Webb Simpson ('08) has won the U.S. Open for his first major golf title. The celebration had a Demon Deacon feel, as Simpson shared it with his wife, Dowd ('07), and thanked WFU great Arnold Palmer for providing the scholarship that allowed him to play golf at Wake Forest.
The Wall Street Journal prominently featured Wake Forest for its national leadership in making personal and career development a mission-critical component of the college experience. The article, "Colleges Get Career-Minded", appeared the day after commencement. Categories: Alumni, Enrollment & Financial Aid, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake, Mentorship, Personal & Career Development, Research & Discovery, University Announcements
NASA scientists will help Aaron Willey become a better teacher. Willey, who earned her master’s of arts in education degree from Wake Forest in May, was one of 51 teachers awarded an Endeavor Fellowship with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Categories: Alumni, Awards & Recognition
Hundreds of Wake Foresters volunteered in projects nationwide (and in China) as part of Pro Humanitate Days 4Good. The event ran from June 1-4. Read more on Storify.Categories: Alumni, Community Impact, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate
From Philadelphia to San Diego, 18 alumni clubs and hundreds of Wake Foresters will be participating in volunteer projects nationwide as part of Pro Humanitate Days 4Good. The event will run from June 1-4.Categories: Alumni, Community Impact, Happening at Wake, Pro Humanitate
Though she was in one of the first classes to enroll on the “new” campus, Susan Brinkley ('62) is passionate about sharing the heritage of old Wake Forest. She'll swap stories with Bill Friday on his “North Carolina People” television program over the weekend.Categories: Alumni
Wake Forest wasn’t exactly a hotbed for campus unrest and student activism in the turbulent 1960s and early ’70s. But one night 42 years ago, about 600 students marched arm-in-arm up Wake Forest Road to President James Ralph Scales’ home and demanded an end to the Vietnam War and the cancellation of final exams so students could work for peace.Categories: Alumni
Few people were more excited to hear Wake Forest’s commencement address than graduate Alison Moy. That’s because keynote speaker Charlie Ergen, the chairman of satellite broadcaster DISH Network Corporation and EchoStar Communications Corporation, soon will be Moy’s new boss. Categories: Alumni, Experiential Learning, Happening at Wake
Everyone at Wake Forest shares a special bond, but seniors Curtis Vann and Emily Roach have more in common than most from the Class of 2012. Not only do both come from a long line of Wake Foresters dating back to the old campus, their fathers became best friends and roommates in Taylor Hall more than 30 years ago.
Categories: Alumni, Happening at Wake
This year, 10 seniors have been chosen for the Wake Forest Fellows Program, a highly competitive yearlong position that pairs recent graduates with key administrators.Categories: Alumni