Dazzling Display
Recent graduate Connor deMayo captures art, science and celestial history with a photo and video of Comet Neowise.
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Cooking with Love and Beauty
Chef and culinary stylist Ashton Keefe (’09) pivots in the pandemic.
Read MorePhilanthropy: ‘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.
Read MoreRockin’ with Song Dogs
Chris Mowry (’82), lead singer for The Shakes band in his campus days, focuses as a biologist on the mysteries of coyotes.
Read MoreGood 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.
Read MoreFor the Love of New Ideas
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.
Read MoreOn Art and the Heart: My London Story
An alumna shares her fresh perspectives after touring museums in her adopted home city abroad with new Deacon friends.
Read MoreTransmuting Trauma
How two wars and a brutal attack led the son of Baptist missionaries to help others with fear and pain.
Read MoreA Call to the Stage
Hillary Heard Baack (’02) thrives in film and on stage with an outsider’s acute observing of human nature and stories.
Read MoreStorytelling for Peace
Lindsay McClure Miller (’07) and her photographer husband open new digital worlds for students to share culture internationally
Read MoreAn Unforgettable Friendship
Over nearly 30 years, two poets with Wake Forest in common at turns argued, blundered and treated each other with kindness.
Read MoreA Global Lens
Inspired by his Deacon-rich family, David B. Young (’90) runs a company that teaches K-12 students to see the wider world.
Read MoreAlumni Insights
Inspiring alumni share stories of leadership and character that influenced their lives
Read MoreStartup Space with a View
Winston Starts, a downtown business incubator created by Wake Foresters, gives startups a runway for successful takeoff
Read MoreA Pioneer On and Off the Soccer Field
Sarah Kate “Skate” Noftsinger (’03) builds — not things so much as organizations, awareness, momentum for her sport
Read MoreGranting Wishes, Improving the World
Renée Davis Benton (’97) finds satisfaction in tying her business career to Pro Humanitate
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