2024-25 Wake Forest Fellows announced

May 2, 2024

Eleven 2024 grads will return to their alma mater as Wake Forest Fellows. They will work throughout the campus community, including in the offices of the Provost, Campus Life and the Dean of the College.

Since 2008, the Wake Forest Fellows program has provided exceptional Wake Forest College graduates with the opportunity to work in higher education administration for a year. Each fellow is serving as a full-time Wake Forest staff member, starting July 1. In addition to working with top administrators, the fellows will participate in leadership activities and interact with faculty, staff and students to learn about the inner workings of higher education.

The Wake Forest Fellows for 2024-25 are:

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Justin Linden (Natick, Massachusetts)
History major with minors in biology and chemistry

Campus Life
Leanna Bernish (Clemmons, North Carolina)
Psychology major with a minor in health and human service

Dean of the College
Aditi Samavedy (Knoxville, Tennessee)
Psychology major with minors in sociology and politics and international affairs

Information Systems
Ashley Cranford ((Clemmons, North Carolina)
Sociology major with a minor in music

Leadership and Character
Roscoe Bell (Jacksonville, Florida) – Second year
Psychology major with a minor in music

President’s Office
Tatum Pike (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)
Sociology major with minors in anthropology, and schools, education, and society

Provost’s Office
William “Ritt” Culbreth (Harrisonburg, Virginia)
Philosophy, and politics and international affairs majors

School of Business
Aarya Deshmukh (New Albany, Ohio)
Economics and philosophy majors

START Gallery
Maya Whitaker (Winston-Salem, NC) – Second year
Sociology major with minors in art history and studio art

Wake Downtown
Erin McCollum (Charlotte, North Carolina)
Biochemistry and molecular biology majors with a minor in Spanish

ZSR Library
Emma Gauthier (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)
History major with a minor in French Studies