Maria Henson ('82), Author at Wake Forest Magazine

Maria Henson ('82)

Maria Henson (’82), a Pulitzer Prize winner and a 1994 Nieman Fellow at Harvard, worked at newspapers until 2009. After living in Botswana, she returned to the Reynolda Campus to oversee the Wake Forest Magazine, teach and share the notable tales of Demon Deacons.

Stories by Maria Henson ('82)

No. 1 – No. 25

by Maria Henson ('82), Cherin C. Poovey (P '08), Kerry M. King ('85), Allison Cacich ('13)

101 Things We Love About Wake Forest

No. 26 – No. 50

by Maria Henson ('82), Cherin C. Poovey (P '08), Kerry M. King ('85), Allison Cacich

101 Things We Love About Wake Forest

No. 51 – No. 75

by Maria Henson ('82), Cherin C. Poovey (P '08), Kerry M. King ('85), Allison Cacich ('13)

101 Things We Love About Wake Forest

No. 76 – No. 101

by Maria Henson ('82), Cherin C. Poovey (P '08), Kerry M. King ('85), Allison Cacich ('13)

101 Things We Love About Wake Forest

Wade Murphy (’00) helps endow the Humanities Institute with $1 million gift

by Maria Henson ('82)

In February, Wade Murphy (’00), executive vice president of Marmik Oil Co. in El Dorado, Ark., made history as the only person under 35 to make a single seven-figure gift in the University’s history. Murphy, a member of the College Board of Visitors, donated $1 million to the Humanities Institute. In 2010 the National Endowment […]

Miss Welty’s lessons on listening

by Maria Henson ('82)

Commencement 2013 brought back memories of Eudora Welty’s appearance at Wake Forest and the magic of names.

Inside Out: Wake … A documentary

by Maria Henson ('82)

Introducing a video that provides the behind-the-scenes look at Inside Out: Wake, a public art installation that inspired a Wake Forest conversation

Raising a school in South Sudan

by Maria Henson ('82)

Phillips Bragg (’93), living Pro Humanitate ideals, travels to Africa to help his friend in South Sudan and a new nation.

The Genesis of Ode to Reynolda Gardens

by Maria Henson ('82)

What inspired Ode to Reynolda Gardens and a gallery of Travis Dove (’04) photos

Online education — the Wake Forest way

by Maria Henson ('82)

Provost Rogan Kersh explains how online courses could be a supplement to Wake Forest-style education.

Inventing an Elevated Burger

by Maria Henson ('82)

Entrepreneur April Arden Hess ('96, MSA '97) brings an accountant's precision and her sensibilities as a mother of two to Elevation Burger's global enterprise

Rogan Returns

by Maria Henson ('82)

'The deepest kind of homecoming imaginable.'

Lindsay Chambers (’00) and alumni friends: ‘Call Me Maybe’

by Maria Henson ('82)

“Call Me Maybe?” Always, for these Class of 2000 alumni.

Notre Dame vs. Deacs? Good answer.

by Maria Henson ('82)

In family loyalty v. Wake Forest loyalty in sports, guess which prevailed for Connor Swarbrick (’11)?

Melissa Harris-Perry (’94): On meaning

by Maria Henson ('82)

Melissa Harris-Perry (’94) urged students to ask “What difference does that make?”

James Beshara (’08) and Crowdtilt are worth watching

by Maria Henson ('82)

Crowdtilt, co-founded by James Beshara (’08), continues to gain good press, this time in Fast Company.

Lawyer and activist Jeannetta Craigwell-Graham (’06) on Rwanda’s lessons

by Maria Henson ('82)

Taking a break, this alumna looked up from her career-building priorities at a NYC law firm to refocus her vision to help others.

Gaye Taylor Upchurch (’96) on theatre, “Escape,” and the creative process

by Maria Henson ('82)

“Escape” opens in New York this weekend with director Gaye Taylor Upchurch (’96) as maestro of the play as well as a successful career.