Stories this week at WFU
October 7, 2004 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Community, Events, Speakers
MEDIA INVITED TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP RECEPTION — Wake Forest’s Office of Entrepreneurship and Liberal Arts will hold a private reception to introduce its director, Elizabeth J. Gatewood, to entrepreneurs and business leaders in the Triad. The media is invited to attend the event at 5:30 p.m. Oct. […]
Comedy hypnotist offers family fun at WFU
October 7, 2004 | Community, Events
Renowned comedy hypnotist Tom DeLuca will perform during Family Weekend at Wake Forest University at 8 p.m. Oct. 29 in Wait Chapel. Tickets will be available at the door for $10. The box office at the chapel will open at 6 p.m., and the doors […]
WFU guest lecturers to discuss foreign policy, presidential election
October 6, 2004 | Community, Events, Speakers
Former U.S. ambassadors Teresita Shaffer and Howard Shaffer will discuss “Foreign Policy Issues and the U.S. Presidential Election” at 7 p.m. Oct. 7 in Pugh Auditorium in Wake Forest University’s Benson University Center. The free, public lecture, sponsored by Wake Forest’s political science department, is […]
Vice chair of 9/11 commission announces WFU fall convocation topic
October 6, 2004 | Community, Events, Speakers, University Announcement
Lee Hamilton, vice chair of the Sept. 11 commission, will deliver Wake Forest University’s Fall Convocation address Oct. 28 at 11 a.m. in the university’s Wait Chapel. The event is free and open to the public. Hamilton, a Democrat, represented Indiana for 34 years in […]
WFU students build on university’s history of hosting debates
October 6, 2004 | Community, Events, Student
Twice, Wake Forest University has hosted presidential debates — in 2000 and 1988. Now, Wake Forest students want to build on that history by establishing their own series of public debates. The first one will happen this fall and focuses on the 2004 presidential election. […]
Stories this week at WFU
September 30, 2004 | Community, Events, Speakers, Student
BUSH OR KERRY: WHO HAS ADVANTAGE ON FOREIGN POLICY? — President Bush has the advantage in tonight’s presidential debate, says campaign rhetoric and political communication expert Allan Louden. “Kerry’s got to prove why we need to change horses midstream,” Louden said. “What he needs to do […]
Stories this week at WFU
September 23, 2004 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Community, Events, Speakers
WILL THE DEBATES HELP KERRY CLOSE THE GAP? — Maybe. Maybe not. “Debates tend to reinforce the poll narratives alive at the time,” says Allan Louden, an expert on campaign rhetoric and political communication. “So, if held today, the debates would reinforce Bush’s new found lead.” […]
WFU announces October lecture schedule
September 23, 2004 | Community, Events
Wake Forest University announces the October schedule for lectures that are open to the public. Oct. 13, “Beyond Choice: Reproductive Freedom in the 21st Century” with Alexander Sanger, Annenberg Forum, Carswell Hall, Room 111, 7 p.m. Alexander Sanger, chair of the International Planned Parenthood Council […]
Snyders to perform for WFU bookstore lunchtime music series
September 23, 2004 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Community, Events
Five-year-old violinist Samantha Snyder and her nine-year-old brother, Zebulon, who plays guitar, will perform Oct. 29 at 11 a.m. — weather permitting — in front of the College Bookstore on University Plaza (Quad). The concert is part of Wake Forest University Stores’ “Bookstore Lunchtime Music […]
Nikki Giovanni to speak at WFU’s sister’s inspirational summit
September 21, 2004 | Community, Events, Speakers
Wake Forest University will hold its second annual Sister’s Inspirational Summit: “The Spirit of a Woman” Oct. 2 in Benson University Center. The all-day summit, which runs from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., includes several workshops by local women focusing on various aspects of women’s […]
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