Welcome Class of 2029
by Magazine Staff
Alumni parents move in their first-year students
Our Latest Stories

The Nashville Network
by Kelly Greene (’91)
Songwriters who studied at Wake Forest have found inspiration in Music City — and they’re cranking out the hits.

Beach books galore
by Katherine Laws Waters (’20)
Deacon readers offer recs galore to enjoy in the last lazy days of summer

Heading back to school
by Kelly Greene (’91)
Teacher of the Year Cristofer Wiley (’03, MAEd ’04) hopes students “understand their agency in their own outcomes, … empathize with people unlike themselves … and do the right thing whenever they can.”

Camel City and More
by Kelly Greene (’91)
Learning about the history of labor, racial conflict, folk music, advertising and Wake Forest — all through the lens of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
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Who let the dogs in?
by Kerry M. King (’85)
At an old school in Kentucky, Bruce Flint (’77) did.

Good for humanity
by By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, Guest Contributor
Guided by Pro Humanitate, Lilly Bekele-Piper (’98) and Ben Piper (’99) build purpose-driven lives in Kenya

A musical conversation to transcend borders
by Kelly Greene (’91)
Mark Allen (’88) and Andrea Engleson (’87) are chronicling their journey in a new PBS series.

The Alchemy of Creativity
by Ed Southern (’94), Guest Contributor
Everyone creates — but to what end?

WAKE LIFE
Abuzz
Even during summer break, life abounds on campus.
Photo/Lyndsie Schlink

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