"Cindy Gendrich" Archive

Proposals funded: Beavers, Gendrich, Rejeski

Congratulations to Kristen Beavers, assistant professor of health and exercise science, whose proposal entitled “Incorporating Nutrition, Vests, Education, and Strength Training in Bone Health (INVEST in Bone Health) has been funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Congratulations to Cindy Gendrich, professor of theatre and dance, whose proposal entitled “Served: Forklift Danceworks at Wake Forest University” has been funded by the New England Foundation for the Arts.

Congratulations to Jack Rejeski, research professor of health and exercise science, whose proposal entitled “Molecular transducers of physical activity consortium coordinating center (CCC)” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and by (subaward/subcontract from) the University of Florida.

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'From the Ground Up' showcased facilities staff and their contributions to campus

Housekeeping staff, arborists, turf crew members, locksmiths and carpenters were among the nearly 70 participants performing on Hearn Plaza in the original dance piece “From the Ground Up.” Performances were held on Oct. 3, 4 and 5.

Click here to download the program.

More than two-and-a-half years in the making, “From the Ground Up” was a collaboration between Wake Forest and Forklift Danceworks, a dance company based in Austin, Texas, whose mission is to use creative dance to build community. Cindy Gendrich, theatre professor and director of the University’s Interdisciplinary Performance and Liberal Arts Center (IPLACe); Christina Soriano, dance professor and associate provost for the arts and interdisciplinary programs at Wake Forest; and John Shenette, vice president, facilities and campus services, were the forces that helped move the project forward.

For more information and a video about the production, visit here.

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NEA, NEFA grants help bring Forklift Danceworks to WFU

The Forklift Danceworks company, led by Wake Forest alumna Allison Orr (’93), follows landscaping staff on their morning duties.

Wake Forest’s Interdisciplinary Performance and Liberal Arts Center (IPLACe) has been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New England Foundation for the Arts to help fund an interdisciplinary collaboration with Forklift Danceworks – an organization based in Austin, Texas, that uses creative collaboration to spark conversation and inspire change.

Through a multi-visit residency on the Reynolda Campus, IPLACe has worked to connect Forklift with staff, students and faculty for a community-based art making project celebrating the work of the University’s facilities and campus services team.

Throughout the spring of 2019 and into fall, Forklift choreographers and Wake Forest students, under the direction of Wake Forest humanities professor David Phillips and journalism professor Ivan Weiss, will be job shadowing Facilities and Campus Services staff to learn more about the work they do and their contributions to campus life.  In the fall of 2019, another course, taught by professors Christina Soriano (dance), and Cindy Gendrich (theatre) will continue this work.

As part of these professors’ courses, students will learn more about those Wake Foresters who often work behind-the-scenes caring for the health, well-being, and safety of our campus community. The students will produce a website and multimedia to document their experiences, and many will act as support staff for the performance.

In October 2019, Wake Forest members of the facilities and campus services team will work with faculty and students in theatre, dance, and music to create a large-scale performance highlighting the skill and grace involved in the work of groundskeeping, construction, maintenance, custodial work, and landscaping.  The performance will be held on Hearn Plaza.

Founded in 2001 by Artistic Director Allison Orr (‘93), award-winning Forklift Danceworks presents innovative performance projects with diverse communities. Wake Forest is the second of three universities who are collaborating with Forklift Danceworks.

Categories: Inside WFU

Proposals funded: Beavers, Gendrich, Ballard, Iltis

Congratulations to Kristen Beavers, assistant professor of health and exercise science, whose proposal entitled “Effect of Exercise Modality During Weight Loss on Bone Health in Older Adults” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Congratulations to Cindy Gendrich, professor of theatre, whose proposal entitled “Rethinking Community at Wake Forest: The WFU Interdisciplinary Performance and Liberal Arts Center and FORKLIFT DANCEWORKS” has been funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Congratulations to Grey Ballard, assistant professor of computer science, whose proposal entitled “Parallel Tensor Decompositions for Massive Data” has been funded by the Sandia National Laboratories.

Congratulations to Ana Iltis, professor of philosophy, whose proposal entitled “APOLLO Scientific and Data Research Center Application” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and by (subaward/subcontract from) WFU Health Sciences.

Categories: Inside WFU

Being Here: Salaam series of events underway on campus

ALL WFU BannersA series of events known as “Being Here: Salaam” is underway at Wake Forest in September and early October.

The “Being Here: Salaam” project began Sept.  21 at Hanes Art Mezzanine Gallery in Scales Fine Arts Center with an exhibit of photographs by Todd Drake featuring Imam Khalid Griggs, associate chaplain, and other Muslims–many from North Carolina.  The exhibit, which draws from Drake’s “Muslim Self-Portrait” series, will continue until Oct. 9.  In that exhibit, Griggs is the only member of the Wake Forest campus community featured.

This week, portraits of 12 Wake Forest Muslim students by Drake have been hung across campus on large banners in highly visible locations, such as the atrium at Z. Smith Reynolds Library.  On each banner, a student self-identifies in a particular manner.  For example, one banner reads “being here as a linguist,” while another reads, “being here as a scientist.”

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