Stories this week at Wake Forest
January 29, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Events
Follow the Flight of the Albatross Each morning, several thousand students and teachers across the United States are following the flight of albatrosses in the North Pacific waters off Hawaii. The Albatross Project, which began Jan. 25, was designed by Wake Forest University biologist David […]
Faith in Focus: WFU Hosts Program on Religion & Media
January 29, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
Bob Abernethy, former Moscow Bureau chief for NBC News, and Sharon Green, senior cultural affairs editor for National Public Radio, are among those who will lead a town hall-style discussion of media coverage of religion Feb. 7 at Wake Forest University. Titled, “Faith in Focus? […]
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 […]
Environmental Studies Professor to Speak at WFU
January 14, 1998 | Events, Research, Speakers
David W. Orr, director of the environmental studies program at Oberlin College, will speak at Wake Forest University on Wednesday, Jan. 21. Orr will speak on “Ecological Design and a Liberal Arts Education” at 7:30 p.m. in Benson University Center, Room 401. The lecture is […]
WFU Professor to Direct Production of “The Caretaker”
January 13, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events, Faculty
“The Caretaker,” a modern classic by British playwright Harold Pinter, will run Jan. 22-24 in Wake Forest University’s Ring Theatre. The three-character play, directed by theater professor Harold Tedford, will include James Dodding, Wake Forest professor of theater, and two Wake Forest graduates. In Pinter’s […]
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 […]
Faculty, “Divine Inspiration” Exhibits Open Jan. 12
January 7, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events, Faculty
Two exhibits, one featuring the work of four new Wake Forest University faculty artists and another titled “Divine Inspiration: Religious Prints from the Wake Forest University Collection,” will open Monday, Jan. 12, in the university’s Fine Arts Gallery in Scales Fine Arts Center. The faculty […]
Evangelical, Social Activist to Speak at Founder’s Day
December 10, 1997 | Events, Speakers
Tony Campolo, the Baptist minister, evangelical leader and social activist who regularly advises President Clinton on policies affecting the poor and the nation’s inner cities, will be the featured speaker Thursday, Jan. 22, at Wake Forest University’s Founders’ Day Convocation. Campolo, professor of sociology and […]
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