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Playing the Hand He Was Dealt

Dr. Perry Mandanis (’81) turned a delayed ADHD diagnosis into a career helping others — including a new deck of cards offering strategies he’s gathered across decades.
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Embracing change

Betsy Rives (’08) uses what she learned as a studio art major to innovate at Google.
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Expanding Access

Through Alliance Medical Ministry, Pete Tannenbaum (JD ’87) seeks to close the health-care gap.
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An unexpected turn toward Venice

Dennis Romano (’73) wound up at Casa Artom in 1972 as his Plan B — and has spent the rest of his life digging into the history of Venice.
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Fostering Potential

Through Coded by Kids, Danae Tilghman Mobley (’06) is working to make tech careers available to more children and young adults in Philadelphia.
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Walking alongside elders

Jen Wallace Dowda (’93) is expanding her firm to improve the lives of older adults and their families across Richmond, Virginia — free of charge.
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Gratitude for ‘The Finest Team’ in Higher Education

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Remember When: WFDD Turns 75

Two guys string some wire, and a rockin’ radio station is born.
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Lessons From a Time of Upheaval

Six alumni reflect on life in the 1960s and early ’70s and how 2020 echoes those times.
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Dazzling Display

Recent graduate Connor deMayo captures art, science and celestial history with a photo and video of Comet Neowise.
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Summer’s Hottest Books

The newest members of the Writers Hall of Fame — plus one — offer their top picks.
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How He Made It: Tom Phillips

Tom Phillips (’74, MA ’78, P ’06) is the man behind Words Awake! celebrations.
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Reality Shift

Virus dramatically alters campus life.
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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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Good People Helping Good People

A chain reaction of bravery, chance connections and support among Wake Forest colleagues leads to a kidney transplant and transformed lives.
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From the Beach Boys to Bach

Composer Dan Locklair found magic in music.
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Transmuting Trauma

How two wars and a brutal attack led the son of Baptist missionaries to help others with fear and pain.
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