WFDD’s Paul Brown Wins Silver Reel Award
December 29, 1998 | Community, Recognition, University Announcement
Paul Brown, program director at radio station WFDD, won the National Federation of Community Broadcasters’ 1998 Silver Reel Award for Special Entertainment Program for his music documentary, “Breaking Up Christmas: A Blue Ridge Mountain Holiday.” The program was distributed by National Public Radio and also […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
December 3, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Community, Events
ART IN THE PUBLIC EYE Public art sculptures by students in Wake Forest’s intermediate sculpture class are now scattered around campus. Ranging from an oversized half-buried book in front of the library to a steel, aluminum and copper figure called “Molting” beside Luter Residence Hall, […]
WFU Anthropology Museum to Discount Unusual Gifts
November 30, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events
Wake Forest University’s Museum of Anthropology will hold its annual holiday sale Dec. 1-24. Handcrafted jewelry, toys, masks, dolls and other unusual holiday gifts from places such as Indonesia, China, India, Africa and the American Southwest will be sold at a 10 percent discount. The […]
Sociology Class Sends Students into Community
November 30, 1998 | Community, Student
Joanna Kociecki’s group decided that Bojangles’ was probably the best option for a part-time job to supplement a $272 a month welfare check and settled on an apartment nearby in public housing. Classmate Anthony Nicastro and his group had more choices when looking for […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
November 19, 1998 | Campus Life, Community, Events, Speakers
PROFESSOR TRACES ORIGINS OF THANKSGIVING J. Edwin Hendricks, chair of Wake Forest’s history department, can trace the development of the Pilgrims’ first Thanksgiving feast in 1621 into an important national holiday. In 1789, George Washington proclaimed the first national day of Thanksgiving, says Hendricks. But, […]
WFU Receives Davis Family Home Place Gift
November 19, 1998 | Community, University Announcement
Members of a Winston-Salem family with long-standing ties to Wake Forest University have donated their interests in the family’s home place-known as “Sunnynoll” – to the university. Consisting of a residence and 6.2 acres, the property is located in Winston-Salem at the corner of […]
Superstitions Will Be Tested at WFU
November 11, 1998 | Campus Life, Community, Events, Speakers
This Friday, long-held superstitions will be put to the test during a “Friday the 13th Bash” at Wake Forest University. Daring participants will spill salt, walk under ladders and even open umbrellas indoors during this lighthearted event in the Benson University Center’s lower-level lobby from […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
October 29, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Community, Events
HALLOWEEN FUN FOR COMMUNITY CHILDREN Project Pumpkin, an annual event sponsored by the Wake Forest University Volunteer Service Corps, will bring more than 1,200 disadvantaged children to campus from more than 35 agencies for an afternoon of Halloween fun on Thursday, Oct. 29. From 3-6 […]
Caribbean Music Performance Workshop Offered at WFU
October 26, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events
Gage Averill, a noted scholar of Caribbean music and society, will lead a performance workshop on the music of the Caribbean islands on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in Scales Fine Arts Center, A102. Averill’s lecture/workshop, “Secular Musics of the Caribbean,” will combine […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
October 22, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events, Speakers
Students Stage Vigil for Peace Wake Forest students are calling on the university community and others to gather on campus Thursday, Oct. 29, for a “Unite for Peace” vigil. The event, which will take place in Wait Chapel at 9 p.m., is intended to bring […]
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