Jane Owens Cage (’78) leads Joplin’s efforts to ‘pay it forward’
'We merely want to share what worked, what didn't work, and what we would do differently in the event of another major disaster.'
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Family Scholar House
Cathe O'Connor Dykstra ('84) helping to break the cycle of poverty through education.
Read MoreStanding tall for Brooklyn’s youth
NBA's Nets honor Boys & Girls Club mentor/coach Stan King ('94) and his team
Read MoreOpening doors to STEM careers
Jack Kalavritinos ('85) of ACE Mentor Program not waiting on government solutions.
Read MoreRed Backpack, Bold Personality
Hu Womack ('90, MBA '00) receives 2015 MLK 'Building the Dream' award
Read MoreShahedah Fornah (’12): Fighting Ebola
Alumna founds nonprofit to stop the deadly disease in Sierra Leone
Read MoreThe penguin that’s proud to be a Deacon
We know plenty of alumni who name their dogs Deacon, but a penguin named Deacon?
Read MoreHelp, hope for orphaned Asian girls
His family’s vision, says Kevin Shorter (MBA ’06), is to keep orphaned Asian girls off the street and out of the sex trade.
Read More‘Big Brother’ takes his role seriously
Mentoring matters to Chad Brown (’01, JD ’06), who is North Carolina’s Big Brother of the Year for Big Brothers Big Sisters Services.
Read MoreIn Pursuit of Greener Pastures
Two alumni are growing sustainable farm businesses, relying on a Wake Forest education with historic roots in the soil.
Read More‘It’s all for recognizing my mom’
Lauren Plichta ('05) channeled her grief into something positive.
Read MoreGo Forward, For Humanity
“Pro Humanitate is a way of living that transcends the transactional elements of our existence,” speaker Mary Tribble (’82) tells students at this year’s Senior Dinner.
Read MoreMentoring made the difference
Thomas. West. Sellner. Theologian George Faithful (’01) says his first book would have been ‘impossible’ without guidance from influential professors.
Read MoreNorman B. Kellum Jr., Trent Woods, N.C.
After four people were critically injured following a shooting in Greenville, N.C., last summer, Norman B. Kellum Jr. (’59, JD ’65, P ’96) established a relief fund called “Greenville Strong,” for those victims and the victims of future acts of random violence. When two local high schools won state football titles, Kellum and his law […]
Read MoreOne, two, three … Dream!
Former baseball star Danny Borrell (’09) and a family foundation make children’s sports wishes come true.
Read MoreThe Place Where I Live
I discovered my purpose in a Guatemalan village among children who lacked educational opportunities.
Read MoreCommon ground
Wake Forest, and an admiration for Ed Wilson (’43), connected international students Augi Ahn and Yuki Hijiya (MA ’67) — for life.
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