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Maria Henson (’82)

Maria Henson (’82) retired in July 2025 as associate vice president and editor-at-large. A Pulitzer Prize winner and a 1994 Nieman Fellow at Harvard, she worked at newspapers until 2009. After living in Botswana, she returned to the Reynolda Campus to oversee Wake Forest Magazine, teach and share the notable tales of Demon Deacons.

Stories by Maria Henson ('82)

Lubo's Dream

Wake Foresters and a Lost Boy wage 'peace through education' for the new Sudan.
Lubo's Dream

Check Out This Library

Pizza? Games? Help 24/7? Z. Smith Reynolds Library has become the place to study — and have fun.
Check Out This Library

Humanities Matter

Wake Forest strengthens its commitment to the humanities — the heart of the University experience.
Humanities Matter

Tiefenthaler's take on Wake Forest

Tiefenthaler's take on Wake Forest

Shane Harris on the Patriot Act's renewal

Shane Harris on the Patriot Act's renewal

Global graduation

Global graduation

By whom the bells toll?

By whom the bells toll?

Imagining tomorrow's world circa 1957

Imagining tomorrow's world circa 1957

Bin Laden's death spurs WFU celebration

Bin Laden's death spurs WFU celebration

Meredith-Leigh Pleasants' confession

Meredith-Leigh Pleasants' confession

Sassy, spunky, dressed in hot pink: Emily Giffin ('94) wows WFU

Sassy, spunky, dressed in hot pink: Emily Giffin ('94) wows WFU

Farewell, Peggy Smith

"I am just retiring from teaching," said Peggy Smith. "I'm not dying."
Farewell, Peggy Smith