Maria Henson ('82), Author at Wake Forest Magazine

Maria Henson ('82)

Maria Henson (’82), a Pulitzer Prize winner and a 1994 Nieman Fellow at Harvard, worked at newspapers until 2009. After living in Botswana, she returned to the Reynolda Campus to oversee the Wake Forest Magazine, teach and share the notable tales of Demon Deacons.

Stories by Maria Henson ('82)

Melissa Harris-Perry (’94): On meaning

by Maria Henson ('82)

Melissa Harris-Perry (’94) urged students to ask “What difference does that make?”

James Beshara (’08) and Crowdtilt are worth watching

by Maria Henson ('82)

Crowdtilt, co-founded by James Beshara (’08), continues to gain good press, this time in Fast Company.

Lawyer and activist Jeannetta Craigwell-Graham (’06) on Rwanda’s lessons

by Maria Henson ('82)

Taking a break, this alumna looked up from her career-building priorities at a NYC law firm to refocus her vision to help others.

Gaye Taylor Upchurch (’96) on theatre, “Escape,” and the creative process

by Maria Henson ('82)

“Escape” opens in New York this weekend with director Gaye Taylor Upchurch (’96) as maestro of the play as well as a successful career.

Flash Fiction

by Maria Henson ('82)

Faculty writers rise to our 25-word story challenge

USA v. Johnny Reid Edwards

by Maria Henson ('82)

Deacons for the defense and the prosecution in the Edwards trial.

Tim Duncan (’97): “I like who I am …. “

by Maria Henson ('82)

Tim Duncan (’97) at the center of the NBA playoffs and “around which all else orbited.”

Quite a coup for a new alumna

by Maria Henson ('82)

The day after graduation alumna Lesley Gustafson (’12) lands in The Wall Street Journal.

Spanish lessons? Put a bird on it

by Maria Henson ('82)

Are you Cuckoo? Si. Rising senior Clare Rizer found a special Spanish tutor on her study abroad semester.

Joni James (’89), a Pulitzer finalist

by Maria Henson ('82)

Joni James (’89) served on an editorial writing team that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize this week.

Steve Duin’s view from the West Coast to the Grand Canal on Words Awake!

by Maria Henson ('82)

The Oregonian’s Steve Duin (’76, MA ’79) writes about the lure of art, a friendship with professor Jim Barefield and Wake Forest memories that came rushing back at Words Awake!

Carlton Ward Jr.: Extreme explorer with Pro Humanitate spirit

by Maria Henson ('82)

Adventurer, environmental photojournalist and 1998 Wake Forest alumnus has a mission to protect Florida lands and waterways — and he’s on an expedition.

Wake Forest’s Steve Reinemund: Giving back in his encore career

by Maria Henson ('82)

Dean of Business Steve Reinemund tells Bloomberg Businessweek how he moved up from Roy Rogers and his advice for job hunters.

Trash talk from Allison Orr (’93) at SXSW

by Maria Henson ('82)

Leave it to a Wake Forest graduate to figure out how to choreograph a ballet of trash trucks and sanitation workers. A documentary about her premieres Saturday at SXSW in Austin.

Happy Valentine’s Day, Eric G. Wilson

by Maria Henson ('82)

English Professor Eric G. Wilson has a new book that earns props from Oprah’s magazine.

An inside look at new provost’s ‘dorm parents’ digs

by Maria Henson ('82)

Rogan Kersh (’86) and his wife, Sara Jade Pesek, live in “a dorm oasis” that is a model for sustainable campus living.

Boundary Hopping

by Maria Henson ('82)

Jan Detter's creative spirit shines from the community to the classroom.

New Provost: ‘You had me at hello’

by Maria Henson ('82)

Rogan Kersh (’86) once was a “nerve-wracked high schooler” hoping for a Reynolds Scholarship. He got it, ventured out into the world and now he’s come home as provost.