Nathan Hatch & Me

by Friends and colleagues

Constant & True: Jeanne Matthews Sommer (’83)

by Jeanne Matthews Sommer (’83)

Learning to live with paradox.

Iron Will

by Carol L. Hanner

The late Martha Mason (’60), who survived six decades in an iron lung, and an alumna filmmaker inspire a Deacon mother and her retirement community.

Portraits of Pro Humanitate

by Maria Henson (’82), Kerry M. King (’85) and Carol L. Hanner

Members of the Wake Forest community exemplify the University's motto in action.

Transmuting Trauma

by Carol L. Hanner

How two wars and a brutal attack led the son of Baptist missionaries to help others with fear and pain.

Copenhagen Diary

by Mary Dalton ('83)

A professor who led Wake Forest’s new Global AWAKEnings Program recounts her semester of living Danishly.

Summer’s Best Reads

by Kerry King

Alumni writers offer their top picks, from Conroy and Lincoln, to a murder mystery in Italy and the search for the Holy Grail.

Strings, attached

by Mary Dalton ('83), Guest Contributor

On WAKEWomen's Weekend, the ties of sisterhood prevail in an unexpected bind.

Night at the debate

by Kerry King

Ben Sutton ('80, JD '83) offers an inside look at the GOP debate.

The Season of Pro Humanitate

by Kerry King

What can I do because I love humanity? Carter Via ('83) builds bridges of hope in Kenya.

Farm-to-Fork Faith

by Cheryl (Katie) Miller Scarvey (’83), Guest Writer

The divinity school’s Fred Bahnson cultivates ‘a whole new way to be a church.’

Maya Angelou helped us find our voices

by Maria Henson

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).

Alumni gifts honor faculty as ‘the linchpin’

by Maria Henson

Three alumni have committed $3 million to fund Presidential Chairs

Strings honor history, aspire to rename a formal parlor

by Cherin C. Poovey (P '08)

Strings gathered at a Homecoming brunch for sisterhood and making plans to help future Wake Forest women.

Don Flow (MBA ’83) on preserving the past, investing for the future

by Maria Henson

As the University undertakes its next capital campaign, the goal is to ensure that the distinctive nature of Wake Forest endures and flourishes. The vision for the college is that it will be recognized as the premier, face-to-face college experience preparing graduates to lead lives of purpose and connection. Donald E. “Don” Flow (MBA ’83) […]

Go, (Luter) Hogs!

by Cherin C. Poovey (P '08)

Professor in the lounge! Interaction benefits everyone and builds community, says Faculty Fellow Mary Dalton (’83).

What it Takes

by Kerry King

Since dropping the SAT requirement, Wake Forest relies more on interviews and written materials to evaluate prospective students.

Summer’s hottest books

by Kerry King

From a riveting account of World War I to the uplifting story of Martha Mason (’60), alumni professors share their favorite can’t-put-down summer books.