Stories this week at Wake Forest
March 5, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events, Research
Wake Forest to Hold Irish Festival The “wearing of the green” will last a week at Wake Forest University’s Irish Festival featuring Irish poetry, dancing, film and music March 16-21. Beginning Monday, March 16, with a film series, the festival continues throughout St. Patrick’s Day […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
February 12, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events
You May Be Smart, But Are You Emotionally Intelligent? Emotional intelligence versus intelligence quotient, or IQ, will be the focus of the next Discovery Series from 11 a.m. until noon on Tuesday, Feb. 17. Panelists will meet in Benson University Center’s third floor lounge to […]
WFU Students Address Rape Awareness
February 2, 1998 | Campus Life, Community, Events, Speakers, Student
A Wake Forest University student organization, PREPAR (Policy Group for Rape Education, Prevention and Response), will sponsor its annual Rape Awareness Week February 9-12. “The goal of the week is to raise awareness of the prevalence of sexual assault, provide information about the prevention of […]
Campolo Calls for America Committed to Serve Others
January 22, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events, School of Divinity, Speakers
Americans need to commit themselves to lives that transcend career and self-interest to save the nation from losing its soul to individualism, Tony Campolo said today at Wake Forest University in a speech for its Founders’ Day Convocation and Year of Religion in American Life […]
Expert on Racial Issues to Lecture at WFU
January 20, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events, Speakers
Sociologist Joe Feagin, an expert on racial issues, will lecture at Wake Forest University on Thursday, Jan. 22. Feagin, a sociology professor with the University of Florida, will present “The Coming White Minority in an Era of Racism” at 4:30 p.m. in the Annenberg Forum, […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
January 15, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Community, Events, Student
Service Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. A public program at Wake Forest honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. will be held today at 11 a.m. in Wait Chapel. The service will feature an address by the Rev. John Thomas Porter, a pastor and long-time […]
Hickory Native Endows Lectureship at Divinity School
January 14, 1998 | Community, School of Divinity, University Announcement
Hickory native, Dr. Sanford L. Steelman, has endowed the Margaret A. Steelman Lectureship at Wake Forest University’s new School of Divinity. The lectureship is named in honor of his wife. Steelman said that the lectureship will focus on Judeo-Christian topics. The first lecture of the […]
Special Service in Wait Chapel to Honor King Legacy
January 12, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events
The public is invited to a special chapel service at Wake Forest University honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on Thursday, Jan. 15. The 11 a.m. service in Wait Chapel will feature the Rev. John Thomas Porter, a pastor and long-time associate of the […]
WFU Study Takes Students in Flight with the Albatross
January 5, 1998 | Community, Research
Wake Forest University biologist David Anderson normally does his field studies of seabirds in the wild without much company, but this time is different. Through e-mail and a World Wide Web site, students in thousands of classrooms in the United States are following the work […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
December 4, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Community, Events
Lovefeast Tradition Continues More than 2,300 students, professors, alumni and members of the community are expected to fill Wait Chapel for the annual Christmas Lovefeast. The event begins at 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, but many will arrive early to enjoy the luminaries leading to […]
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