Tag: ’80s
Lins, Strong
A story of tragedy, recovery and community — 'A feeling of concern from so many places.'
Read MoreLiving the Dream
Ed Kivett ('87, MBA '94) realizes his life's dream as a mountain innkeeper.
Read MoreBox of memories
Old post office box doors reveal a simpler time when getting a letter from back home would lift your spirits.
Read MoreRemember When: Graylyn Dormitory
Before it was a conference center, the giant stone mansion was an unlikely home for students.
Read MoreThe Season of Pro Humanitate
What can I do because I love humanity? Carter Via ('83) builds bridges of hope in Kenya.
Read MoreKaren Beasley’s legacy: save the turtles
Her legacy of love for nature’s vulnerable sea turtles lives on at the Karen Beasley (’84) Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center.
Read MoreMaya Angelou helped us find our voices
Maya Angelou had little patience for anyone who spoke in front of her class with a ‘small voice’ and challenged students to project with confidence, purpose and poise, writes John R. Hilley (’83).
Read MoreMartha Allman: Study affirms test-optional policy for admissions
A new study shows “trivial differences” in college performance between those who submit test scores to admissions offices and those who don’t. Dean of Admissions Martha Allman (’82, MBA ’92) discusses how Wake Forest fares.
Read MoreRighting a wrong
Three Scottsboro Boys are pardoned posthumously thanks to legislation sponsored by Alabama Sen. Arthur Orr (’86).
Read MoreLibby Bell (’93) unmasks the great pumpkin
Project Pumpkin founder returns to campus to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the annual Halloween tradition.
Read MoreThe familiar and the unfamiliar
For alumni parents, freshman move-in was a day to share memories of their time at Wake Forest while encouraging their children to forge their own path.
Read MoreTaylor Field (’76): Serving the ‘unserved’
Not many of us are so devoted to serving the poor that we’d move our young family right in with them. But that’s just what the Rev. Taylor Field (’76) did.
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