News & Events

  • Wake Up to Zines: Celebrating Zines & Zine Pedagogy at Wake Forest – A Recap!

    On Friday, April 24th, the campus community came together to explore the intersection of independent publishing, student agency, and radical pedagogy in the two part event “Wake Up To Zines.” Sponsored by the Dr. Samuel T. Gladding Fund, which vitalizes humanities programming at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library, and the Program for Leadership and Character’s […]

  • George Washington’s Mount Vernon, a Women’s Crusade and the Biblical Recorder

    The beloved home of George Washington almost slipped away from American tradition when the death of his great nephew who had inherited the farm and house at Mount Vernon left a desperate widow, Jane Washington, trying to sell the first presidential home in our country’s history. It was in derelict condition and in dire need […]

  • Wayne Oates, Christian Psychology and World War II

    Wayne Oates is well known in Christian evangelical circles as the pioneer in Christian Psychology and the field of Christian Counseling. He explored how the study of human psychology fit into historic Christian theology and authored multiple books in this field now commanded by best selling authors like Gary Chapman (also once a Wake Forest […]

  • Updating Buildings & Roads

    This blog post was written by Special Collections & Archives Student Assistant Anne Jones ’26. Since the fall of 2025, Meg Campbell (’25) and I (Anne Jones) have been editing, organizing, and updating the “Buildings & Roads of Wake Forest University” guide. The original project was made by former student employee John Walsh (’14) who […]

  • Wake Up to Zines: Celebrating Zines & Zine Pedagogy at Wake Forest

    On Friday, April 24th join us for a day celebrating creativity and zines! Whether you are a student looking to win prizes or a faculty/staff member looking to to learn more about zines, we have an event for you. We are excited to host two events: Zine Fest! When: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Where: […]

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