Stories by Maria Henson
The Literary Maven of Hub City
How Betsy Wakefield Teter ('80) sparked a celebrated movement to nurture writers and cultivate readers in her hometown.
Read MoreThe Wonderful Wunderkammer of Elkin
Alumni Anne Connelly Gulley and Dr. Paul Gulley have created a cabinet of curiosity, opening their historic home to neighbors and strangers in search of the weird and the marvelous.
Read MoreLook at Her Now
In 1968 'Bos' arrived as a shy first-year student from Memphis. Today she is the first female to lead the Wake Forest Board of Trustees.
Read MoreMaking Waves
Vice President for Campus Life Penny Rue wants to enhance a University community where everyone at any age can dive in and thrive.
Read MoreCommencement or bust!
Alumna Elizabeth Stalfort ('14) goes the extra 'miles' to surprise her best friend at graduation.
Read MoreA Presidential Capstone
Nathan O. Hatch takes his place in one of the most prestigious honorary societies in the world.
Read MoreBuck Cochran (’82) and friends working miracles at Peacehaven Farm
Buck Cochran (’82) continues to nurture his dream of establishing a working farm with housing for special-needs adults. And he’s doing it with a lot of help from his friends, including many Wake Foresters.
Read MoreHonoring Mr. Wake Forest
Marybeth Sutton Wallace (’86) introduces Caldwell Laureate Ed Wilson (’43) as “a man whose life’s work has extended to every town across this state, every corner of the country, and beyond …”
Read MoreOut of This Art World
Jenny Moore ('95) left the frenetic New York art scene to oversee an extraordinary museum in the middle of nowhere.
Read MoreFilmmaker Katina Parker (’96) remembers Maya Angelou
A writer of world renown claimed Katina Parker (’96) and ‘watered and seeded’ her soul.
Read MoreQuick Bites
From birds and bees to research and root vegetables, food is an integral part of academic and student life.
Read MoreMaya Angelou helped us find our voices
Maya Angelou had little patience for anyone who spoke in front of her class with a ‘small voice’ and challenged students to project with confidence, purpose and poise, writes John R. Hilley (’83).
Read MoreQueen of Prep Didn’t Sleep Here, But I Did
Lilly Pulitzer, Queen of Prep, had a Wake Forest connection.
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