33rd annual AMIS conference to commemorate David Tannenberg
April 8, 2004 | Arts & Culture, Events
The 33rd annual conference of the American Musical Instrument Society (AMIS) will take place May 19-22 in historic Old Salem. This year’s event, which is hosted by the Wake Forest University Department of Music, Old Salem Inc. and Duke University’s music department, will commemorate the […]
WFU hauntings conference looks at stories of ghostly lore
April 8, 2004 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
A ghost supposedly lives in Hanes Park in Winston-Salem. Another one named Lydia allegedly appears on North Carolina Route 70 near an overgrown, graffiti-covered bridge in Jamestown. These urban legends and other folklore related to the literature of “haunting” will be among the topics discussed […]
Stories this week at WFU
April 8, 2004 | Events, Speakers, University Announcement
NEWS SERVICE CLOSED, CLASSES CANCELLED FOR GOOD FRIDAY Classes will not meet and administrative offices on the Reynolda Campus will be closed April 9 in observance of Good Friday. For urgent media needs during this time, contact the News Service at 336-758-5237 and follow the […]
Experts discuss animal and human minds at WFU
April 7, 2004 | Events, Speakers
What does it mean to be an animal? Philosophers and psychologists will discuss this and related questions at the two-day conference “Being an Animal” at Wake Forest University April 16-17. The conference will be held in DeTamble Auditorium in Tribble Hall. Admission is free. On […]
Wake Forest announces new schedule for musical ‘Into the Woods’ following fire
April 4, 2004 | Arts & Culture, Events
Despite a fire that destroyed its set April 3, the Wake Forest University Theatre production of “Into the Woods” will be performed on campus this week, after all. The play, which opened April 2, will be moved to Brendle Recital Hall from the MainStage Theatre […]
WFU to create buzz at heads vs. feds debate
April 2, 2004 | Events, Speakers
The Wake Forest University Student Union will present “Heads vs. Feds: The Great Debate,” with Steven Hager, former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine, and Robert Stutman, a 25-year veteran of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), April 14 at 8 p.m. The lecture will focus […]
WFU Anthropology museum offers final lecture in West Mexican series
April 2, 2004 | Arts & Culture, Events
Wake Forest University’s Museum of Anthropology will present the final lecture of the series offered in conjunction with the exhibit “Images for Eternity: West Mexican Tomb Figures” April 22 at 7:30 p.m. Titled “Insects and Ancient Figurines: New Evidence from West Mexico,” the lecture will […]
Children can explore the Australian outback at anthropology museum’s summer camp
April 2, 2004 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events
Wake Forest University’s Museum of Anthropology will offer “Adventures in the Australian Outback,” for their 2004 Summer Camp. The week-long camp, which is open to elementary-age children in grades one through five, will be offered three times: June 7-11 (full), June 14-18 and June 21-25, […]
Symposium on death penalty to be held at WFU
April 1, 2004 | Events, Speakers
Students at Wake Forest University have organized the free public event, “Death Penalty Moratorium Symposium: The Case for a N.C. Moratorium,” at 7 p.m. April 13 in Benson University Center’s Pugh Auditorium. Darryl Hunt, a Winston-Salem resident who was recently released from prison after being […]
WFU music department concludes year with five spring concerts
April 1, 2004 | Arts & Culture, Events
Wake Forest University’s Department of Music will bring a close to its 2003-2004 year with five spring concerts. All concerts will be held in Scales Fine Arts Center’s Brendle Recital Hall and are free and open to the public. The University Jazz Ensemble will perform […]
News Archives
Wake Forest in the News
Wake Forest regularly appears in media outlets around the world.