2025-26 Wake Forest Fellows announced

Twelve 2025 grads will return to their alma mater as Wake Forest Fellows. They will work throughout the campus community.

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. Beginning July 1, each fellow will serve as a full-time Wake Forest staff member. 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 2025-26 are:

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist  
Lillian Sutton (Clemmons, NC)
Biochemistry major with a minor in neuroscience

Campus Life
Ashleigh Hampson (Alpharetta, GA)
Politics and international affairs major with a minor in religious studies

Dean of the College
 Jackson Brown (Winston-Salem, NC)
Computer science major with minors in sociology and entrepreneurship

Information Systems
Gabriel Martineau (Phoenix, AZ)
Psychology major with minors in computer science, and schools, education and society

Information Systems AI Intern
Rujing “Chelsea” Fan (Shenzhen, Guangdong, China)
Computer science and statistics majors

Leadership and Character
Leanna Bernish (Clemmons, NC) – Second-year fellowship
Psychology major with a minor in health and human services.

President’s Office 
Michaela Re (Sayville, NY)
Politics and international affairs major with minors in history, Italian language and culture, and dance

Provost’s Office 
Sofia Trujillo (Scottsdale, AZ)
Studio art major with minors in entrepreneurship and creative writing

School of Business 
Nelia Binder (Apex, NC)
Japanese language and culture, and environmental studies majors

START Gallery  
Jane Alexander (Winston-Salem, NC) 
Studio art and mathematics majors

Wake Downtown 
Alyssa Zaepfel (Lancaster, PA)
Biochemistry and molecular biology majors with a minor in German

ZSR Library  
Hyojae “Celina” Se (Yeongcheon, Korea)
Business and enterprise management major with minors in film studies, and critical and creative media