Fall semester begins with plenty new for students
August 9, 1999 | Campus Life, Student
Wake Forest University opens its fall semester on Aug. 25 with a yearlong celebration of science and technology, new and renovated buildings, a new divinity school, and an additional residential study center in Europe. The semester also marks a new point in Wake Forest’s […]
Wake Forest receives grant for student research
July 21, 1999 | Student, University Announcement
Wake Forest University has received a $150,000 grant from The Starr Foundation to help support a program that provides research opportunities for undergraduates. The gift benefits the Wake Forest Research Fellowship Program, which encourages students to join faculty members as junior partners in scholarly research […]
Campus memorial service to be held for Kathryn Clendenin
June 16, 1999 | Community, Student
Kathryn Ann Clendenin, a rising junior at Wake Forest University, died suddenly on Wednesday, June 16, in Virginia. A campus memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Sept. 18 in Wait Chapel. Clendenin was a politics major from Herndon, Va. Memorials may be sent […]
Local students win scholarship honoring WFU students
April 29, 1999 | Community, Media Advisory, Recognition, Student, University Announcement
The first recipients have been selected for a scholarship honoring two Wake Forest University students who died in a drunk driving accident that sparked a statewide lobbying effort to strengthen the state’s DWI laws. Wake Forest Chi Omega sorority sisters Maia Witzl and Julie […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
April 15, 1999 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Community, Events, Recognition, Student
YAHOO! MAGAZINE GIVES WFU TOP MARKS In April 1995, Wake Forest launched a major technology initiative that has brought national attention to the university for its innovative use of computers and the Internet. Exactly four years later, Yahoo! Internet Life Magazine honors the university for […]
Wake Forest Flutist to Give Senior Recital
March 17, 1999 | Arts & Culture, Events, Student
Flutist Megan Johnson, a Wake Forest University senior, will perform a Senior Presidential Scholar Recital at 3 p.m. March 27 in the university’s Brendle Recital Hall. Johnson will perform music by Philippe Gaubert, Johann Nepomuk Hummel and Georg Philipp Telemann. Soprano Karon Click, also a […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
March 4, 1999 | Campus Life, Community, Events, Speakers, Student
STUDENTS TAKE ALTERNATIVE SPRING BREAK While many college students spend Spring Break at the beach or at home enjoying Mom’s cooking, more than 60 Wake Forest students are helping with community service projects across the country. As part of Wake Alternative Break, a program established […]
Wake Forest Students Win Music Competitions
March 2, 1999 | Arts & Culture, Student
The 22nd annual Christopher Giles and Lucille S. Harris Competitions in Musical Performance were held Feb. 20 at Wake Forest University’s Brendle Recital Hall. Six students won prizes. Jamie Raudensky, a freshman from Enhaut, Penn., won first place in the open competition and received the […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
February 25, 1999 | Arts & Culture, Events, Recognition, Speakers, Student
WAKE FOREST STUDENT NAMED TO USA TODAY ACADEMIC TEAM Jennifer Bumgarner, a Wake Forest University senior, was one of 20 students named to USA Today’s tenth annual All-USA College Academic Team, which honors students for outstanding intellectual achievement and leadership. The winners are profiled in […]
Student Named to 1999 All-USA College Academic Team
February 25, 1999 | Recognition, Student
Jennifer Bumgarner, a Wake Forest University senior, was one of 20 students named to USA Today’s tenth annual All-USA College Academic Team, which honors students for outstanding intellectual achievement and leadership. The winners are profiled in the Thursday, Feb. 25, edition of USA Today. They […]
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