Karen 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.
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Maya 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.
Read MoreAlumni rebuild battered Kosovo’s courts
Bobby Higdon (’85, JD ’89) and Frank Bradsher (’82) are helping rebuild Kosovo’s judicial system.
Read MoreTen years of hitting the bricks
Lori Piccolo (’87) will be watching from afar as hundreds of students race around Hearn Plaza for the 10th annual Hit the Bricks fundraiser Sept. 27.
Read MoreMary Scott Haynie (’13): A Deacon then and now
Seventeen years after four-year-old Mary Scott Haynie was the Homecoming poster child, she’s entering her senior year at Wake Forest.
Read MoreContinuing the legacy
Alumni move their children onto a campus that still evokes happy memories.
Read MoreLynne Flood’s (’82) animal tales
You can learn a lot about life from animals, says veterinarian Lynne M. Flood (’82).
Read MoreDavid Morgan (’80): A new home for a second chance
David Morgan’s (’80) second-chance school is getting its own second chance to reach even more youth.
Read MoreChuck Millsaps (’83) guides a record-breaking run across North Carolina
Chuck Millsaps (’83, P ’13, ’16) guides elite runner Diane Van Deren from North Carolina’s mountains to the sea.
Read MoreJudge Frank Whitney (’82) delivers justice in a war zone
The sounds of war were never far away from the makeshift courtrooms of Federal Judge Frank Whitney (’82) in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Read MoreDistinguished alumni reflect the spirit of Wake Forest
Successful. Authoritative. Commanding great respect. There are many terms to define “distinguished” but these seem especially appropriate when describing the 2012 recipients of Wake Forest’s Distinguished Alumni Award, who were recognized at a gala dinner on Feb. 17 during Alumni Council weekend. The Rev. Michael “Mike” Aiken (’71) is executive director of the Greensboro Urban Ministry. […]
Read MoreBen Sutton Jr., Winston-Salem, N.C.
As the “mic man” who led cheers at home football games in 1978 and 1979, Ben Sutton Jr. (’80, JD ’83, P ’14) was a widely recognized voice in Wake Forest sports. Today he continues to promote Demon Deacons athletics as president of IMG College, the multimedia and brand management company representing Wake Forest and other […]
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