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Tom Phillips (’74, MA ’78, P ’06) is the man behind Words Awake! celebrations.

Wake Forest honors Donna Boswell, Eric Olson and Rodney Rogers.

Virus dramatically alters campus life.

A final semester in a time of COVID-19 brings a focus to meaning.

A scholarship winner himself, Bill Wells (’74) is retiring as Wake Forest's longtime director of financial aid, having put philanthropic dollars to work for worthy students.

An alumna and divinity professor reflects on Pro Humanitate. ‘Be ye kindred to one another,’ she says.

Christina Soriano aims to give every student access to a transformative experience.

The shock of encountering abstract expressionism. Playing a trombone from dad. A studio art class that upended career plans. Faculty cite these among seminal events that changed their lives, setting the arts as their destiny.

Director of Photography Ken Bennett shares a few favorite photographs that serve as defining images of the movement, spirit and multifaceted creativity abounding in the fine arts scene at Wake Forest.

How Allison Orr (’93) worked her magic to win over a host of skeptical carpenters, custodians and landscapers to put on a show.

‘You know they’re there, … but you don’t realize how much goes into it day by day’

Jeannette Sorrell (’86) made her way from modest beginnings to the stage of Carnegie Hall as a pioneering female conductor who lets nothing stop her.

How Alex Acquavella (’03) plans to bring the arts more to the forefront at Wake Forest.

Bri Butler (’14) dazzles on the Broadway stage in STOMP.

Hillary Heard Baack (’02) thrives in film and on stage with an outsider’s acute observing of human nature and stories.

Kunal Premnarayen ('00) uses his childhood experience to bring hope to children in India.

Dreams need power tools, says a Wake Forest alumna who is an award-winning playwright.

President Hatch discusses “The Soul of Wake Forest” in this inspirational address