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After 34 years at Wake Forest University, Associate Professor of Anthropology Steve Folmar sits down to reflect on a career defined by discovery and human connection. Originally intending to be a chemist, Folmar describes how one “eccentric” professor changed his life’s path, leading to decades of fieldwork and teaching.


  • Hurricane Florence

    Wake Forest University is taking steps to keep the campus community safe with Hurricane Florence projected to bring heavy rains and sustained winds to the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County area later this week.…

  • Reduced Shakespeare Company opens 2018-19 Secrest Artists Series

    William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged) is the literary Holy Grail: an actual manuscript in Shakespeare’s own hand showing all his most famous characters and familiar speeches in a brand-new story.…

  • Professional photographer at Reynolds Gym today

    On Monday and Tuesday, September 10 and 11, a professional photographer will be in the Wake Forest Wellbeing Center taking photos. The images are intended to feature the facility but may…

  • 2017 Annual Crime and Fire Safety Report available online

    This announcement was emailed to students, faculty and staff on Sept. 7 by Wake Forest Communications and External Relations: The 2017 Annual Crime and Fire Safety Report is available on the…