UMC and Magazine win high honors for shining a light-weight on Wake Forest

August 20, 2026

Wake Forest is lucky to have a gifted workforce of writers, photographers, designers, videographers, entrepreneurs and storytellers working behind the scenes to deliver the University’s story to life. Their work performs a crucial function in shaping how Wake Forest is seen by potential college students, alumni, donors, companions and the broader neighborhood. These colleagues typically keep behind the scenes whereas their work shines a light-weight on the outstanding folks, concepts and actions that make Wake Forest what it’s.

During the 2025-26 yr, the artistic expertise throughout University Marketing and Communications and Wake Forest Magazine earned recognition from business friends by way of nationwide awards honoring excellence in advertising, writing, pictures, design and storytelling. These honors signify not simply particular person accomplishments, however the collaborative work that goes into telling the Wake Forest story.

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University Marketing and Communications

CASE Circle of Excellence Awards

• Bronze, Marketing | Micro-sites, for the Accepted Students website (undertaking led by Pete Nowak, Senior Director, Digital Strategy & Enrollment Marketing)
• Bronze, Writing | Column or Opinion Piece, for “Tall Poppy Syndrome” (written by Betsy Chapman, Senior Executive Director of Family Communications

MarCom Awards Gold Awards

University Photographers’ Association of America (UPAA) Awards

• First place, Viewbook, for the 2025-26 Viewbook (Lyndsie Schlink, Director of Photography)
• First place, Publication Covers, for the Spring 2026 Wake Forest Magazine (Lyndsie Schlink, Director of Photography)
• Second place, General Publications, for the Spring 2026 Wake Forest Magazine (Lyndsie Schlink, Director of Photography and Nick Fantasia, Assistant Director of Photography)

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Wake Forest Magazine

2025 CASE Best of District III Awards

2026 CASE Gold Circle of Excellence Awards

Wake Forest Magazine Staff

• Chad Cheek (MBA ’05), Associate Vice President and Editor-at-Large
• Natalie Jennings, Senior Managing Editor
• Kelly Greene (’91), Managing Editor
• Katherine Laws Waters (’20), Deputy Editor
• Matthew Johnson, Digital Content Editor
• Hayes Henderson, Creative Director
• Julie Helsabeck, Designer
• Lyndsie Schlink, Director of Photography
• Nick Fantasia, Assistant Director of Photography