Kushner Address Kicks off Year of Religion
August 27, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
Rabbi Harold Kushner, best-selling author of “When Bad Things Happen To Good People,” begins Wake Forest University’s Year of Religion in American Life Thursday, Sept. 4, with an opening convocation address at 11 a.m. in Brendle Recital Hall. Due to strong demand, no more public […]
This week at Wake Forest
April 24, 1997 | Events, Speakers
Matthew Alexander 5K Memorial Race The Wake Forest ROTC is sponsoring a road race in memory of Matthew Alexander on Friday, April 25. Alexander, an ROTC cadet and rising senior at Wake Forest, was aboard TWA Flight 800 that crashed last summer. Race proceeds will […]
African-American Writer to Speak at WFU
April 9, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
Brent Staples, author of the critically-acclaimed autobiography, “Parallel Time: Growing Up in Black and White,” will speak at Wake Forest University at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, in Brendle Recital Hall. Staples’s book chronicles his ascent from the mean streets of the urban ghetto to […]
WFU To Offer Lecture on Chinese Foreign Policy
April 3, 1997 | Events, International, Speakers
Guest lecturer Brantly Womack will discuss “The Basic Parameters of China’s Foreign Policy” at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, in Carswell Hall’s Annenberg Forum at Wake Forest University. Womack, professor of government and director of the East Asia Center at the University of Virginia, has […]
Conference Examines Spirituality & Volunteerism
March 25, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
To explore the link between volunteerism and spirituality, Wake Forest University will host a conference April 11-12 in Benson University Center, Room 401. Organized by Wake Forest students, faculty and campus ministers, the “Spirituality and Volunteerism” conference will feature guest speakers, panel discussions, breakout groups […]
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 […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
February 27, 1997 | Arts & Culture, Events, Media Advisory, Speakers
Beethoven Festival Focuses on the Ninth Wake Forest music professor David Levy has organized “Joy’s Legacy: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony: a Festival and Symposium” to be held at Wake Forest Saturday, March 1, and Sunday, March 2. The Ninth Symphony, famous for its choral finale “Ode […]
Lecture Explores Greek, Indian Connections
February 4, 1997 | Events, Media Advisory, Speakers
The influences of Indian culture on Greek civilization about 2,000 years ago is the topic of the next free Brown Bag Lunchtime Lecture at Wake Forest University’s Museum of Anthropology Thursday, Feb. 13. “East Meets West: The Greek Inscriptions of an Indian King” begins at […]
New Congregations Replacing Old, Says Expert at WFU
October 29, 1996 | Faculty, School of Divinity, Speakers
There’s new life in the old pews, says the author of an upcoming book whose study of congregations in nine American cities found effective ministry amid a religious landscape marked by dying old churches and declining identification with mainline denominations. Many congregations fail to adapt […]
Experts to Help Clergy Face Trends Shaping Religion
October 28, 1996 | Community, Events, Speakers
Three nationally-known religious experts will share new findings affecting churches throughout America–weakening loyalty to denominations, the growth of Islam and other world religions and increasing expectations to assume caretaker roles long held by government–in the seminar for clergy, “If Jesus TarriesÖProfiling American Religion Toward a […]
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