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1963 College Bowl team

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.

Amy Bannister White ('90); Serving her community (photo courtesy Corey Lowenstein, The News and Observer)

Amy White (’90): A reason to give thanks

Amy Bannister White (’90) delivers turkeys on Thanksgiving and hope throughout the year.

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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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Alumnus leads student to ‘Wake’ and ‘Forest’

Probably no one’s journey to Wake Forest was longer than Somali native Yasin Ali’s, but he had Jordan Adam (’04) pointing the way.

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Keeping Traditions, Creating New Ones

Students happily maintain those long-lived, cherished traditions. But they also are inventing new ones — about three dozen in the past decade. Students and alumni pack Wait Chapel the first Sunday night in December for the largest Moravian-style lovefeast in North America, begun in 1965. Since President Nathan Hatch rode into his Inaugural Ball in [...]

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Where Are They Now?

Founded The Unique Sheep to produce hand-painted yarn for knitting and crocheting. Works full time with The Unique Sheep. “Define success for yourself. It is easy to get caught up in the aspirations of others and believe that to be successful you need to have X amount of sales, so many employees or the support [...]

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Ten years of hitting the bricks

Lori Piccolo (’87) will be watching from afar as hundreds of students race around Hearn Plaza for the 10th annual Hit the Bricks fundraiser Sept. 27.

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The unforgettable Jeff Dobbs (’77)

The dancing, head-spinning Deacon was a crowd favorite in the 1970s.

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Mary Scott Haynie (’13): A Deacon then and now

Seventeen years after four-year-old Mary Scott Haynie was the Homecoming poster child, she’s entering her senior year at Wake Forest.

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Continuing the legacy

Alumni move their children onto a campus that still evokes happy memories.