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Wake Forest Post Secret

Just after Spring Break, Student Union is hosting ‘the most trusted stranger in America,” Frank Warren of Post Secret fame.  He will speak on Tuesday, March 19th at 7 pm in Wait Chapel.  For those of you who aren’t familiar with Post Secret, here’s a […]


Senior Orations: Andrea Beck

We are coming to the last few Senior Orations, and hope you have enjoyed the very thoughtful and poignant reflections of our senior finalists.  Today we are featuring the oration of Andrea Beck. —————————— We Are Not Equals I’d like to share a story about […]


A Glass of the Finest – Chris Paul

It’s a sunny but cold morning in Winston-Salem, Deac families, and your students are almost certainly hurrying and scurrying to get the last of their papers and projects completed and studying for whatever midterms they might have prior to leaving for Spring Break. But this […]


Senior Orations: Benjamin Magee

As we continue to feature the top finalists in the Senior Orations, today we hear from Benjamin Magee. ———————- “Trail Blazing”    My mother’s mother was a 4-foot, nine-inch woman with a towering personality.  Those who met her at the end of her life in […]


Senior Orations: Meenu Krishnan

Today we are featuring the senior oration of Meenu Krishnan.  Enjoy it! —————————— An Education, Or Something Like It  I found myself in fairly improbable circumstances the first time I seriously considered the purpose of higher education. Slogging knee-deep in murky waters through Mumbai to […]


Meet a Deac – Paul Pauca (’94)

There are many people on campus who touch the lives of your students, and we like to feature profiles of our campus community members in a segment we call “Meet a Deac.”  Our Intern C (’13) checked in with Dr. Paul Pauca (’94) […]


Senior Orations: Meredith Browne

We continue to feature our top ten submissions in Senior Orations.  Today we hear the thoughts of Meredith Browne. ———————– Service Done Right While attending a meeting to prepare for the Volunteer Service Corps trip to Kolkata, India, we discussed our own personal philosophy of […]


The Power of an English Major

The English Department e-newsletter was published a couple of weeks ago, and there was a wonderful story in there by a young alumna, Ashley Gedraitis (’11), about her experience as an English major and how it has helped position her for life after Wake Forest. […]


Senior Orations: SheRea DelSol

Founders’ Day Convocation was held yesterday afternoon, and a feature part of the ceremony is the reading of three senior orations.  Seniors were invited to reflect on their Wake Forest experience in the form of an essay.  Ten finalists were chosen, and three were read […]


Wake n Shake

Intern C (’13) was busy yesterday covering the Wake n Shake kickoff.  Wake n Shake is a 12 hour dance marathon that benefits the Brian Piccolo Cancer Research Fund.  Wake n Shake will take place on March 23rd, and this is a wonderful way for […]


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