WFU to celebrate Earth Day with symposium on environment
April 6, 2000 | Community, Events, Speakers, University Announcement
An award-winning nature writer, a former Sierra Club president and a nationally- known expert on science and religion are among the speakers scheduled during “Environment 2000” at Wake Forest University April 11-27. All events are free and open to the public. John Graham, professor of […]
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April 6, 2000 | Campus Life, Community, Events, Speakers, University Announcement
“CAMPUS SWEEP” PLANNED AS PART OF EARTH DAY To raise awareness of environmental issues, Wake Forest’s Student Environmental Action Coalition and the campus chapter of Amnesty International will host an Earth Day celebration on April 7 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Magnolia Court, located behind […]
Wake Forest students to celebrate Earth Day
April 4, 2000 | Campus Life, Community, Events, Student
To raise awareness of environmental issues, Wake Forest University’s Student Environmental Action Coalition and the campus chapter of Amnesty International will host an Earth Day celebration on April 7. The event will be held from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. on Magnolia Court, located behind […]
WFU begins special defibrillator training program
March 15, 2000 | Campus Life, Community, Media Advisory, University Announcement
Wake Forest University is one of the first organizations in North Carolina to implement a special program by the American Heart Association (AHA) to place life-saving defibrillators on campus and train individuals to use them. Wake Forest has started the AHA’s Public Access to […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
March 9, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events
EXPLORE 2000 YEARS OF MUSIC What would it be like to mix together the music of Hildegard von Bingham, Stravinsky, Chilean folk trumpets, Bach and African drums? Or, how about putting together some of the most dramatic moments from the operas of Verdi, Puccini and […]
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March 1, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events, Speakers, University Announcement
ACTIVIST ANGELA DAVIS TO SPEAK AT WAKE FOREST TONIGHT The media is invited to cover a talk by political activist Angela Davis tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Wake Forest’s Benson University Center, Room 410. Davis gained national attention as a political activist in the 1960s. In 1970, […]
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February 24, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events, University Announcement
UNITY SING CONCLUDES SIT-IN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Music groups from Wake Forest and Winston-Salem State University will perform tonightat 7 p.m. in Wait Chapel at Wake Forest. The event will conclude a two-day celebration of a lunch counter sit-in held by students from both universities 40 years […]
WFU and WSSU celebrate 40th anniversary of student sit-in
February 24, 2000 | Community, Media Advisory, University Announcement
On the anniversary of their historic sit-in, the original student protesters from Wake Forest University and Winston-Salem State University were honored by their alma maters and the city of Winston-Salem with a commemorative walk and dedication of a historical marker. Eight of the original […]
Activist Angela Davis to speak at Wake Forest
February 23, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events, Speakers
Angela Davis, who gained national attention as a political activist in the 1960s, will speak at Wake Forest University on March 1. The free, public lecture will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Benson University Center, Room 410. In 1970, Davis was placed on […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
February 17, 2000 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events, Speakers, University Announcement
COMMEMORATIVE WALK, HISTORICAL MARKER DEDICATION On Wednesday, Feb. 23, the city of Winston-Salem will honor Carl W. Matthews and students from Wake Forest and Winston-Salem State University who participated in a sit-in against segregated lunch counters 40 years ago to the day. At 2:30 p.m., the […]
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