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Harvesting Home

Double Deac Leo Daughtry draws on memories of his childhood tobacco farm to write a historical novel about the South.
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Hats off to the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew

Jim Lewis (‘64) has long loved libraries and will make them his legacy.
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Lord of the Manor

Ben Farmer (JD '70) watches over his growing collection of antiques and historical documents.
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Philanthropy

These alumni never forgot professors who took them under their wings.
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‘Fight Songs’

Author Ed Southern ('94) explores why sports mean so much to us.
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Still Working From Home?

Perri Helms Kersh (’92, MAEd ’94) can bring order into the messiest WFH spaces.
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Searching for Hope, a Senior Grieves a Year Interrupted

A final semester in a time of COVID-19 brings a focus to meaning.
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Philanthropy: ‘Sending the Ladder Back Down’

A scholarship winner himself, Bill Wells (’74) is retiring as Wake Forest's longtime director of financial aid, having put philanthropic dollars to work for worthy students.
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Chasing a Dream

Mark "Pops" Craven ('72) finds his third and best act as an artist.
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‘For a Good Claus’

Accidental Santa Claus Scott Chalkley (’09) embraces the Christmas spirit by giving back.
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Alumni Insights

Inspiring alumni share stories of leadership and character that influenced their lives
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‘Are We For All of Humanity?’

Ellen Ward ('03) asks that question in her fight to end racism and poverty.
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Remembering Jim Williams (’62, JD ’66)

Greensboro attorney was Life Trustee and former chair of the Board of Trustees.
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2017 Distinguished Alumni Awards

Don Flow (MBA ’83), Elizabeth Watson (’74) and Dr. Jim Jones (’55, MD ’59) honored.
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2017 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient: Dr. Jim Jones (’55, MD ’59)

First native American graduate became a pioneering doctor, advocate and teacher.
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A Homecoming Love Story

For this alumnus, homecoming '77 turned out to be the best day of his life.
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Hot spot of the Cold War

Vern Pike ('58) recalls life, death and freedom at Berlin's Checkpoint Charlie.
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2016 Writers Hall of Fame

Five journalists and authors honored during Words Awake 2!
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