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College Bowl team wins place in history

For three weeks 50 years ago, four Wake Forest students captured the nation’s attention on the popular “College Bowl” quiz show.

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Hoop dreams: The 1962 Final Four team

Billy Packer (’62) remembers Bones and the 1962 run to the Final Four.

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Summer’s hottest books

From a riveting account of World War I to the uplifting story of Martha Mason (’60), alumni professors share their favorite can’t-put-down summer books.

DAvid Forsythe ('64) was a senior Fulbright professor in Denmark in 2009.

David Forsythe (’64) explores the ‘dark side’ of war, human rights and U.S. policy

International relations expert David Forsythe (’64) on terrorism, the Arab Spring and the next refugee crisis.

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Jack Shearin (’50): Building hope, one ramp at a time

Jack Shearin (’50), 84-years-young, has helped build more than 600 ramps for the disabled.

The Calvin Jones House near the Old Campus.

Susan Brinkley (’62) preserves memories of the Old Campus

Susan Brinkley (’62) shares tales of the Old Campus on UNC-TV.

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Bill Gordon bids a second farewell to his alma mater

Psychology professor and former provost Bill Gordon (’68, MA ’70) retires after distinguished career.

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Messing With the Mona Lisa

Although Bill Coore (’68) is a world-renowned golf course architect, he comes across as exceedingly humble. Ask him about playing for the vaunted Wake Forest golf team, for instance, and Coore won’t embellish the facts. “I existed in a sense with the golf team through my sophomore year,” he drawls gently. “To say I played [...]

Niepold (back row, fifth from left) at a celebration with nyanyas and preschoolers in Kenya, July 2011.

Constant and True

It wouldn’t be wrong to say that I followed my brother his entire life. Dwight was my only sibling, two years older, and even in our small hometown of Lexington, N.C., I needed someone to show me which way to go, or, at least, which was the most interesting way. Eventually, I followed him right [...]

Mary Ann Cromer Brittain (far right in lavender sweater) with several of her Wake Forest classmates.

North Carolina honors science educator Mary Ann Brittain (’62)

Order of the Long Leaf Pine recognizes teacher who led the conversion of a cow pasture into a classroom.