Stories this week at Wake Forest
November 11, 1999 | Community, Speakers, University Announcement
ORIGINS OF LIFE DEBATED Tonight, the origins of life will be the subject of “Creation vs. Evolution: A Public Debate.” The debate will feature Charles Liebert, founder of the Piedmont Association for Creation Education and Research (PACER), and Massimo Pigliucci, a scientist and professor with […]
ROTC to hold wreath-laying ceremony
October 19, 1999 | Community, Events
The Wake Forest University ROTC program will hold a wreath-laying ceremony in honor of Veterans Day on Nov. 11. The ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. at Perritt Plaza in front of Benson University Center. The free, public event will recognize faculty, staff and […]
Project Pumpkin to offer Halloween fun for community children
October 19, 1999 | Community, Events
Project Pumpkin, an annual event sponsored by the Wake Forest University Volunteer Service Corps, will bring nearly 1,000 disadvantaged children to campus for an afternoon of Halloween fun Oct. 28 from 3-6 p.m. Costumed student volunteers will escort each child through residence halls for trick-or-treating. […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
October 14, 1999 | Community, School of Divinity, University Announcement
WFU POTENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE SITE Wake Forest is one of 12 sites being considered for a presidential debate in 2000. Wake Forest and the Winston-Salem Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) submitted a formal proposal to the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) to host a debate […]
Wake Forest, CVB submit proposal to host presidential debate
October 13, 1999 | Community, Media Advisory, University Announcement
Wake Forest University, which hosted a debate by presidential candidates George Bush and Michael Dukakis in 1988, is now teaming with the Winston-Salem Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) in a bid to bring another presidential debate to campus in 2000. Wake Forest and the […]
Program sponsors event on same-gender religious issues
October 1, 1999 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events, School of Divinity
Wake Forest University’s Women’s Studies Program will host an event on same-gender religious issues on Oct. 11. The program, “Spirit and Flesh: Integrating Same-Gender Issues into Christian Worship and Teaching,” will begin at 7 p.m. in Benson University Center’s Pugh Auditorium. The event, which is […]
WFU appoints new professor of leadership
September 24, 1999 | Community, Faculty, University Announcement
Winifred R. Legerton, a senior faculty member at the Center for Creative Leadership, has been named the university’s first Visiting Professor of Leadership. The faculty position was established in collaboration with the Greensboro-based Center for Creative Leadership to further encourage and educate undergraduates as leaders. […]
Interim faculty advisory committee established for WFDD
September 24, 1999 | Arts & Culture, Community, Media Advisory, University Announcement
Wake Forest University established an interim faculty advisory committee this week to assist the university and its public radio station, WFDD, as an editorial policy is developed for the station’s news staff. “They will be asked to advise on the selection of a journalist who […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
September 23, 1999 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events
ANNUAL 5K RACE TO BENEFIT CANCER RESEARCH “Run With the Deacs,” an annual 5K race to benefit cancer research, will be held at 4 p.m. on Sept. 24. The race is open to the public and part of the Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund Drive, created […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
September 9, 1999 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Community, Events, University Announcement
DNA PIONEER TO SPEAK AT WAKE FOREST James D. Watson, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who discovered the structure of DNA, will deliver Wake Forest’s Opening Convocation address at 11 a.m. on Sept. 16 in Wait Chapel. Watson’s address is part of “Science & Technology: The […]
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