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On May 10, Wake Forest University’s Women’s Club Softball Team took home the win at the National Club Softball Association (NCSA) Division II World Series championship game. The 2025-26 season was the team’s first year in an NCSA league. In previous years, the team was unable to participate in playoff tournaments because it was not...
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Former Governor Roy Cooper (D) will face off against President Donald Trump’s endorsee Michael Whatley (R) in November for Thom Tillis’s open North Carolina seat in the U.S. Senate. On May 21, Cooper brought his “Make Stuff Cost Less Tour” to Winston-Salem, gathering supporters at the InDemand-Asian Street Food & Burger Bar. Cooper is running...
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On May 20, the Board of Trustees announced Peter Rodriguez will serve as the 15th president of Wake Forest University. Rodriguez is an economist who currently serves as the dean of Rice Business, which includes Jones Graduate School of Business and Virani Undergraduate Business School at Rice University. “The Presidential Search Committee unanimously agreed
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Like many universities founded in the American South, Wake Forest University has historical ties to slavery. In 2019, sociology professor Joseph Soares and his social theory class brought to the University’s attention that Wake Forest’s endowment was funded by the auction of 16 enslaved human beings. Soares and his class planned the first Commemoration of...
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Chase Clark grew up going on educational trips once a year with her family to explore new spaces and see new cultures. Even as a child, Clark gravitated toward shaping those experiences herself, taking her curiosity and love of history to new heights. “I was always the sibling that chose where we went,” Clark said....
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Scott Zhao enrolled at Wake Forest intending to major in engineering and computer science, but quickly changed his plan. “Right off the bat, I realized the engineering major was going to take too much time,” Zhao said. “Nothing against the department—it just wasn’t going to work out.” He stuck with his computer science courses longer,...
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Nate Deiuliis, an Accountancy major from Columbia, Md., has long been drawn to numbers. He recalls sitting in a stroller while his grandmother quizzed him with simple math problems as they walked through the mall—something he genuinely enjoyed. That interest carried through the years in small but telling ways, whether he was volunteering to be...
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Annelise Witcher’s fascination with anthropology emerged from a favorite television show, “Bones,” which focuses on the work of a forensic anthropologist who solves crimes. When applying to college, Witcher was drawn to an education in people and culture. She was also specifically intrigued by Wake Forest’s Lam Museum of Anthropology. “There’s not real
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Amy Sepucha said mathematics has always played a significant role in shaping her identity. “For as long as I can remember, it’s always been my favorite subject,” Sepucha said. “I always used to say it’s in my blood, because my mom and grandmother both majored in math in college.” At Wake Forest, Sepucha found her...
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Art history has always been a part of Caroline Helmer’s life. “I still remember the first time I went to an art museum with my mom when I was six years old, and we saw a Renoir exhibit,” Helmer said. “And I think I always considered art history as a fun thing.” However, she didn’t...
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