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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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Professor Emeritus Mary Frances Robinson dies

A memorial service for retired French professor Mary Frances Robinson, who died on July 31, will be held on Sunday, Sept. 2, at 3 p.m. in Wait Chapel.

Spreading the Wake Forest spirit in China: Nicole Stanton ('11), Monica Kitt ('10), Rachel Baxter ('11), Henry Skelsey ('10) and Ben Terry ('08).

Deacons connect in the Far East

Alumni are renewing their black and gold ties through new alumni clubs 7,000 miles from campus.

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Human rights for ‘the least of these’

Human rights is both a passion and a profession for Karen Buschman Barnes (’05).

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Hillary Taylor (’11), and professors Monique O’Connell and Emily Wakild

Hillary Taylor’s unusual academic journey, from Wake Forest to Italy to Mexico.

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Face Time: Rob Musci and Peter Brubaker

There aren’t many professors who would run through fire, climb to the top of a mountain or crawl through mud with their students. Senior Rob Musci of Kernersville, N.C., found one in Professor of Health and Exercise Science Peter Brubaker (MA ’86). Last fall in Virginia, Musci and Brubaker — along with a handful of [...]

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Face Time: Nick Liu and Stewart Carter

Sometimes students have to travel far from home to discover what is right in front of them. That was the case for junior Cheng “Nick” Liu, a native of China and gifted pianist, who returned home last summer with Professor of Music Stewart Carter (P ’01) to explore the history of Chinese orchestras. Liu and Carter [...]

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Face Time: Camille Morgan and Paul Thacker

Sometimes students have to let go of one dream to open their minds to pursue a new one. If all had gone according to plan, senior Camille Morgan from Raleigh, N.C., would be applying to veterinary schools. Instead, she discovered a passion for anthropology through the opportunities and guidance provided by Associate Professor of Anthropology [...]

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Face Time: Kendall Hack, Rachel Handel, Carrie Stokes and Ananda Mitra

On a long car ride back to New Delhi after visiting the Taj Mahal, Kendall Hack (Hilton Head, S.C.), Rachel Handel (Gaithersburg, Md.) and Carrie Stokes (Winston-Salem, N.C.) barely noticed the huge cow in the middle of the road, a common sight in India. After five weeks in India for a summer study-abroad communication class [...]

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 [...]