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Unearthing the Past

Anthropologist Ben Steere ('03) collaborates with North Carolina's Eastern Band Cherokee to protect and preserve their heritage.
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The Fall of the Berlin Wall

Scott Weltz (JD '94) witnessed history and the end of an era.
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A World’s Fair with a Wake Forest Flair

The students' challenge? Plan the 2025 World's Fair.
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A chaotic convention

Sandy Hutchens ('69) remembers the thrill and chaos of the '68 Democratic convention
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Remember When?

David Hills' whimsical cartoons captured the feel-good campus vibes of an era.
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‘Ouch, My Toes!’

Barefoot kicker Eddie Ladd (’59) caused quite a stir.
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The Music Man

'Neither of us realized it at the time,' writes a former student, 'but Dr. Mac that semester opened up a real new world for me.'
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Treasure Hunter

Allen Blevins ('80) works with George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln every day as keeper of Bank of America's historical treasures.
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‘His words lifted one’s spirit to a new plane …’

Jill Gary Lawlor ('64) remembers Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — both the man and the 1962 speech he made in Wait Chapel.
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Remember When: Janet’s Bells

Since its dedication in 1978, the Carillon has become a Wake Forest tradition that’s often heard, but seldom seen.
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The Little Chicken Coop in the Woods

Jack Wilson ('50) had nowhere to live when he arrived on the Old Campus, so he turned to the Sears Roebuck catalog.
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The third Monday in May

Director of Landscaping Jim Coffey keeps up with Commencement's fascinating facts.
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Good Fortune

Michele Gillespie named Dean of the College
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Hearing voices — of viewers

PBS researcher Susan White Frazier ('89) wants to know what you watch, and why.
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Making History

Wake Forest Magazine asked these professors to name the event or discovery in their field that most changed the course of history.
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The father of Wake Forest ROTC

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The hitchhiker’s 76th reunion

Fred Williams ('38, JD '40) took the long road to Wake Forest.
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That bold girl from Bristol

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