Wake Forest and the Alumni Council named Syd Kitson (’81, P ’08) and Barbee Myers Oakes (’80, MA ’81) to receive the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Awards. They were recognized on April 25 for their service to the University and for exemplifying Pro Humanitate. Syd Kitson […]
Dr. Perry Mandanis (’81) reflects fondly on his days at Wake Forest, from science labs to rehearsals in Scales (when it was new) and rock concerts (Pat Benatar) in Wait Chapel. He gamely tackled it all, noticing along the way that he had to work […]
I decided in 1975 to become a writer. This is a fact that will likely astonish anyone who read anything I wrote for decades beyond that, including, I am sure, many Wake Forest professors who were forced to churn through my practice attempts. For surely […]
On a recent rainy Wednesday morning, Ingram Hedgpeth (’76, P ’05) is taking turns with a third grader rolling dice onto a kid-sized desk at Bolton Elementary School in Winston-Salem. It might have looked like a game, but Hedgpeth is helping the young girl learn […]
Winston-Salem State University’s high-energy bus tour has been pulling up to high schools across North Carolina since the fall, and leading the charge is Chancellor Bonita (Hairston) Brown (’94, JD ’97). Traveling aboard a bus wrapped in the university’s red and white, Brown and other […]
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