The Essence of Wake Forest
Provost Emeritus Edwin G. Wilson (’43) talks about Wake Forest’s tradition of friendliness and honor in a new film.
Why did I, of all people, land this job? Thank the liberal arts.
Making a living: Nicole Russo (’09) encourages students to stay true to their academic interests.
Kiley Smith (’04) exports her business skills to aid entrepreneurs in Chile
Kiley Smith (’04) believes in giving back, whether it’s helping underprivileged students in Philadelphia or entrepreneurs in Santiago, Chile.
Parker Bradway (’11), WFU singer/prankster returns
Parker Bradway (’11) sings tonight at The Barn, reminding us of his famous “Messing with Freshmen” rampage in 2010.
Cassandra Ching (JD ’06) keeps the music playing at MTV
Cassandra Ching (JD ’06) negotiates the sounds of music at MTV.
‘We were roustabouts back then …’
On behalf of ‘Old Codgers,’ George Williamson (’61) gives heartwarming invocation at Half-Century Club luncheon.
Demon Deacon wields plunger. What’s up with that?
This morning’s Winston Salem-Journal answered a question about that plunger in the hands of the Demon Deacon on Saturday.
Celebrating the Wilson Wing’s 20th Anniversary
Has it really been 20 years since the Wilson Wing of the Z. Smith Reynolds Library opened?
Archimedes: the talk of NY, Washington and The Atlantic
From The New York Times to The Atlantic, the Archimedes Palimpsest is in the news.
Constant and true
Wake Forest’s ‘mystique’ captivates Student Government President Nilam Patel (’12).
The Wall St. Journal on the Archimedes Palimpsest
A Baltimore museum will display the secrets of Archimedes, says The Wall Street Journal today. Wake Forest alum Michael Toth (’79) was part of the exhibit’s “painstaking conservation efforts.”
Off the runway: at Ford Models, never a dull day
MBA grad Todd Bernard’s job is to manage a model business.
‘The Man Who Ate New Orleans’ shares his favorite cafés, taverns and dives
After eating in every single restaurant in New Orleans, Ray Cannata (’90) knows a thing or two about food — and about the people, culture and music of the Crescent City.
Coming soon: Fall 2011 issue
See what’s inside the Fall 2011 print edition, coming soon to your mailbox!
Operation Archimedes
The Bedouins spoke of them as “The Five.” They had come to the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt, to the remote St. Catherine’s Monastery, and they did stick out a bit. They had crossed the desert with a strange load of equipment described with some creativity to customs officials, they were American, and one of them stood 6’8″ tall. The team was there on a technological aid mission of sorts, aiming to digitize the pages of ancient manuscripts for preservation, and to reveal secret texts hidden for centuries. They were hoping that the men outside the monastery, the ones from the Egyptian government speaking Arabic into walkie-talkies, weren’t going to interfere.
Roommates
Byrd Barnette Tribble (’54) of Winston-Salem first saw Betty Holliday Waddell Bowman in Bostwick dormitory on the Old Campus in 1950. At the time Byrd Barnette was settling in for her first year, having selected Wake Forest not so much for her family’s formidable history dating back to founder Samuel Wait, but, truth be told, for her unbeatable discovery in perusing college catalogs that Wake Forest students needed only one year of physical education to graduate.
Celebrating 50 Years: Pro Humanitate and the Peace Corps
Soon after arriving in a remote area of the Dominican Republic in 1990, Dave Meyercord (’89) sensed the gravitas of John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s words that life in the Peace Corps “would not be easy but it would be rich and satisfying.”
Teaching it Forward
Long before they became esteemed scholars who determine students’ futures and enlighten the world with their research, these professors were humble first-year students at Wake Forest. Like the rest of us, they might have gotten lost or been a little homesick on the Reynolda Campus, but they also discovered a passion for academics at a University famous for educating future teachers. After pursuing years of graduate school, these Deacons went on to get their Ph.D.s (or, in one case, M.D.) and secure tenure at learning institutions both big and small. We selected a few professors from around the country to reminisce, in their own words, about Wake Forest and their path to the academy.