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Golden Gavels
With an assist from Wake Forest students and faculty, a nearby retirement community has started a debate society that’s embracing research and divergent points of view.
Count on Them
In a volunteer program that keeps expanding, Wake Foresters tutor children who are struggling with math and need a boost in confidence.
Playing the Hand He Was Dealt
Dr. Perry Mandanis (’81) turned a delayed ADHD diagnosis into a career helping others — including a new deck of cards offering strategies he’s gathered across decades.
Notes on a Dream Deferred
Becoming a writer meant never casting aside a goal and recognizing a story of survivors that needed telling.
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Remember When?
This is how campus looked at the time of the move to Winston-Salem in 1956. The Charlotte Observer devoted a full page to the new campus: “Beautiful buildings rise on 325-acre site—There’ll be 13 of them in all when project is completed.”
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Turning the Tables on Teaching
In the internet’s early days, when professors needed to get up to speed on computers, and do it fast, student mentors saved the day — with funding from a secretive billionaire.
Cracking the Code
Matt Zakreski (’06) is helping neurodivergent (including gifted) kids and teens navigate the “neurotypical” world.
Running for Freedom
Claire O’Brien (’11) and her sisters have long lamented the plight of women in Afghanistan — and they organized a run this fall to help.
After the water rose
Hurricane Helene left Asheville residents struggling to deal with a lack of services, including clean water. A Wake Forest alumna arrived to help.
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Campus from above
A drone photo captures an early spring day on campus.
Photo/Richard Adkins
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Volume 72 Number 2