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by Carol L. Hanner

Leadership expert David Styers (’92) collaborates to help with a book series on making the most of constant change, after a crash course in helping orchestras adjust during the pandemic.

Fun for Real

by Rafael Lima ('21), Guest Contributor

They played fantasy football in college. Now it’s their business.

Reading Ulysses in Baghdad

by Carol L. Hanner

Navigating global hotspots, William Roebuck (’78, MA ’82) embraces international service in a diplomatic career worthy of his literary background.

What Came After

by Students:

Katie Fox, Mary Caroline Funk, Kgosi Hughes, Caroline Kernell, Greyson Lehman & Jacob Thomas

Inspiration Abounds at WordsAwake4!

by Carol L. Hanner

A virtual feast of the written word celebrates new Writers Hall of Fame inductees.

Reading the River

by Carol L. Hanner

On the Yadkin, Brian Fannon (’89) combines biology, history and a love of water for his exceptional life in the flow.

Murder, Mystery, Memory

by Kerry M. King ('85)

Author Deb Richardson-Moore ('76) 'wanders' into a different world.

Writers Hall of Fame 2020

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

Four alumni honored for literary achievement.

For the Love of New Ideas

by Carol L. Hanner

Zach Klein (’04) follows his passions, from co-founding Vimeo and DIY.org to sharing woodsy architecture in Cabin Porn books to a dream job as CEO of Dwell magazine.

Synopsis: The Alexander Meiklejohn Award

by STAFF

The story behind the historic leadership moment that earned Wake Forest the Alexander Meiklejohn Award for Academic Freedom

Constant & True: Beth Hopkins

by Beth Norbrey Hopkins (’73, P ’12)

A Wake Forest alumnus and faculty member reflects on her tumultuous journey of breaking barriers

The Greatest Gift

by Kerry M. King ('85)

Sara Johe Busse (’81) has never met a volunteer opportunity that she didn’t love.

When Lisa Met Lovie

by Lisa Yarger ('89), Guest Contributor

The author and the North Carolina midwife forged an unlikely friendship.

TIME CAPSULE

by Cherin C. Poovey (P '08)

DO NOT OPEN UNTIL 2116

Heroes vs. Anarchists

by Cherin C. Poovey (P '08)

With his first graphic novel, Steve Nedvidek (MA '87) scratches a lingering creative itch.

Cheers, Deacs!

by Cherin C. Poovey (P '08)

Alumni entrepreneurs at Speakeasy Co. deliver everything you need to prepare and enjoy a craft cocktail — including their signature Old Gold and Black — right to your door.

Remember When: The 1957 Dancing Ban

by Kerry M. King ('85)

Baptist convention vote incites a campus to rock and roll.

The Thing He Carried

by Kerry M. King ('85)

Fifty-year-old Memories of People and Two Places — Wake Forest and Vietnam — Come Flooding Back