Songs without instruments
For 19 years, Chi Rho, Wake Forest’s men’s a cappella group, has been entertaining the community — performing contemporary Christian, pop, rock and traditional hymns using only their voices. For 19 years, Chi Rho, Wake Forest’s men’s a cappella group, has been entertaining the community — performing contemporary Christian, pop, rock and traditional hymns using only their voices.Conference addresses ‘pay for play’
When it comes to inequities concerning race and college sports, you can talk about changing rules or paying players, but in the end, the most important reform is providing players – even the at-risk ones – with a useful education, according to experts convened at Wake Forest’s “Losing to Win” conference.Categories: Alumni, Athletics, Happening at Wake
Wake Forest to use WebEx solutions
Wake Forest will be the first university in the world to unite every member of the extended campus community with a site-wide license for Cisco WebEx Meeting Center. The tools will roll out campus-wide over the rest of the spring semester, and by the fall, WebEx tools will be fully accessible and supported. Categories: University Announcements
Sounds like imagination
Stowe Nelson ('08) provides the sounds behind “Eurydice,” a play directed by Brook Davis (‘90), which opens today in the Ring Theatre and runs through April 23.Categories: Alumni, Arts & Culture, Research & Discovery
Rogers still a survivor
Though now in a wheelchair, former Wake Forest and NBA basketball star Rodney Rogers still has his familiar broad smile and an ability to engage an audience, as he did during an appearance on campus during the ‘Losing to Win” conference.Categories: Alumni, Athletics, Happening at Wake
The real inside couple of D.C.
In a wide-ranging conversation, journalists Al Hunt ('65) and Judy Woodruff talked about politics and government, working and raising a family in Washington, D.C., the rise of social media and the decline of traditional journalism, and the increasingly partisan, bitter style of politics, during an appearance at Wake Forest.Categories: Alumni, Happening at Wake, University Announcements
Hot topics in college athletics
In the race to have the best team, win the most games and make the most money, college sports programs have exploited student-athletes for university gains, according to some of the nation’s leading experts on race and intercollegiate sports. Those experts were gathered at Wake Forest as part of the "Losing to Win" conference.Categories: Athletics, Happening at Wake
Working toward a ‘green’ planet
At Wake Forest, one day to celebrate the Earth is not enough. From April 14-26, 13 Days of Celebrating the Earth will offer nearly two weeks of activities, and informational and motivational events around Earth Day.Categories: Arts & Culture, Environment & Sustainability, Experiential Learning
Join the conversation
An increasingly vocal group of experts is calling attention to the growing divide between the big business of NCAA sports and the well-being of student athletes who are generating record revenues for their universities.Categories: Athletics, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
Inside scoop from D.C. journalists
Two prominent Washington D.C. journalists, Al Hunt and Judy Woodruff, will speak at Wake Forest at 6 p.m. April 13 in Wait Chapel as part of the University’s Voices of Our Time series.
Categories: Happening at Wake, University Announcements