WFU Awards Teachers $20,000 Each For Excellence
September 9, 1997 | Community, Media Advisory, Personal and Career Development, Teacher-Scholar
Wake Forest University awarded two outstanding teachers with $20,000 each during the university’s Opening Convocation ceremony on Sept. 4. Patricia Ann Killian, a high school French teacher in Gainesville, Fla., and Ellen Carole Stanley, a multi-grade elementary teacher in Newport, Del., were named the 1997 […]
Kushner Says Only Religion Can Give Lives Meaning
September 4, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events, Media Advisory, Speakers
Only religion can provide the moral framework, sense of community, forgiveness and assurance Americans need to overcome fears of death and find meaning in their lives, Rabbi Harold Kushner said today in an address marking the official start of Wake Forest University’s 1997-98 Year of […]
Wake Forest Ranks 28th in U.S. News’ Annual Guide
August 21, 1997 | Media Advisory
Wake Forest University ranked 28th among national universities in U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings of America’s best colleges and universities released today. The University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and Brandeis University tied Wake Forest for the 28th spot. The 1998 edition […]
Clinical Sciences Building To Be Named For Janeway
May 15, 1997 | Faculty, Media Advisory, School of Medicine, University Announcement
The signature building of the Bowman Gray/Baptist Hospital Medical Center in Winston-Salem will be named for Dr. Richard Janeway, who has led Wake Forest University’s Bowman Gray School of Medicine for almost three decades. Wake Forest University’s board of trustees has approved changing the name […]
Illness Cancels Ravi Shankar Concert
March 20, 1997 | Events, Media Advisory
Ravi Shankar, who has popularized Indian music around the world, will not perform a concert that had been scheduled for tonight (March 21) at Wake Forest University. The concert was canceled after the university learned Shankar had become suddenly ill. Shankar was admitted to Bowman […]
Space Shuttle Veteran to Meet Science STARS
March 18, 1997 | Community, Events, Media Advisory, Speakers
Astronaut Bill McArthur returns home to North Carolina Friday, March 21, to share highlights of his record 14-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1993 and 1995 trip to the Russian Space Station Mir aboard Atlantis. McArthur, a North Carolina native, will speak 4-5 […]
Appalachian Highway Threatens Flying Squirrels
March 11, 1997 | Community, Faculty, Media Advisory, Research
A new scenic mountain highway built to promote tourism and development in North Carolina threatens the northern flying squirrel, an endangered species and one of the states rarest mammals, says a Wake Forest University professor. Unlike the Blue Ridge Parkway and other scenic roads, biologist […]
Molly Ivins to Present the 1997 Carlyle Lecture
March 6, 1997 | Events, Media Advisory
Syndicated columnist Molly Ivins will speak at Wake Forest University on Tuesday, March 25, as the 1997 Carlyle lecturer. The free event is open to the public and begins at 8 p.m. in Wait Chapel. Following her presentation, Ivins will take questions from the audience. […]
Symposium to Explore Future of the Arts
March 3, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events, Media Advisory, University Announcement
Artists, critics, educators and arts administrators will gather at Wake Forest University to explore the future of the arts in a three-day symposium March 20-22. “The Arts in the New Century,” one of the university’s Year of the Arts events, begins Thursday, March 20, with […]
Alec Baldwin to Star in “Love Letters”
February 27, 1997 | Events, Media Advisory, University Announcement
Actor Alec Baldwin, who recently appeared in the movie “Ghosts of Mississippi,” will star in A.R. Gurney’s stage romance “Love Letters” at Wake Forest University on Tuesday, April 8. The performance had been scheduled for March 4. The play will begin at 8 p.m. in […]
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