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Cheryl Walker

Senior Executive Director of News and Public Relations

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Cheryl Walker

Cheryl V. Walker has been a writer and public relations professional in higher education for more than three decades. On topics ranging from parent-teen relationships to voting behavior, she handles media relations for a range of academic and administrative departments, including the social sciences and admissions.

When Wake Forest was the first top-30 national university to drop the SAT/ACT requirement for undergraduate admissions, she coordinated the university’s media outreach regarding the test-optional decision. She has been a CASE and PRSA presenter and has collaborated with colleagues to win CASE awards, including a 2014 Award of Excellence. In 2000, she gained experience handling the public relations challenges of hosting a Presidential Debate.

Cheryl graduated from Wake Forest with a B.A. in English.

Stories by Cheryl

From capstone to community: Wake Forest seniors build solar trailer to support local fire department

In a fitting presentation for Earth Day, Wake Forest senior Scarlett Johnson showed Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines and Fire Chief Trey Mayo the mobile solar-powered trailer a team of engineering students designed and built. Johnson pointed out the 48-volt solar panels, the inverter box, the lithium iron phosphate batteries and the stabilizing jacks added to…

Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning

Wake Forest, Palmer Foundation announce partnership to promote leadership and character through golf

The Arnold & Winnie Palmer Foundation and the Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University are forming a partnership to promote leadership and character development through youth golf programs around the world and to support student-athletes at Wake Forest. The Arnold & Winnie Palmer Leadership and Character Development Program at Wake Forest University,…

Categories: Leadership & Character

Construction slated for new pedestrian pathway to The Grounds

Construction on a new pedestrian pathway connecting Faculty Drive to The Grounds will begin in early March. In partnership with the North Carolina Department of Transportation, the development and construction teams behind The Grounds will re-engineer the intersection at University Parkway and North Cherry Street. The goal is to simplify a complex roadway and slow…

Categories: University Announcements

National Inventors Hall of Fame announces 2026 inductees

Two Wake Forest University School of Medicine researchers are among 15 innovation pioneers who will be honored in the 2026 class of National Inventors Hall of Fame ® Inductees  Dr. Louis Argenta and Dr. Michael Morykwas, both professors emeriti of plastic and reconstructive surgery, co-invented Vacuum Assisted Closure, a medical device that uses controlled suction…

Categories: Awards & Recognition

Groundbreaking ceremony held for Wake Forest office building at The Grounds

Wake Forest University celebrated the groundbreaking today for an office building at The Grounds that will house 400 University staff when it is completed in 2027. “This place will be a hub of great energy, excitement and collaborative work,” said Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Jackie Travisano.   A lunchtime celebration was held at…

Categories: Community Impact