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Award-winning broadcaster and author Krista Tippett to speak at WFU
November 1, 2018 | Events, Speakers, Top Stories
Peabody Award-winning broadcaster and New York Times bestselling author Krista Tippett will visit Wake Forest for a conversation with University President Nathan O. Hatch as part of the Voices of Our Time series.
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Writer, photographer and photo critic Teju Cole to speak at WFU
October 5, 2018 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers, Top Stories
Writer and photographer Teju Cole, photography critic of the New York Times Magazine, will speak at Wake Forest as part of the University’s Voices of Our Time series.
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Dava Newman, former NASA deputy administrator, to visit WFU
September 17, 2018 | Events, Speakers, Student, Top Stories
Dava Newman, Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the first female engineer to serve as NASA Deputy Administrator, will visit Wake Forest University Sept. 24 and 25.
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Tarana Burke, ‘me too.’ Movement founder, to speak at WFU Sept. 25
September 6, 2018 | Events, Speakers, Top Stories, Valuing Diversity
Tarana Burke, founder of the ‘me too.’ Movement and social justice activist, will speak at Wake Forest University on Tuesday, Sept. 25 at 6 p.m. in Wait Chapel.
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WFU remembers connections to Sen. John McCain
August 25, 2018 | Speakers, Top Stories
Sen. John McCain impressed a timeless and personal theme upon Wake Forest University’s Class of 2002 when he delivered the commencement address: “It is courage that counts.”
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Wake Forest University Commencement: Media arrangements
May 15, 2018 | Commencement, Events, Speakers, Top Stories
Members of the media are invited to attend Wake Forest University’s commencement ceremony Monday, May 21. Carla Harris, vice chairman, managing director and senior client advisor at Morgan Stanley, will deliver the commencement address to nearly 1,900 graduates.
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Carla Harris to deliver 2018 Commencement address at WFU
April 30, 2018 | Commencement, Events, Speakers, Top Stories
Carla Harris, vice chairman, managing director and senior client advisor at Morgan Stanley, will deliver Wake Forest University’s commencement address on Monday, May 21.
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Anna Julia Cooper Center to host national Know Her Truths conference
March 19, 2018 | Events, Speakers, Top Stories
The Anna Julia Cooper Center at Wake Forest University will host the second bi-annual Know Her Truths national conference addressing the lives of women and girls of color. Know Her Truths 2018 will take place March 22 and 23 in Farrell Hall on the Wake Forest campus.
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‘The Broken Box’ to be the focus of TEDxWakeForestU
February 2, 2018 | Events, Speakers, Top Stories
Wake Forest University will host TEDxWakeForestU, an independently organized event licensed by TED, on Saturday, Feb. 17 from 12 to 4 p.m. in Wait Chapel.
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‘Hidden Figures’ author Margot Shetterly to speak at Wake Forest
January 9, 2018 | Events, Speakers, Top Stories, Valuing Diversity
Margot Lee Shetterly, author of “Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race,” will speak at Wake Forest University on Monday, February 5 at 7 p.m. in Wait Chapel.
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