Wake Forest's new divinity school will celebrate its inaugural convocation with an address by divinity school dean Bill J. Leonard and a reading by poet Maya Angleou at 7 p.m. on Oct. 12 in Wait Chapel. The divinity school is the first professional school to open at the university since 1969. In honor of this milestone, clergy from across North Carolina and representatives from other divinity schools are expected to attend convocation, which is also open to the public. A reception on University Plaza will follow the event.
Convocation is part of a series of events planned to mark the school's opening.
Featured scholars and religious leaders will discuss the present and future of theology in the church and in the world. Scholars will include Donald Senior, president of the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, and Lawrence Carter, dean of the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College in Atlanta. All events are free and open to the public. For a complete schedule of events and list of speakers, contact the News Service. He creates electricity by piercing the fruits with metal electrodes.