The Thing He Carried
Fifty-year-old Memories of People and Two Places — Wake Forest and Vietnam — Come Flooding Back
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From cable to classroom: Melissa Harris-Perry (’94) returns to her alma mater
Meet the MHP you don’t see on her cable-news show.
Read MoreThat bold girl from Bristol
Pam Key (’72) stepped up and made history as the Wake Forest marching band’s first female drum major.
Read MoreHarold Hayes: ‘Smiling through the apocalypse’
Tom Hayes (’79) explores the magical world of his father, famed Esquire editor Harold Hayes (’48).
Read MoreOn the ground in Ferguson
Mustafa Abdullah (’10), a program associate with the ACLU of Missouri, was in Ferguson, Missouri, following Michael Brown’s death.
Read MoreEric Hallman (’77) is saving the cows
Eric Hallman, head of The Livestock Conservancy, says maintaining genetic diversity in cows is critical to avoid a crisis akin to the Irish potato famine.
Read MoreThe house the Boodlers built
In 1947 industrious students came up with a solution to the Old Campus housing shortage — they built the Boodle Inn.
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 […]
Read MoreSpine-tingling tales
Guy T. Montgomery’s (’09) first book is a collection of ghostly stories haunting historic Old Salem.
Read MoreWhat’s in a name
For years, Chaplain Ed Christman (’50, JD ’53) welcomed new students with a simple message: ‘You matter’
Read MoreFood for the soul, from the heart
Handmade pottery by Jane Patton Williams (MAEd ’76) brings food for the soul to campus dining hall.
Read MoreThanks to ‘The Wake Forest Way’
During my many years working at this University we’ve called it “The Wake Forest Way.” And we still do. It’s the term we use to describe that spirit of caring, courtesy and willingness to go above and beyond.
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