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Cinderella Deacs ’79

Jay Venuto ('81) remembers Wake's magical run to the Tangerine Bowl.
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Rick Gentry’s (’70) Long Road to Service

San Diego housing leader has spent his career fighting for affordable housing.
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Gooey butter cake and more

Ryan Nusbickel ('96) leaves TV behind for a new career writing children's books.
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Shahedah Fornah (’12): Fighting Ebola

Alumna founds nonprofit to stop the deadly disease in Sierra Leone
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From cable to classroom: Melissa Harris-Perry (’94) returns to her alma mater

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Harold Hayes: ‘Smiling through the apocalypse’

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On the ground in Ferguson

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Move-in 2014: A magical day

1,200 new students begin their Wake Forest journey
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The legacy of Watergate

Alumni played key roles in Senate hearings.
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Saving the orangutans

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Who’s your hero?

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Bucking the trend

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‘The rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air’

Provost Emeritus Edwin G. Wilson (’43) can still recall the fear he felt as a young ensign aboard a destroyer escort off Iwo Jima.
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One, two, three … Dream!

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A model education

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Finding a piece of history

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The scourge of poverty

Rev. Mel Williams (’65) fights to end poverty.
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Pete Daniel (’61) shapes Southern history

Author Pete Daniel (’61, MA ’62) chronicles the South’s transformation.
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