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Journalist and public radio personality Sarah Koenig to visit WFU
October 23, 2019 | Events, Speakers, Top Stories
Sarah Koenig, host and co-creator of the Peabody Award-winning podcast “Serial,” will share insights into audio journalism with WFDD reporter Bethany Chafin on Monday, Nov. 4 at 6 p.m. in Wait Chapel.
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Author and philosopher Anthony Appiah to speak at WFU
October 3, 2019 | Community in Progress, Events, Speakers, Top Stories
Anthony Appiah, an internationally renowned philosopher and novelist, will speak at Wake Forest through the Eudaimonia Institute’s third Noesis Lecture Series. Appiah’s lecture is sponsored in conjunction with the President’s Office as part of the University’s Voices of Our Time series.
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Former Louisiana Lt. Gov. and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu to speak at Wake Forest
September 10, 2019 | Community in Progress, Events, Speakers, Top Stories
Former Louisiana Lt. Gov. and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu will speak at Wake Forest as part of the University’s Voices of Our Time series.
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Corey Walker to deliver inaugural Slavery, Race and Memory Project lecture on Sept. 4
August 30, 2019 | Community in Progress, Events, Speakers, Top Stories
Corey D. B. Walker, a visiting professor of leadership studies and the humanities at the University of Richmond and a former dean at Winston-Salem State University, will deliver the inaugural address for Wake Forest University’s Slavery, Race and Memory Project Lecture Series.
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Diya Abdo, founder of ‘Every Campus A Refuge,’ to visit Wake Forest
March 5, 2019 | Events, Speakers, Top Stories
Diya Abdo, founder of Every Campus a Refuge (ECAR) will participate in a panel discussion at Wake Forest on Wednesday, March 6 at 6 p.m. in Pugh Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.
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Judge Andrew P. Napolitano to speak at Wake Forest March 7
March 1, 2019 | Events, Speakers, Top Stories
Judge Andrew P. Napolitano, the youngest life-tenured Superior Court Judge in the history of the State of New Jersey and senior judicial analyst for Fox News Channel, will speak at Wake Forest University on Thursday, March 7 at 6 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall.
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‘Metamorphic’ to be the focus of TEDxWakeForestU
February 18, 2019 | Community, Events, Speakers, Top Stories
Wake Forest University will host TEDxWakeForestU, an independently organized event licensed by TED, on Saturday, Feb. 23 from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Wait Chapel.
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Ron Stallworth, police officer who inspired ‘BlacKkKlansman’, to speak at Wake Forest Feb. 7
February 1, 2019 | Events, Speakers, Top Stories
Ron Stallworth, the first black detective in the Colorado Springs Police Department whose memoir inspired Spike Lee’s blockbuster film BlacKkKlansman, will deliver the Black History Month keynote address at Wake Forest University.
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‘Hamilton’ star Renée Elise Goldsberry to visit Wake Forest
January 11, 2019 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers, Top Stories
Renée Elise Goldsberry, the Tony and Grammy Award-winning star of the Broadway musical “Hamilton,” will speak and perform at Wake Forest University on Friday, Feb. 1, at 6 p.m. in Wait Chapel.
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WFU, Winston-Salem State celebrate legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
January 10, 2019 | Events, Speakers, Top Stories
Wake Forest University and Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) are partnering again this year to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with events during the holiday weekend. The celebration marks the longest running partnership between Wake Forest and WSSU.
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