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APO: A Passion for Service
Alpha Phi Omega ‘brothers‘ nurture their common bond.
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Writers Hall of Fame 2020
Four alumni honored for literary achievement.
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How He Made It: Tom Phillips
Tom Phillips (’74, MA ’78, P ’06) is the man behind Words Awake! celebrations.
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2020 Distinguished Alumni Awards
Wake Forest honors Donna Boswell, Eric Olson and Rodney Rogers.
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Searching for Hope, a Senior Grieves a Year Interrupted
A final semester in a time of COVID-19 brings a focus to meaning.
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Philanthropy: ‘Sending the Ladder Back Down’
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.
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Constant & True: Jill Crainshaw
An alumna and divinity professor reflects on Pro Humanitate. ‘Be ye kindred to one another,’ she says.
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Shining a Light on the Arts
Christina Soriano aims to give every student access to a transformative experience.
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AHA!
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.
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Inside / Outside Scales
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.
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Under Her Spell
How Allison Orr (’93) worked her magic to win over a host of skeptical carpenters, custodians and landscapers to put on a show.
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Students Shadow Workers Behind the Scenes
‘You know they’re there, … but you don’t realize how much goes into it day by day’
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A Fiery Vision
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.
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Arts Experiences to Last a Lifetime
How Alex Acquavella (’03) plans to bring the arts more to the forefront at Wake Forest.
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Dancing Machine
Bri Butler (’14) dazzles on the Broadway stage in STOMP.
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A Call to the Stage
Hillary Heard Baack (’02) thrives in film and on stage with an outsider’s acute observing of human nature and stories.
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A ‘Miracle’ Worker
Kunal Premnarayen ('00) uses his childhood experience to bring hope to children in India.
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