50th Reunion for the Class of 1976

Welcome Home Class of 1976

Join us on campus for Homecoming & Reunion Weekend, November 6-8! Follow these steps to get ready for your 50th Reunion Weekend:

• Save the Date: November 6-8
  Mark Homecoming & Reunion Weekend on your calendar! Events will begin on Friday, November 6.
• Book Your Travel
  Book your hotel (or Airbnb/VRBO) early, as Winston-Salem hotels can fill up quickly. We no longer have class-specific hotels, so feel free to book wherever you would like! Also, please note that hotel availability may fluctuate as rooms are held and released.
• Connect with Friends
  Fire up those group chats, reconnect on social media, dial up those phone trees, and start making your plans to return to Winston-Salem.
• Register to Attend
  Reunion registration will open this summer! Check this site for more class-specific updates as we get closer to registration opening.

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Class of 1976 Reunion Campaign of the Wake Forest Fund

Goals and details for the Class of 1976 Reunion Campaign coming soon!

Learn about the Reunion Campaign »

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Golden Deacs Scholarship

As we celebrate 50 years as a class, the reunion committee wants to mark this milestone in a significant way by supporting the newly created endowed scholarship to help deserving students attend Wake Forest. In fact, through the generosity of the Class of 1974 the fund was endowed. Collectively, we can make a difference in the lives of current students. It’s all about Deacs helping Deacs and sending the elevator back down.

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Details for the Golden Deacs Scholarship:

• An endowed academic scholarship was established by the Class of 1974 so that all Golden Deacs can have the opportunity to support deserving students in a direct and meaningful way.
• By joining with other classes, past and future, we hope to create a much larger endowment than separate class scholarships could.
• It is not only a great way to recognize the significance of a 50th Reunion, it can also provide the opportunity to be part of an endowed fund through memorial gifts, bequests, IRA distributions or other appreciated assets that individuals may not be able to achieve on their own.
• Once the fund reaches the $100,000 cash funded level, the scholarship will begin to be awarded.
• The goal is to reach this level by June 30, 2025 so it can be awarded in the 2025-26 academic year.
• The fund provides a wonderful opportunity to remember classmates, celebrate birthdays, anniversaries or retirements.

Types of gifts: 

• Cash gifts (check, credit card, Donor Advised Funds, family foundations)
• Multi-year pledges (up to five years)
• Planned estate gifts
• Distributions from IRAs – 73 years old is the magic age to take advantage of this
• Gifts of appreciated securities
• Other structured estate gifts
• Memorial/honorarium gifts

Scholarship structure:

• Based on financial need
• Renewable for four years; with minimum GPA being maintained
• Awarded by the WFU Financial Aid Office

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If you prefer, you can mail a check payable to Wake Forest University to the following address:

Wake Forest University
Attn: Golden Deacs Scholarship
1834 Wake Forest Road
Box 7227
Winston-Salem, NC 27109

For questions please contact Emily Cockerham (’90, P ’24, ’25) in the Alumni Engagement Office at cockeres@wfu.edu or 336-758-5819.