Category: Deacon Blog
Box of memories
Old post office box doors reveal a simpler time when getting a letter from back home would lift your spirits.
Read MoreAuthor, poet, community activist
Emily Herring Wilson (MA '62) receives UNC-Greensboro College of Arts & Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award
Read MoreDouble Deac Curtis Farmer named president of Comerica Bank
Farmer, a Winston-Salem native, is a Wake Forest trustee and parent.
Read MoreBuck Cochran (’82) and friends working miracles at Peacehaven Farm
Buck Cochran (’82) continues to nurture his dream of establishing a working farm with housing for special-needs adults. And he’s doing it with a lot of help from his friends, including many Wake Foresters.
Read MoreMore reasons to give thanks
Ten years after she founded Community of Hope Ministries, Amy Bannister White (’90) has plenty of reasons to give thanks this holiday season.
Read MoreHonoring Mr. Wake Forest
Marybeth Sutton Wallace (’86) introduces Caldwell Laureate Ed Wilson (’43) as “a man whose life’s work has extended to every town across this state, every corner of the country, and beyond …”
Read MoreOur man in Bahrain
President Obama has nominated career diplomat William Roebuck (’78, MA ’82) as the next ambassador to Bahrain.
Read MoreThe penguin that’s proud to be a Deacon
We know plenty of alumni who name their dogs Deacon, but a penguin named Deacon?
Read MoreThe father of Wake Forest ROTC
You probably remember Robert Helm (’39) as a philosophy professor; it’s what you don’t know about him that you might find surprising.
Read MoreAn off-the-court reunion in Vietnam
In 1966, teammates Al Koehler ('63) and Butch Hassell ('64) crossed paths in South Vietnam.
Read MoreOne Clippers family man admires another
Demon Deacon, NBA superstar and self-professed family man Chris Paul (’07) admires his new boss, based on comments he made in an article published in The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26. Steve Ballmer, who retired as Microsoft CEO in February, purchased the Los Angeles Clippers on Aug. 12 for $2 million after a dramatic process […]
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