Virtual Easter Sunrise Service to be streamed from campus
The University and the School of Divinity are inviting all interested to join a Virtual Easter Sunrise Service on Sunday, April 12.
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Maya Angelou Garden Party to be a podcast this year
Organizers of the Maya Angelou Garden Party announced, recently, that the event will be a podcast this year.
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Office of Sustainability to host webinar open to all
The Office of Sustainability will host a webinar Climate Solutions for North Carolina on April 7, 2020. We hope this virtual panel and dialogue will provide an opportunity for students to connect over meaningful discussion about climate solutions for our state.
The event will begin with a virtual panel of leaders that will offer state-wide perspectives on climate solutions: accelerating innovation, preparing and protecting communities, & reducing GHG emissions. A recorded link to this portion will be available following the event. Panelists include:
• Jessica Whitehead, Ph.D., Chief Resilience Officer, North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency | NC Emergency Management
• Elizabeth Ouzts, Journalist | Energy News Network; Former Director of Communication | Environment America
• Steve Kalland, Executive Director | NC Clean Energy Technology Center
Following the panel, the Office of Civic & Community Engagement will moderate a deliberative dialogue on climate choices.
The webinar is free and open to all who register. You can learn more and register here. Each person should register individually. This is part of a national network of events across the US called Solve Climate by 2030; Wake Forest is the host campus for NC.
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Easy way to update University’s events calendar launched
Campus users who have submitted events to the University’s events calendar may now update their events as Canceled, Postponed, Live, or Sold Out. (All events are Live by default.)
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Shana Tucker to perform in More Barn Concerts series
This is a guest post from the More Barn Concerts series: More Barnconcerts proudly presents Shana Tucker on March 19 at The Barn at Reynolda Village in Winston-Salem. Doors will open at 7 p.m. and the concert will begin at 8 p.m. This will be a […]
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Campus Recreation hosts faculty-staff RECESS
Faculty and staff are invited to join monthly RECESS events, hosted by Campus Recreation. Join Campus Recreation for charades on Friday, March 13, wiffle ball on April 24 and kickball on May 15.
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Secrest Artists Series presents six concerts marking 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth
This is a guest post from the Secrest Artists Series:
The year 2020 marks the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth. To celebrate, the Secrest Artists Series is presenting a six-concert odyssey into the complete String Quartets of Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by the vibrant young Elias String Quartet. We begin with three concerts on February 26, 27, and 29. The series will be completed by three concerts in October 2020 as part of our 2020-21 season.
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Wake Forest offers apology for historic tie to slavery
At Founders’ Day Convocation on Feb. 20, President Nathan O. Hatch offered an apology for how Wake Forest benefitted from the labor and sale of enslaved people in the 19th Century.
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‘ReVision’ to be the focus of TEDXWakeForestU
This guest post was written and shared by news intern Caroline Wilson (’21): Wake Forest University will host TEDxWakeForestU, an independently organized event licensed by TED, on Saturday, Feb. 22 from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Wait Chapel. ‘Revision,’ the theme of Wake Forest’s TEDx […]
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TechX 2020
TechX will take place Feb. 25 between 12-3 p.m. in Room 401 of the Benson University Center. Drop by to see how your colleagues and other campus community members are using technology in a number of creative endeavors across our campus!
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