Tag: pandemic

Vice President for Campus Life Shea Kidd Brown has a higher aim for students beyond fitting in.

Fate brings romance to life for many Wake Forest couples.

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.

Laura Malone Elliott (’79) offers young people connections and inspiration in her historical novels that can help them navigate the world today.

Maria Toler Velissaris (’02) , who stretched her entrepreneurial wings building a new company as a Wake Forest junior, has soared as a lauded venture capitalist in women’s health care.

Provost Rogan Kersh ('86) represents "the very best of Wake Forest."

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

John Barry (’14) builds a successful music industry career, despite a pandemic, with a booking agency for the booming niche of electronic dance festivals.

Virologist and Teaching Professor of Biology Pat Lord (Ph.D. ’86) pursues a quest for students to become 'biology literate.'

Embracing values, tradition and innovation, retiring President Nathan O. Hatch challenged his team and Wake Foresters to make history.

Karen Baynes-Dunning (’89) infuses arduous work for social justice and children’s progress with lessons from wondrous family lore and the late Maya Angelou.

Students, faculty and staff adjust to the challenges of a fall semester unlike any other.

A young grad learns about isolation and reaching out in a pandemic

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.

Where were you when the world changed? How did it change you? President Hatch reflects on the unique challenges of 2020.