Stories We're Telling
An Inspiring Life, an Enduring Friendship
Two journalists in the Class of 1965 reconnect and celebrate the memoir of a female pioneer.
Decorated Deacs
A Wake Forest affinity group sees military service as a way to better the lives of others.
Let’s Make A Deal — and Help the Environment
Jack Laughlin (’17) pivoted from finance to co-founding BinStar, a store selling deeply discounted returned merchandise that was headed for landfills.
Data Driven
Chris Lewis (’22, MSA ’23) had the time of his life leading a group of students who crunched the numbers that helped our famous baseball team excel.
#FlashbackFriday #wakeflashback A tip of the Deacon hat to Wake Forest University leaders (all men) who voted in 1942 to admit junior and senior women because of the "college's loss of male students to the armed services." Wake Forest trustees had approved the admission of women "for the duration of the war" in the spring. That clause was later dropped, and the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina approved the trustees' decision to admit women without restrictions. Meanwhile, more students were going off to war, and the U.S. Army Finance School had taken over half the campus. Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections & Archives Wake Forest Parents and Families Old Gold & Black
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TIME magazine has named @WakeForest alumnus Syd Kitson the 2023 "Dreamer of the Year." He developed Florida's @babcockranchfl, the first solar-powered town in America, while preserving much of the surrounding land. https://bit.ly/SydKitson2023
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Homecoming 2023
Alumni families hang with friends and play games at the Festival on the Quad.
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