […]

Stories this week at WFU

November 18, 2004  |   Arts & Culture, Community, Events, University Announcement

ALTERNATIVE HOLIDAY FILMS FOR THANKSGIVING — During the holidays, most people gravitate towards feel-good family films. But, if you want more food for thought from your holiday movies, Reynolds Professor of Film Studies Peter Brunette recommends two recent American independent films set at Thanksgiving. Not your […]

Museum of Anthropology holds annual Holiday Shop Sale

November 17, 2004  |   Arts & Culture, Community, Events

Wake Forest University’s Museum of Anthropology will hold its annual Holiday Shop Sale Nov. 29-Dec.17. The museum shop carries a selection of handcrafted items from around the world, including Native American jewelry, handmade Christmas ornaments from Peru, organic honey from Mexico, leather purses and terra […]