Alumni teachers win prestigious Waddill Award
Heather King (MA ’97) and Jayne Grubbs (’01) win the Waddill Award, presented annually to two alumni for exemplary teaching.
Wake Forest’s Molly Nunn is running for the Olympics
Molly Nunn (’06) is running a dual race these days – toward the finish of her MBA degree and a spot in the 2012 Olympics.
Curtain up: Actress Megan Cramer plays role of a lifetime
Megan Cramer (’99) and the 52nd Street Project help inner-city youth express themselves through theatre.
Steve Dixon’s film helps reunite Tony and Janina Wasilewski
Steve Dixon (’82), who co-produced “Tony and Janina’s American Wedding,” helps reunite an immigrant family.
Honoring a Rocky Mount Double Deac
My friend Marybeth Sutton Wallace (’86) met me for lunch last week, wanting to tell me about a loss for North Carolina and her former community. “He was a Double Deac,” she said, lamenting the death of Fred Turnage (’58, JD ’61, P ’84 and […]
Ziggy’s: A WFU musical tradition
Any Demon Deacon who loves roots, rock and reggae knows about Ziggy’s, the famous music venue where bands touring the Southeast felt compelled to crank it up in Winston-Salem. From the start a hangout with Wake Forest alumni running the show, Ziggy’s attracted crowds to […]
Successful organic farmers feed soil, not plant, says Isaac Oliver
An English major turned organic farmer, Isaac Oliver (’06) says a good grower aims to feed not the plant but the soil.
It’s football season year-round for the ACC’s Michael Kelly (’92)
Michael S. Kelly (’92), the ACC’s associate commissioner for football operations, is ready for kickoff.
North Carolina honors science educator Mary Ann Brittain (’62)
Order of the Long Leaf Pine recognizes teacher who led the conversion of a cow pasture into a classroom.
The healing power of humor
Susan Sparks (JD ’87), lawyer and comedian turned minister, says laughter helps us reclaim control in hard times.
Modest Man
This story originally appeared in Wake Forest Magazine in 2007. When Porter Byrum (JD ’42) received the School of Law’s highest honor, the Carroll Weathers Award, at a law-alumni banquet last fall, he probably would have preferred to be out hunting or […]
A new view of Harold Tribble
Jenny Puckett (’71) uncovers the real Harold Tribble in a new biography on Wake Forest’s tenth president.
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Never a dull moment
‘There are advocates for everything,’ says lobbyist A.J. Bingham (’04).
Inspiring others to action
A local high school student who died after a football injury has inspired an incoming first-year student at Wake Forest.
Flying WFU colors
What do you get when you cross a Grateful Dead skull with a Demon Deacon? Tom Radulovic (’83) is armed with the answer.
Tom Walter on character, integrity and ‘The Gift’
“I had to help. I had to help. It was a no-brainer.”
P is for Parent
What’s the meaning of that ‘P’? It’s our way of recognizing parents.