WFU’S study center in Vienna dedicated
September 22, 1999 | International, University Announcement
Flow House, a 19th century villa in Vienna, was officially dedicated as Wake Forest University’s newest international residential study center on Sunday, Oct. 3. The house was a gift from Winston-Salem businessman and Wake Forest trustee Victor I. Flow Jr. and his wife, Roddy. […]
Italian film director to visit Wake Forest
September 20, 1999 | Arts & Culture, Events, University Announcement
Italian filmmaker Francesco Rosi will be a guest artist at Wake Forest University and the North Carolina School of the Arts from Sept. 26-Oct. 3. At Wake Forest, the well-known director will give a public lecture and lead a discussion following the showing of one […]
ACLU president to speak at WFU Law School
September 17, 1999 | Events, School of Law, Speakers, University Announcement
Nadine Strossen, president of the American Civil Liberties Union, will speak at the Wake Forest University School of Law on Sept. 22. Strossen’s talk, “Cyberliberties, Free Speech and Civil Liberty on the Internet,” will begin at noon on Sept. 22 in the Worrell Professional Center, […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
September 16, 1999 | Events, Speakers, University Announcement
STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO COMPETE IN LOCAL DEBATE TOURNAMENT Nearly 1,200 high school students from 35 states will be in Winston-Salem to compete in the National Earlybird Forensics Tournament on Sept. 17-19. Competitions will be held at Wake Forest, North Forsyth High School […]
WFU celebrates science and technology year
September 15, 1999 | University Announcement
Wake Forest University is celebrating “Science and Technology: The Next Millennium” through a series of speakers, events and activities during the 1999-2000 academic year. From cloning to computer security, events will focus on a wide variety of science and technology issues. The majority of […]
Composer in-residence receives award
September 15, 1999 | Arts & Culture, University Announcement
Dan Locklair, Wake Forest University’s composer-in-residence and professor of music, has been awarded a fellowship by the North Carolina Arts Council’s Artist Fellowship Program 1999-2000. The award, granted by a panel of experienced artists and arts professionals, will be used by Locklair to create a […]
Renowned art scholar joins WFU faculty
September 14, 1999 | Arts & Culture, Faculty, University Announcement
David M. Lubin, a renowned scholar of American art and film, has joined the Wake Forest University art department as the first Charlotte C. Weber Professor of Art. A 1994 cover story in the Chronicle of Higher Education titled “Art Historian and Provocateur” described […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
September 9, 1999 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Community, Events, University Announcement
DNA PIONEER TO SPEAK AT WAKE FOREST James D. Watson, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who discovered the structure of DNA, will deliver Wake Forest’s Opening Convocation address at 11 a.m. on Sept. 16 in Wait Chapel. Watson’s address is part of “Science & Technology: The […]
Church asked not to perform ceremonies
September 8, 1999 | School of Divinity, University Announcement
An ad hoc committee of the Wake Forest University Board of Trustees has asked Wake Forest Baptist Church not to perform same-gender union ceremonies in the university’s facilities. The committee, appointed last March by trustee chairman John G. Medlin Jr., met a number of times […]
WFU cancels opening convocation
September 7, 1999 | University Announcement
Wake Forest University has canceled its Opening Convocation on Sept. 16. A number of participants in the convocation program were not able to attend the event due to difficult travel conditions stemming from Hurricane Floyd. The university will not reschedule the event. However, the […]
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