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How Wake Forest’s Demon Deacon became college football’s most unusual mascot
When it comes to college football, no one shares a love of the game more than a team mascot. Whether it’s a bulldog, gamecock, or gator, college football wouldn’t be the same without a costumed character pumping up the crowd. And then there’s the South’s most unusual college mascot—the Demon Deacon. With his top hat, black tails, and giant oversized head, Wake Forest University’s Demon Deacon has been called everything from hilarious to terrifying.
October 17, 2026
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Career readiness needs an architecture, not an add-on
Wake Forest University’s Andy Chan said: Rather than assuming every authentic experience requires elaborate new infrastructure, institutions can begin by identifying what students already do that is close to experiential learning and make it more consequential through greater structure and reflection… Career services have an essential role to play in this model—not only as providers of services near graduation, but as institutional architects and connectors.
October 15, 2026
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