How to Make New Friends in Two Hours

Nick Gray (’04) offers his step-by-step strategy for small, fun cocktail parties to bring new people into your life.

Seeing Success in Others

Maria Toler Velissaris (’02) , who stretched her entrepreneurial wings building a new company as a Wake Forest junior, has soared as a lauded venture capitalist in women’s health care.

Finding Answers in the Past

Laura Malone Elliott (’79) offers young people connections and inspiration in her historical novels that can help them navigate the world today.

Entrusted to Lead

Dr. Susan R. Wente is installed as Wake Forest’s 14th president, sharing her transformative journey and charting a historic course for the University.

News of the World

Behold the humble Fijian dish bearing tidings from Polynesia, an explorer’s ship, a ‘Disneyland’ museum circa mid-1700s and a Wake Forest bet on the future.

Stories We're Telling

Decorated Veteran, Mentor to Black Students

by Carol L. Hanner

Isaac Sims (’75) offered a compassionate ear and help to younger classmates facing challenges in the 1970s.

The Great American Road Trip

by Kerry M. King ('85)

Retired Army Col. Jay Waters ('87) bikes from coast-to-coast to honor veterans.

The 1960 Winston-Salem Sit-in

by Kerry M. King ('85)

Wayland Johnson ('61) remembers the day Wake Forest and Winston-Salem State students changed history.

'The Mayberry Effect'

by Carol L. Hanner

Filmmaker Chris Hudson (MFA ’18) creates a documentary that delves into the passions driving six decades of cultural fascination with “The Andy Griffith Show.”

Wake Life

Inauguration 2022

President Susan R. Wente's inauguration in Wait Chapel

Ken Bennett photo

Staff Favorites

Reading the River

by Carol L. Hanner

Lessons From a Time of Upheaval

by Kerry M. King ('85)

Treasures of the Archives

by Kerry M. King ('85)

Walking With the Hope

by Maria Henson ('82)

About the Staff

Maria Henson ('82)

Carol L. Hanner

Kerry M. King ('85)

Katherine Laws ('20)

In Print

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