Duo Pianists to Present Concert Sept. 8
August 20, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events
The Janus Duo-pianists Barbara Rowan and Francis Whang-will perform at 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 8, in Brendle Recital Hall on the Wake Forest campus. The program, opening with Gershwin’s “Cuban Overture,” also will include two pieces for two pianos. Rowan and Whang formed the Janus […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
August 14, 1997 | Campus Life, Events, Faculty, For Parents, Student
Freshmen Arrive Toting milk crates, posters and pillows, more than 960 freshmen will move into residence halls Wednesday, Aug. 20, beginning at 8 a.m. Wake Forest faculty and staff will help carry belongings from cars to their new rooms. Students will move in all day […]
WFU Gives Minority Campers Computing, Research Skills
July 11, 1997 | Community, Events
Wake Forest University will put 30 high schoolers on the World Wide Web during a two-week summer camp in which faculty will train students to use IBM ThinkPad notebook computers to create personal web pages and use the machines to conduct experiments in biology, chemistry, […]
WFU Hosts Debate on Energy Policy
July 9, 1997 | Community, Events
The public is invited to a debate on renewable energy usage Thursday, July 10 at Wake Forest University. Christopher Flavin with Worldwatch Institute in Washington, D.C., and Ned Leonard of the Western Fuels Association in Virginia will debate whether the federal government should establish a […]
WFU to Celebrate Year of Religion in American Life
June 9, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events
Wake Forest University will turn its focus from the arts to religion in 1997-98 when journalist Bill Moyers, Rabbi Harold Kushner and other prominent voices in religious life visit the campus for its Year of Religion in American Life. The year, which follows Wake Forest’s […]
Ravi Shankar Will Not Perform at Wake Forest
May 21, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events
Sitarist Ravi Shankar has canceled his performance with Wake Forest University’s 1997-98 Secrest Artists Series. Shankar had been scheduled to perform Oct. 2. According to his publicist, he has had to reduce the number of concerts he does this year due to his age and […]
Gerstner to Deliver Commencement Address
May 19, 1997 | Commencement, Events
Louis V. Gerstner Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of International Business Machines Corporation, will speak at Wake Forest University’s 1997 commencement ceremony this morning. Approximately 1,348 undergraduate and graduate students will receive diplomas during the ceremony that begins at 9 a.m. on University Plaza. […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
May 1, 1997 | Campus Life, Community, Events
Tips for Hot Weather Exercise As summer approaches, exercise buffs need to adapt to hot weather conditions, says Don Bergey, exercise coordinator for Wake Forest’s cardiac rehabilitation program. The only way to be sure you are drinking enough water when you exercise in hot weather […]
This week at Wake Forest
April 24, 1997 | Events, Speakers
Matthew Alexander 5K Memorial Race The Wake Forest ROTC is sponsoring a road race in memory of Matthew Alexander on Friday, April 25. Alexander, an ROTC cadet and rising senior at Wake Forest, was aboard TWA Flight 800 that crashed last summer. Race proceeds will […]
Chi Rho Presents Annual Concert
April 22, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events
Chi Rho, the 12-member men’s a capella chorus that performed at the White House and released its third album earlier this year, will perform its annual concert 8 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at Brendle Recital Hall. The free concert by the all-male Christian group will […]
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