August / September calendar of events
August 20, 2004 | Events
AUGUST Aug. 7 – Jan. 15 Exhibit: “Tokens of Thanks: Ex-votos from Brazil and Mexico.” Museum of Anthropology. Bilingual exhibit featuring more than 100 objects made of wood, metal, wax and cloth. 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Tuesday – Saturday. Free. (336) 758-5282. Aug. 23 – […]
Rescheduled talk by playwright Tony Kushner set for Sept. 9 at WFU
August 19, 2004 | Arts & Culture, Events
Tony Kushner, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of several plays, including “Angels in America,” will give a free, public lecture at 7 p.m. Sept. 9 in Wake Forest University’s Wait Chapel. The lecture will be followed by a book signing at the College Bookstore near the chapel. […]
Stories this week at WFU
August 19, 2004 | Events, School of Divinity, University Announcement
COLLEGE CLASSES START AUG. 25 — Classes begin Aug. 25 for students in the College, the Calloway School of Business, the Divinity School and the Graduate School. Other Reynolda Campus students — those in School of Law and Babcock Graduate School — return to classes on […]
Stories this week at WFU
August 12, 2004 | Campus Life, Community, Events, Student
FRESHMEN MOVE IN — Beginning at 8 a.m. Aug. 18, Wake Forest freshmen will start moving into their residence halls. Orientation for approximately 1,100 new college students kicks off the following day and lasts until Aug. 24. Students will move in all day, but most arrive […]
Divinity School to hold opening convocation
August 10, 2004 | Events, School of Divinity
The Wake Forest University Divinity School officially starts its sixth academic year at 11 a.m. Aug. 31 in Wait Chapel with an opening convocation address from university President Thomas K. Hearn Jr. This is the first time Hearn has delivered the address during the Divinity […]
Bilingual exhibit opens at WFU Anthropology museum
July 28, 2004 | Arts & Culture, Events
“Tokens of Thanks: Ex-votos from Brazil and Mexico” (“Ofrendas de agradecimiento: exvotos de Brasil y México”), a new bilingual exhibit, opens Aug. 7 at Wake Forest University’s Museum of Anthropology. The exhibit, which runs through Jan. 15, features more than 100 “ex-votos,” objects made of […]
WFU, Forsyth Public Library to host public debates with European youth
July 27, 2004 | Community, Events
To conclude its four-week program, the Southeast European Youth Leadership Institute (SEEYLI) will hold a series of public debates July 29. Hosted by the Center for International Studies and the Department of Communication at Wake Forest University, SEEYLI is an educational program funded by the […]
Anthropology professor to discuss Navajos of Canyon de Chelly
June 16, 2004 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
Jeanne Simonelli, chair of the anthropology department at Wake Forest University, will present “The Diné (Navajos) of Canyon de Chelly” June 29 at the university’s Museum of Anthropology. The free, public talk will begin at 7:30 p.m. Simonelli worked as a park ranger in Canyon […]
Photographs of Navajo daily life featured in museum of anthropology exhibit
May 24, 2004 | Arts & Culture, Events
“Crossing between Worlds: the Diné (Navajos) of Canyon de Chelly” will open at Wake Forest University’s Museum of Anthropology on June 1 and run through July 17. The exhibit features 25 black-and-white photographs documenting the activities and environment of Diné families in Canyon de Chelly, […]
Colin L. Powell to address WFU grads; C-Span to broadcast ceremony
May 14, 2004 | Commencement, Events, Speakers, University Announcement
Secretary of State Colin L. Powell will deliver Wake Forest University’s 162nd commencement address and receive an honorary doctor of laws degree during the university’s May 17 commencement ceremony. The title of Powell’s speech is “Do the Right Thing.” Approximately 1,600 undergraduate, graduate and professional […]
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