Keri Brown

Associate Director, News and Communications

brownkl@wfu.edu

336.758.4442

Keri Brown joined the news team in 2022 after working as a host and reporter for NPR-affiliate 88.5 WFDD for 11 years. As a journalist, Keri has covered a wide variety of topics and has received multiple awards for her feature and enterprise reporting.  Before moving to North Carolina, she worked with West Virginia Public Broadcasting and produced stories for the state’s public television and public radio programs. In this role, she also taught journalism courses at Wheeling University and Bethany College and produced STEM stories as part of a partnership with NASA funded education centers. She is a graduate of Ohio University where she earned her B.S. in Communication from the Scripps College of Communication.

Keri enjoys telling the stories of Wake Forest University and working with students, faculty and staff.

Stories by Keri

Wake Forest launches Center for Literacy Education

Wake Forest University has launched the Center For Literacy Education to explore how literacy education can strengthen individuals and communities through teaching, research, creative activities and programming. In today’s world, literacy means more than the ability to read and write. “Literacy affects all aspects of how we live and learn,” said Alan Brown, director of…

Categories: Arts & Culture, Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Pro Humanitate, Research & Discovery

Former members of Congress bring civic education to Wake Forest

Wake Forest University welcomed two former Congressional representatives to campus on Tuesday, Oct. 22, as part of a program called Congress to Campus. Donna Edwards (D-MD) and Barbara Comstock (R-VA) met with students throughout the day to talk about their career journeys, finding bipartisanship and the importance of civic engagement.   “Part of the mission of…

Categories: Campus Life, Experiential Learning, Mentorship, Personal & Career Development

Wake Forest receives national funding to advance public health

Senior leaders from AmeriCorps and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention visited Winston-Salem this week to see first-hand the impact Wake Forest’s Public Health AmeriCorps program is having in the community. The federal agencies awarded the University more than $200,000 to continue the program for a third year. “Hearing about the personal connection that…

Categories: Community Impact, Experiential Learning, Personal & Career Development, Pro Humanitate

WFU event to share stories of environmental justice in NC communities

Wake Forest University will host two national award-winning authors to talk about their work in capturing and documenting the stories of marginalized communities in North Carolina who are facing challenges from pollution, climate change and other environmental justice issues.  The event will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 6 p.m. in the Porter Byrum…

Categories: Environment & Sustainability