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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)


Generation We

A collaboration between an older alum and a younger alum provided lessons for both and a treasured, recorded conversation for history's sake.
Generation We

Find a mentor. Be a mentor.

Find a mentor. Be a mentor.

Philanthropy: Sleeves up for saving at-risk ancestral lands and homes

A Law School clinic helping mainly minority and low-income North Carolinians who have inherited property without formal legal documents has received a boost from the Wells Fargo Foundation.
Philanthropy: Sleeves up for saving at-risk ancestral lands and homes

A Photographic Memory

After 27 years as University Photographer, Ken Bennett retired earlier this year, leaving behind thousands of images that illuminate the nature of Wake Forest and its people.
A Photographic Memory

Philanthropy

Past as prelude under the spire of Wait Chapel
Philanthropy

Editor's Note

Editor's Note

Acclaim for a Compassionate, Principled Life

A May 3 memorial service drew hundreds to pay their respects.
Acclaim for a Compassionate, Principled Life

Exit Smiling

Two Double Deacs who served Wake Forest for more than a combined seven decades say farewell to the institution that shaped them, and, in turn, they helped shape.
Exit Smiling

Humor Him

E.J. Masicampo has a side-splitting side gig. He’s a psychology professor with a penchant for open-mic nights.
Humor Him

Philanthropy: Scholarships, aid provided her "last piece of the puzzle"

Philanthropy: Scholarships, aid provided her "last piece of the puzzle"

How to Think About the Planet

Teacher-scholars are posing research questions for their students and guiding them to deeply consider their relationship with the natural world.
How to Think About the Planet

Entrusted to Lead

Dr. Susan R. Wente is installed as Wake Forest’s 14th president, sharing her transformative journey and charting a historic course for the University.
Entrusted to Lead