President George Washington proclaimed Nov. 26, 1789, a day of thanksgiving for the end of the Revolutionary War and prayer for heavenly aid in establishing a constitutional government. “It wasn’t meant to be an annual event,” says Katharine McEnery Pittman (’07), who knows something about […]
Because I work here, I don’t always get those nostalgic feelings like other alumni when driving onto campus through the October leaves. But this weekend, walking on our campus bricks alongside the people I knew in class and those whom I still call dear friends, […]
If you’re on the way to the Reynolda campus this weekend, you’re in good company! Here’s a quick look at Homecoming 2025 by the numbers… Total registered alumni: 2,380 1 of every 5 – members of the undergraduate Class of 2020 registered (Nearly) 1 of […]
Ed Southern (’94) already knew a thing or two about telling a good story by the time he graduated from Wake Forest as a (what was then called) Politics major with an English minor, and a reporter and editor for the Old Gold & Black. […]
Little was expected from the Wake Forest football team in 1970. After 10 straight losing seasons, there was no reason to believe the 1970 team would break that streak. Sportswriters predicted the team had “no offense, no defense, no hope.” Coach Cal Stoll, who started […]
It’s fair week! Remember going to (what’s now called) the Carolina Classic Fair in your student days? Fall starts to feel more festive with the ferris wheel twinkling beyond the Joel. I remember riding to its top and seeing Wait Chapel’s steeple lit up like […]
Many of my fondest memories at Wake Forest happened outside. I remember sunny stretches on the Quad on my favorite picnic blanket, long conversations with friends while swaying in creaky rocking chairs on the Mag Patio, happy sounds of play on Davis Field. When I […]
Ben Barnes (’20) In 2022, Ben Barnes (’20) achieved a goal he’d been pursuing since he fell in love with kayaking as a kid: he became a national champion. Barnes spent his childhood summers on whitewater rapids, but he transitioned to flatwater kayaking as a […]
Christian Waugh (P ’27) Professor of Psychology Psychology Professor Christian Waugh (P ’27) specializes in research about cultivating positive emotions to regulate stress, temporal dynamics of emotion and the psychophysiology of emotions and personality. While his focus isn’t specifically on the psychological and physiological benefits […]
When we were at Wake Forest, my good friend Jan Boyce Sloan (’84) and I lived across the hall from each other in New Dorm (now Luter). We never turned down a chance to show up or go out, even when it meant a simple stroll […]
In this story: Vic Flow (’52, P ’83) and his wife, Roddy Flow (P ’83), still indefatigable travelers in their 90s, journeyed to Vienna in late May to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the study-abroad program that they made possible for more than 800 Wake […]
From the Alumni Council President: You can always feel the anticipation and excitement on campus at the start of the new academic year, but this fall has been amazingly special for my family. My husband, David Holden (’99), and I experienced “move-in” as parents for […]
THE GREENHOUSE AT REYNOLDA HOUSE and Gardens has been restored to its former glory, redesigned as a gleaming gateway to the entire estate — and renamed the Brown Family Conservatory. The yearlong restoration and rehabilitation, finished in October 2024, included turning a florist’s workroom into […]
WHEN I ARRIVED at Wake Forest from Northern California, I was far outside my comfort zone. I didn’t know anyone, I’d never lived on the East Coast, and I wasn’t sure how I’d fit into a place so different from what I knew. But almost […]
Editor’s note: Rachel Earp Knowles (’93) graduated fluent in the Russian language due to what she describes as “the close and inspired tutelage” of the late Professor of Russian Billy Hamilton. Knowles spent her junior year in Kyiv, Ukraine, at Kyiv State University. She was […]
Alumni of Flow House looking back on their semester in Vienna say it changed them. Some returned to Wake Forest with new visions for their lives and careers. Many gained an understanding of cultural differences — while recognizing the core similarities of human beings. They […]
The history of Flow House, a mansion constructed in 1896-97, holds many stories of intrigue, from its time as the home of a wealthy business owner who built it for his family to later residents who fled Nazi Germany’s takeover of Austria during World War […]
Charles “Chuck” Thomas (P ’04, ’12) retired from Wake Forest as a history professor in 2025. He taught at Flow House in Vienna along with his wife, Rebecca Thomas (P ’04, ’12) , who retired in 2025 as a professor of German and Flow House […]