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A Week at Wake

Do you remember that week in the fall semester when everything comes together? We captured it in September. Life on campus was in full swing, with business students spellbound by a standing-room-only lecture on character. Law students prepped for a “Love Island” mock trial. Engineering […]


A Week at Wake: Sunday

The only thing missing from students’ schedules on Sunday? Classes. At noon, the field hockey team trounces Boston College 2-1 in Kentner Stadium. Next door, hikers returning from an Outdoor Pursuits backpacking trip to the mountains spill out of a van to air out their […]


A Week at Wake: Monday

09/22/25  10:47am A football coach and a professor walk into a barbershop. This is not a joke. 09/22/25  8:30am In his first year, Head Football Coach Jake Dickert has become a regular, swinging by the campus barbershop on a Monday last September for a trim […]


A Week at Wake: Tuesday

Do you remember the challenge of choosing your major?  Three pairs of students work together Tuesday night on seemingly random activities: lining up a row of pennies by year, drawing a picture, doing a difficult logic puzzle, advertising basic items like pens or notebooks, using […]


A Week at Wake: Wednesday

09/24/25  1:40pm Debate competition at Wake Forest is almost as old as the institution itself, and today’s team is doing its part to uphold the Demon Deacons’ reputation as champions. On Wednesday afternoon, debate team members enter Carswell 101, filling the room with excited chatter […]


A Week at Wake: Thursday

09/25/25  9:06am The stormy forecast turns out to be right. Hit the Bricks, the event where everyone spends the day running around the Quad to raise money to fight cancer, was originally scheduled for today. But the students in charge postponed, in hopes of avoiding […]


A Week at Wake: Friday

The Grounds developers get an early start. Adam Parker (’10), Coleman Team (’09) and Jane Beasley Duncan (’07) don hardhats to survey the latest earth-moving at The Grounds, the 100-acre mixed-use development their firms are building next to Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium.  09/26/25 9:55am […]


A Week at Wake: Saturday

09/27/25 1:40pm The aroma of bacon and biscuits wafts through this morning’s tailgates at Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium, where fans, including many Family Weekend entourages, are gathering to cheer on the Deacs against Georgia Tech. Between the first and second quarters, a surprise unfolds […]


A Week at Wake: Hit the Bricks

Hit the Bricks, you may recall, was postponed due to rain, and it turns out the “exec team” made the right call. Wednesday’s weather is nothing short of glorious. The students who sparked the Brian Piccolo (’65, P ’87, ’89) Cancer Research Fund Drive […]


A legacy of open doors

Beth Norbrey & Lawrence D. Hopkins Hall isn’t just a building, their son David Hopkins (’12, MA ’15) said at the dedication of the residence hall on Oct. 25. “It’s about legacy. It’s about what it looks like to open doors for others, even when […]


Get to know Chad Cheek (MBA ’05): the new editor-in-chief

Last fall, the University welcomed Chad Cheek (MBA ’05) as associate vice president of University Advancement strategy, marketing and communications and editor-in-chief of Wake Forest Magazine. A Winston-Salem native and highly respected leader in branding, design and community arts management, Cheek brings more than 35 […]


Constant & True: Claire O’Brien (’11)

WHEN YOU THINK OF Wake Forest, what comes to mind? The Quad. The Demon Deacon. But probably you think first of your friends — your college classmates, roommates and teammates. I think of the friends I met playing Ultimate Frisbee. Chance brought us together — […]


From campfire songs to CEO

Rebecca Wellborn Grant (’91) still remembers the late nights in Johnson Residence Hall when she just wanted some sleep. But Elaine Massey Loyack (’91), her freshman roommate, had other plans. Loyack serenaded her with campfire songs from her Girl Scout days instead.  It was a […]


Thanksgiving’s First Martha

President George Washington proclaimed Nov. 26, 1789, a day of thanksgiving for the end of the Revolutionary War and prayer for heavenly aid in establishing a constitutional government. “It wasn’t meant to be an annual event,” says Katharine McEnery Pittman (’07), who knows something about […]


Reflections on Homecoming 2025

Because I work here, I don’t always get those nostalgic feelings like other alumni when driving onto campus through the October leaves. But this weekend, walking on our campus bricks alongside the people I knew in class and those whom I still call dear friends, […]


Homecoming By The Numbers

If you’re on the way to the Reynolda campus this weekend, you’re in good company! Here’s a quick look at Homecoming 2025 by the numbers… Total registered alumni: 2,380 1 of every 5 – members of the undergraduate Class of 2020 registered (Nearly) 1 of […]


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