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Playing the Hand He Was Dealt

Perry Mandanis (’81) turned a delayed ADHD diagnosis into a career helping others — including a new deck of cards offering strategies he’s gathered across decades.
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Notes on a Dream Deferred

Becoming a writer meant never casting aside a goal and recognizing a story of survivors that needed telling.
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Count on Them

In a volunteer program that keeps expanding, Wake Foresters tutor children who are struggling with math and need a boost in confidence.
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Becoming “Auntie Bo”

With a focus on student success, Chancellor Bonita (Hairston) Brown (’94, JD ’97) takes the helm at Winston-Salem State.
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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.
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Harvesting Home

Double Deac Leo Daughtry draws on memories of his childhood tobacco farm to write a historical novel about the South.
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Sharing Stories, Sparking Understanding

Daryn Bunce Stylianopoulos (’03), Lin Story-Bunce (MDiv ’09) and their sisters are bringing people together through The Welcome Table.
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Cracking the Code

Matt Zakreski (’06) is helping neurodivergent (including gifted) kids and teens navigate the “neurotypical” world.
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Hats off to the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew

Jim Lewis (‘64) has long loved libraries and will make them his legacy.
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From bugs and birds to drones and DNA

Harold Greeney (’93) took an untraditional path to build a research station in Ecuador — and helped win a $5 million prize for accelerating our learning about the rainforest.
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A network that worked

Two Wake Foresters took a class on entrepreneurship together. Twenty years later, they were in business together.
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Running for Freedom

Claire O’Brien (’11) and her sisters have long lamented the plight of women in Afghanistan — and they organized a run this fall to help.
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