The father of Wake Forest ROTC
You probably remember Robert Helm (’39) as a philosophy professor; it’s what you don’t know about him that you might find surprising.
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The hitchhiker’s 76th reunion
Fred Williams ('38, JD '40) took the long road to Wake Forest.
Read MoreFrom cable to classroom: Melissa Harris-Perry (’94) returns to her alma mater
Meet the MHP you don’t see on her cable-news show.
Read MoreHarold Hayes: ‘Smiling through the apocalypse’
Tom Hayes (’79) explores the magical world of his father, famed Esquire editor Harold Hayes (’48).
Read MoreOn the ground in Ferguson
Mustafa Abdullah (’10), a program associate with the ACLU of Missouri, was in Ferguson, Missouri, following Michael Brown’s death.
Read MoreThe house the Boodlers built
In 1947 industrious students came up with a solution to the Old Campus housing shortage — they built the Boodle Inn.
Read MoreAn off-the-court reunion in Vietnam
In 1966, teammates Al Koehler ('63) and Butch Hassell ('64) crossed paths in South Vietnam.
Read MoreWhat’s in a name
For years, Chaplain Ed Christman (’50, JD ’53) welcomed new students with a simple message: ‘You matter’
Read MoreSaving the orangutans
Cassie Freund (’10) uses her biology degree to save wild orangutans in Borneo.
Read MoreDidn’t skip a beat
Four Class of ’63 friends stage a Broadway reunion and answer their own question: What makes Wake Forest special?
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 MoreMotor mouth: Dentist on wheels
Dentist Sara Creighton (’05) hits the streets of San Francisco in a souped-up mobile dental office.
Read MoreFilmmaker Katina Parker (’96) remembers Maya Angelou
A writer of world renown claimed Katina Parker (’96) and ‘watered and seeded’ her soul.
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).
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