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Katherine Laws Waters (’20)

Katherine Laws Waters (’20) is deputy editor of Wake Forest Magazine. Previously she interned with Wake Forest Magazine and Our State magazine, and she was a Wake Forest Fellow in the Office of Personal and Career Development after graduation.

Stories by Katherine Waters


Reflections on Homecoming 2025

Reflections on Homecoming 2025

Favorite Outdoor Spots Lift Students' Spirits

In their own words, today's students share their favorite campus places.
Favorite Outdoor Spots Lift Students' Spirits

An Alumni Guide to Outdoor Adventures

Unplug, de-stress and let time slow down, whether it's by spearfishing or skydiving.
An Alumni Guide to Outdoor Adventures

A Winding Path Home

Wake Forest friends kept walking all these years and found in each other companions for discussing life’s challenges, but also for creating a clever, ‘franchised’ brand of joy.
A Winding Path Home

Remembering 9/11

Rachel Earp Knowles (’93) shares her point of view from the Pentagon.
Remembering 9/11

Beach books galore

Deacon readers offer recs galore to enjoy in the last lazy days of summer
Beach books galore

Five Questions for Spurge Carter ('14)

Carter calls himself a 'creative professional,' embodying the label to the hilt.
Five Questions for Spurge Carter ('14)

Making a Brand New Noise

Richard Upchurch (’96) makes wooden sound toys and eccentric instruments to inspire four-year-olds and rock stars alike, and he has fun doing it.
Making a Brand New Noise

Getting Here

Everyone surely can remember an important mentor who offered guidance about careers or life. We wanted to know about Wake Forest leaders’ mentoring memories, so we asked.
Getting Here

A Writing Promise

Dr. Lisa Sponcler Norman (’93), surgical pathologist and mom of four, reignited a childhood passion as a way to give back.
A Writing Promise

Welcome Class of 2027

Alumni children look to make their own Wake Forest memories.
Welcome Class of 2027

Elevating a 'consciousness of care'

Vice President for Campus Life Shea Kidd Brown has a higher aim for students beyond fitting in.
Elevating a 'consciousness of care'