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Inspiring young writers

Silk maps, B-24 bombers and avoiding anachronisms were the hot topics during Laura Elliott’s visit to Northwest Middle School in Winston-Salem. Elliott, a 1979 Wake Forest graduate who writes young adult historical novels, mixed WWII history with writing advice in conversations with 6th-, 7th- and 8th-graders as part of Words Awake! A Celebration of Wake Forest Writers and Writing on campus March 23-25.

Categories: Alumni, Arts & Culture, Community Impact, Happening at Wake, Research & Discovery

Finding inspiration in journalism

Sarah Crosland

As a junior at Wake Forest, Sarah Crosland (’04) had her sights set on law school. The English and political science double-major studied for the LSAT and completed a summer law internship. But she realized becoming an attorney wasn’t for her. So, she took to journalism, and that’s where she found inspiration.

Categories: Alumni

Wake Forest celebrates birthday

Wake Forest ironwork

This week will mark the 178th birthday of Wake Forest. A group of young alumni have planned a week-long celebration, culminating on Friday, Feb. 3, the day on which Wake Forest admitted its first students.

Categories: Alumni, Happening at Wake

Wake Forest appoints new provost

Rogan Kersh

Wake Forest has appointed Rogan Kersh as the University’s new provost and professor of political science.  A Wake Forest alumnus, Kersh currently serves as the associate dean of academic affairs and professor of public policy at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.

Categories: Alumni, University Announcements

Teaching teachers

Amy Talley

Part pep-rally, part continuing education opportunity, the Emerging Teachers Leadership Network conference this weekend is a way to show alumni teachers that the education department’s commitment to them didn’t end when they graduated.

Categories: Alumni, Happening at Wake, University Announcements

A gift of Chinese culture

For more than 25 years, Timothy Lam has been building his collection of Chinese pottery — around 550 pieces that date back more than a thousand years. Now Lam, a 1960 graduate, has given his treasures a new home at Wake Forest.

Categories: Alumni, Arts & Culture

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