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A Deacon with Olympic hopes felt compelled to choose military service after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Families deliver first-year students, sparking advice and remembrances of campus days for alumni parents.

Nick Gray (’04) offers his step-by-step strategy for small, fun cocktail parties to bring new people into your life.

Laura Malone Elliott (’79) offers young people connections and inspiration in her historical novels that can help them navigate the world today.

Maria Toler Velissaris (’02) , who stretched her entrepreneurial wings building a new company as a Wake Forest junior, has soared as a lauded venture capitalist in women’s health care.

Provost Rogan Kersh ('86) represents "the very best of Wake Forest."

Jude Stewart (’96) sniffs out meaning and culture in the often underrated but powerful sense of smell.

Author Tripp Mickle (’03) reveals the inside story of how the iconic company lost its creative edge.

Douglas H. Nesbit (’92, P ’21, ’23) toasts the Masters Tournament and Wake Forest with a book of beverage recipes honoring everything Deacon.

Army veteran Matt Gallagher (’05) answered his friend’s call to help Ukrainians.

An alumna and her husband leave their comfort zone to launch snack foods aimed at reducing the chances of infants developing nut allergies.