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Stories by Carol L. Hanner
Running for America
A Deacon with Olympic hopes felt compelled to choose military service after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Running for America
Making 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.
Making New Friends in Two Hours
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.
Seeing Success in Others
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.
News of the World
The Nose Knows
Jude Stewart (’96) sniffs out meaning and culture in the often underrated but powerful sense of smell.
The Nose Knows
Spirits of Gold & Black & Puns Galore
Douglas H. Nesbit (’92, P ’21, ’23) toasts the Masters Tournament and Wake Forest with a book of beverage recipes honoring everything Deacon.
Spirits of Gold & Black & Puns Galore
Keeping Baby Safe
An alumna and her husband leave their comfort zone to launch snack foods aimed at reducing the chances of infants developing nut allergies.
Keeping Baby Safe
DJs in the House
John Barry (’14) builds a successful music industry career, despite a pandemic, with a booking agency for the booming niche of electronic dance festivals.
DJs in the House
Reading Ulysses in Baghdad
Navigating global hotspots, William Roebuck (’78, MA ’82) embraces international service in a diplomatic career worthy of his literary background.
Reading Ulysses in Baghdad
'Theirs is the Kingdom'
Filmmaker and Wake Forest faculty member Christopher Zaluski (MFA ’13) documents the making of a holy fresco, an ancient technique with a modern message to see the invisible among us.
'Theirs is the Kingdom'
Getting the Wrinkles Out
Former roommates push into the traditional male territory of hardware to successfully launch a different kind of iron.
Getting the Wrinkles Out
Decorated Veteran, Mentor to Black Students
Isaac Sims (’75) offered a compassionate ear and help to younger classmates facing challenges in the 1970s.
Decorated Veteran, Mentor to Black Students