WFU student robbed near Collins Resident Hall
October 18, 2002 | Campus Life, Community, Media Advisory, University Announcement
A Wake Forest University student reported that an unidentified man threatened him with a weapon and stole $75 from him near the university’s Collins Residence Hall just before 11 p.m. Oct. 17. There were no injuries, and the victim did not see a weapon, however, […]
Leading proponent for women and education to speak at WFU Oct. 28
October 17, 2002 | Community, Events, Speakers
Joyce Mpanga, a leading proponent for the advancement of women in Africa, will speak at Wake Forest University Oct. 28 at 4 p.m. The event, sponsored by the Wake Forest women’s studies program, will be in Benson University Center’s Pugh Auditorium. It is free and […]
Stories this week at WFU
October 17, 2002 | Community, Events, Research, Speakers
MORE MONEY EQUALS ADVERTISING OVERLOAD – The amount of money raised and spent on North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race outstrips funds generated in any of the other 34 U.S. Senate campaigns in the country this year. John Dinan, assistant professor of political science at Wake Forest […]
Veterans honored by WFU ROTC
October 16, 2002 | Community, Events, University Announcement
The Wake Forest University ROTC Department will hold a Veteran’s Day ceremony Nov. 12 at 11 a.m. in Perritt Plaza, between Benson University Center and Davis Residence Hall at the university. The ceremony will include a wreath laid in honor of all veterans as well […]
WFU hosts year-long lecture series on the events of Sept. 11
October 11, 2002 | Community, Events, University Announcement
A year-long series of lectures built around the theme “Remembering Sept. 11: Making the Move from Grief and Anger to Understanding and Action,” starts this month at Wake Forest University. The first three lectures will be held this fall and an additional three are scheduled […]
Authors of ‘Demon Deacon Hoops,’ N.C. BBQ Book to sign books at WFU Oct. 12
October 11, 2002 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events
Larry Lawing, author of “Demon Deacon Hoops: History of Wake Forest Basketball in the Twentieth Century,” and Jim Early, author of “The Best Tarheel Barbecue, Manteo to Murphy,” will each sign copies of their books at Wake Forest University Oct. 12. Early, a Wake Forest […]
Project Pumpkin combines Halloween fun and community service
October 4, 2002 | Community, Events, University Announcement
Editor’s Note: Project Pumpkin is held specifically to benefit local children from invited agencies and is not open to the general public. Please check in at the media table in front of Wait Chapel to receive a press kit and find out which children cannot […]
Stories this week at WFU
October 3, 2002 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events, Speakers, Student
GENOMICS PIONEER TO SPEAK AT WAKE FOREST — J. Craig Venter, a genomics pioneer and leader in the race to decode the human genome, will speak at Wake Forest’s Opening Convocation Oct. 10 at 6 p.m. Venter will meet briefly with media immediately following the ceremony […]
L. Glenn Orr professorship established at WFU
September 26, 2002 | Community, Recognition, School of Business, University Announcement
Friends and associates of Wake Forest University trustee L. Glenn Orr Jr. of Winston-Salem have established a professorship in his name at the university. The L. Glenn Orr Jr. Professorship of Banking and Financial Services has been established for the university’s Babcock Graduate School of […]
Stories this week at WFU
September 26, 2002 | Community, Events
WHEN CAN A DOCTOR SHARE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION? — The confidential information you tell your doctor may not be as confidential as you think. When—and should—a doctor share personal information about a patient? “There are exceptions to the confidentiality rule,” says Terrance McConnell, an expert in biomedical […]
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