Year of Globalization Foreign Film Festival Begins
September 1, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events
The Year of Globalization and Diversity Foreign Film Festival begins Sept. 14 with the German film, “Aguirre: the Wrath of God.” The 1972 film focuses on Lope de Aguirre, a 16th century Spanish conquistador obsessed with conquering South America and finding the fabled city of […]
Nobel Laureate’s Speech Begins Theme Year at WFU
August 28, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
Wake Forest University will launch the Year of Globalization and Diversity on Sept. 17 with an Opening Convocation address by Oscar Arias Sanchez, former president of Costa Rica and a Nobel Peace Prize recipient. Convocation will begin at 11 a.m. in Wait Chapel. Arias, […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
August 28, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Events, University Announcement
Calloway Students Earn Top State, National Rankings Three accounting students in Wake Forest’s Calloway School of Business and Accountancy earned the highest scores of all candidates taking the CPA Exam in North Carolina in May 1998. Wayne Smith Jr., Gold Medal Award winner for having […]
WFU Announces 1998-99 Theater Season
August 25, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events
The Wake Forest University Theater season will open Sept. 25 with “The Matchmaker,” a farce by Pulitzer Prize-winner Thornton Wilder. Set in the 1880s, the play was the basis for the hit musical “Hello, Dolly!” Complete with asides, soliloquies and a broad style of dialogue […]
Christian Singer Cindy Morgan to Perform at WFU
August 25, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events
Contemporary Christian singer Cindy Morgan will perform music from her latest recording, “The Loving Kind,” at Wake Forest University on Saturday, Sept. 20. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall. Songs for “The Loving Kind” album were inspired by Morgan’s […]
WFU to Host First Public Exhibit of Nichols Collection
July 20, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events
The first public exhibition of the J. Donald Nichols collection of “American Abstract Art of the 1930s and 1940s” will be held at the Wake Forest University Fine Arts Gallery Aug. 28-Oct. 11. Considered the best and most comprehensive private collection of abstract art […]
WFU to Celebrate Year of Globalization & Diversity
May 29, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Community, Events, International, Valuing Diversity
Wake Forest University will celebrate the “Year of Globalization and Diversity: Conflict or Harmony?” with a series of speakers, events and performances during the 1998-99 academic year. Through a variety of cultural and academic events, the year will explore the challenges of a more global […]
Anthropology Museum Offers Summer Camp for Kids
May 4, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events
As a cool alternative to the summer heat, elementary school children can participate in “Arctic Adventures” at Wake Forest University’s Museum of Anthropology. Summer camps will be held the weeks of June 8, 15 and 22. Day campers will explore the environmental challenges facing Arctic […]
Anthropology Museum Holds Graduation Sale
May 3, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events
Wake Forest University’s Museum of Anthropology will hold its annual graduation shop sale from May 1-18. Community members will receive a 10 percent discount on purchases $5 and higher. Members of the museum friends organization will receive a 20 percent discount. The museum shop carries […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
April 23, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events
Festival of the Arts to Benefit AIDS Care Wake Forest students along with students from the North Carolina School of the Arts and Winston-Salem State University will host the “Festival of the Arts to Benefit AIDS Care” from 10:30 a.m.-7 p.m. on Saturday, April 25, […]
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