The Roots in concert at Wait Chapel
August 29, 2003 | Arts & Culture, Events
Featuring songs from their latest recording, “The Roots Come Alive,” The Roots will give Wake Forest University a complete hip-hop sound experience with crisp drums, vibrating bass and intense keyboard sounds at Wait Chapel on Sept. 19 at 8 p.m. Doors will open at 7 […]
Stories this week at WFU
August 28, 2003 | Campus Life, Events, Research, School of Business, Speakers, Student
ARE COMPUTER NUMBER GAMES REALLY READING YOUR MIND? – There are several versions of the game that circulate on the Internet: the computer prompt asks you to type in a three or four digit number, reverse the numbers, subtract one from the other and magically it […]
Bill Leonard to lecture on new book at WFU
August 22, 2003 | Events, Faculty, School of Divinity, Speakers
Bill Leonard, dean of the Wake Forest University Divinity School and professor of church history, will give the public lecture “Changing a Theology: Baptists, Salvation and Globalism Then and Now” at 11 a.m. Sept. 2 in the university’s Wait Chapel. Leonard, an expert on church […]
Stories this week at WFU
August 21, 2003 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Events, For Parents, Research, School of Medicine, Student
GOING HOME TO AN EMPTY NEST – Parents of freshmen all across the country, including the 1,009 Wake Forest freshmen who moved in Aug. 20, will be going home to either an empty house or a quieter one after dropping off their new college student this […]
Pianist Orion Weiss to open Secrest Artists Series season
August 20, 2003 | Arts & Culture, Events
Twenty-one-year-old pianist Orion Weiss will open the 2003-2004 Secrest Artists Series at Wake Forest University on Sept. 4. Weiss, the winner of the 2002 Avery Fisher Career Grant, will perform at 8 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall. While still a teenager, Weiss stepped in with […]
WFU starts 2003-2004 theme year dedicated to dialogue, civil discourse
August 20, 2003 | Community, Events, Speakers, University Announcement
The theme “Fostering Dialogue: Civil Discourse in an Academic Community” will set the tone for the upcoming 2003-2004 academic year as Wake Forest University hosts a number of events, lectures and performances designed to explore how free people with passionate interests and beliefs can communicate […]
WFU calendar of events August-September
August 15, 2003 | Events
August Through Sept. 20 “Peruvian Textiles from Past to Present.” Museum of Anthropology. 19th and 20th century Peruvian textiles including complete native outfits and weaving paraphernalia will be on display. Free. Museum hours: 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Tues. – Sat. For more information, call […]
Ancient Peruvian textiles showcased in WFU museum through Sept. 20
August 11, 2003 | Arts & Culture, Events
“Peruvian Textiles, Past & Present” runs through Sept. 20 at Wake Forest University’s Museum of Anthropology. The exhibit features woven textiles, complete outfits of native clothing and weaving paraphernalia ranging from the second century B.C. to the 20th century, all on loan from local private […]
‘Pixerina Witcherina’ to open at WFU art gallery
August 8, 2003 | Arts & Culture, Events
“Pixerina Witcherina,” an exhibition featuring contemporary women artists who address the complex history of women and storytelling, will open Aug. 26 at the Charlotte and Philip Hanes Art Gallery on the campus of Wake Forest University. The exhibit runs through Oct. 10. The title of […]
Stories this week at WFU
July 24, 2003 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Events, For Parents, Research, School of Business, Student
SCHOOL VOLUNTEERING 101: PRACTICAL TIPS FOR PARENTS – For parents, volunteering at school can open an important window into a child’s world, but maintaining a balance between involved and too involved is important, says Donna Henderson, associate professor of counseling at Wake Forest. Henderson, who has […]
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