A prototype movie poster proclaims: “Never since King Kong such a mighty appetite!” As New Orleanians might ask, “Who dat?” He’s none other than Ray Cannata (’90), perhaps the most unlikely Presbyterian minister you’ll ever meet and the man eating his way through every bistro, café, deli, grill, tavern and joint in New Orleans — all 750 of them. For Ray Cannata, life’s a Mardi Foie Gras.
Wake Forest’s global footprint is larger thanks to a focus in the last year on Latin America with new programs in Nicaragua, a semester-abroad program in Chile and a summer course in the Galápagos Islands.
A sense of direction in the Age of Uncertainty.
TV, NPR, online, The Nation, libraries, the classroom: You’ll find Melissa Harris-Perry (’94) there.
D. Quincy Whitney (’74) remembers the late Carleen Hutchins, a legendary violinmaker and the inspiration for the Hutchins Consort, a violin octet that will perform at Wake Forest on Oct. 23.
Robin Ganzert (’87, MBA ’91) of the American Humane Association protects the “most vulnerable” among us.
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QVC executive lends her expertise to help comfort children whose mothers have died.
Remember when? Everyone wants to hear your memories of the good old days at Wake Forest.
Fun and friends! The Raleigh (N.C.) Wake Forest Club plans a “back-to-school” picnic at the Birthplace Museum.
OG&B columnist Hamlin Wade (’12) asks: What is it that really makes our ‘mother so dear?’
Writing a book about her family’s business took Elizabeth Thalhimer Smartt (’98) on a sentimental genealogical journey.
Two weeks into his freshman year, on 9/11 Matt Gallagher (’05) saw the world change for his generation. He went on to join the Army and blog from the Iraq War. Talking with MTV News, he looks back on the decade.
Megan Mayhew Bergman (’02) explores modern motherhood, the ‘pull’ of biology, and animals in her new book of stories.
How does a creative coastal photographer spell Wake Forest University?
Rebecca B. Wofford (JD ’97) is kicking off a program this month to help school children in Tanzania succeed by providing them with a nutritious meal during the day.
New faces and familiar places as the class countdown begins ….
Brad Nix (’81) brings back his cartoon alter ego, Chesster, just in time for the Class of 1981’s 30th reunion.