Tag: Wake Forest University

Over nearly 30 years, two poets with Wake Forest in common at turns argued, blundered and treated each other with kindness.

Inspired by his Deacon-rich family, David B. Young (’90) runs a company that teaches K-12 students to see the wider world.

Inspiring alumni share stories of leadership and character that influenced their lives

Winston Starts, a downtown business incubator created by Wake Foresters, gives startups a runway for successful takeoff

Textile scion Davis Warlick (MBA ’15) found a way to help

Sarah Kate “Skate” Noftsinger (’03) builds — not things so much as organizations, awareness, momentum for her sport

Renée Davis Benton (’97) finds satisfaction in tying her business career to Pro Humanitate

Cheslie Kryst (JD/MBA ’17) will take brains, beauty and a multitude of interests to the Miss Universe pageant

Kelly FitzGerald (’17) pivots from handing out Oscars and working in film to competing in a difficult Argentine dance

Eleanor-Scott Davis ('05) builds a business as an artist with her three little ones "helping" in the studio

After nearly 90 years, a Wake Forest connection to a Rhodes recipient is unearthed.

The editor of Wake Forest Magazine chronicles its hunt to capture hearts and imaginations

Get to know the four newest members of the Wake Forest Writers Hall of Fame.

Program inspires with poetry, distinguished writers, memories of days past

Jackson Marshall (’80, MA ’85) builds his fascination with World War I veterans into a record-setting museum exhibit

A custodian closed the deal for a student who found her college home, thanks to a proud alumna

Alumnus Eric Olson makes a breakthrough in muscular dystrophy research (with a boost from Annie and Willie Nelson)

How Wubetu Shimelash, a shepherd boy from the wilderness of Ethiopia, made his way to Wake Forest, and, yes, shoes had something to do with it