I am reminded of Dr. Angelou’s own words describing Mrs. Bertha Flowers in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: “she…has remained throughout my life the measure of what a human being can be.” Rest in peace, dear lady.
Linda McRae ’03
Thank you for being a part of my daughters great love for reading and poetry. Thank you too for your generous spirit when she had the opportunity to meet you at a book signing at Special Occasions.
I also appreciate your presence and laughter as you came to Wake Forest while I was in Divinity School. You were loved, appreciated and will be missed…to be sure your work and great spirit will continue on.
Janet Lee
We are all very lucky to have had such a wonderful and kind soul in our midst. I loved this woman and my thoughts and prayers are for her family and friends. May God watch over her in her journey home.
Bimjhana Bishwokarma
Your presence will be felt on earth for a very long time to come! You will forever remain my inspiration, Maya!
Pat Boone
A woman I greatly admired…her light will continue to shine for women, especially women of color, everywhere. We remain when we are remembered. I will remember.
Jaymi Thomas
To me and countless others, Dr. Maya Angelou is legendary and wisdom personified. Unfortunately, she was never my professor, but she was one of my reasons for attending Wake. I knew it would be an honor and privilege to attend the university where an amazing, poet, writer, and humanitarian who could teach anywhere, had chosen to be her academic home. I will never forget volunteering with friends at her 80th birthday celebration in Winston-Salem. To call her a gem, doesn’t feel adequate. Her voice, her words, and her powerful way of making eye contact with the world, will be missed.
Jerome Rasberry Jr.
Ive had the honor in meeting Dr. Angelou when i was 16 years old when she came and spoke at Fresno State and I was blessed to see her and hear her . my heart is sad but I know that Heaven just got a Anointed Angel……
~ Jerome
JJ Jackman
Great Lady, thank you for the time we shared. In the two classes I was fortunate enough to take with you, you shared with us a way of thinking about the world, a way of constantly working to embrace, understand and love humanity that forever echoes in me, and daily dictates how I respond and interact with the world.
Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto. I am a human being, I consider nothing that is human alien to me. A quote from Terence, and the central tenet of every class she ever taught.
Thank you, Dr. Angelou for your friendship, your teachings, and the great impact you’ve had on my life. I carry you with me always.
Bob Cairns
Dear Maya. Thank you for your words. “Still I rise” moved me, inspired me. Much love. R.I.P
Bob Cairns. Bournemouth Dorset UK.
Linda
I never had the honor of meeting of meeting her…but have read her books and she has inspired me…..she and her WORDS will be missed.
Jamie Weinbaum
Dr. Angelou was a terrific teacher – about literature, about writing, about life. I was honored to be a student in her class.
Joan Dobbins
Rest in peace Dr. Maya Angelou… I loved your work and I loved you… I loved what you stood for…. I will miss you… farewell.
Tom Lewis
I graduated before Ms. Angelou began teaching at WFU, but I once heard her speak and read her poetry at Spelman College in Atlanta. Hearing “Phenomenal Woman” read by the phenomenal woman herself has been a touchstone moment in my life. She leaves a Maya Angelou sized hole in the universe.
Robert Schenkemeyers
What a kind and gentle person. Such an asset to the Wake Forest community. She will be surely missed.
C. L. White
We are a blessed society to have experienced her wisdom, artistry, love.
Tia R. Lawson
A true female warrior, has come left her mark on the world and our hearts! She will be greatly missed, to her family, look to God because he’s the only one can mend your hearts! Thank you so much for sharing her with world! She was a great woman! Thank you!!
Charles Samaha, ’86
Maya did me and two of my buddies a solid back in 1985 by hooking us up with a friend of hers in Geneva for a place to stay as we hiked through Europe – she gave us a signed book to give to her friend as our introduction. RIP Maya.
Lou Ruffin
One of the last greatest figures of my time. I grew up “knowing” Dr. Angelou, along with Malcolm X and Dr. King and the Kennedy’s…I always felt that she and my Mom were sisters, with many parallels. The joy of reading for me, included that Caged Bird…I was privileged in my later years to see and hear her in public, in Tampa, FL several years ago…a memory that I will never forget…breathing and functioning in the same space and air as she…A great Woman and a phenomenal loss! R.I.P with Peace, Dr. Maya Angelou…
Dr. Michelle A. Scott
Dr. Maya Angelou was certainly an inspiration for me and countless others. I thank God for sharing her with us, and I thank Dr. Angelou for sharing her wonderful God-given gifts with the world. She is the epitome of living life with purpose. May we all be so inclined to do the same.
I am reminded of Dr. Angelou’s own words describing Mrs. Bertha Flowers in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: “she…has remained throughout my life the measure of what a human being can be.” Rest in peace, dear lady.
Thank you for being a part of my daughters great love for reading and poetry. Thank you too for your generous spirit when she had the opportunity to meet you at a book signing at Special Occasions.
I also appreciate your presence and laughter as you came to Wake Forest while I was in Divinity School. You were loved, appreciated and will be missed…to be sure your work and great spirit will continue on.
We are all very lucky to have had such a wonderful and kind soul in our midst. I loved this woman and my thoughts and prayers are for her family and friends. May God watch over her in her journey home.
Your presence will be felt on earth for a very long time to come! You will forever remain my inspiration, Maya!
A woman I greatly admired…her light will continue to shine for women, especially women of color, everywhere. We remain when we are remembered. I will remember.
To me and countless others, Dr. Maya Angelou is legendary and wisdom personified. Unfortunately, she was never my professor, but she was one of my reasons for attending Wake. I knew it would be an honor and privilege to attend the university where an amazing, poet, writer, and humanitarian who could teach anywhere, had chosen to be her academic home. I will never forget volunteering with friends at her 80th birthday celebration in Winston-Salem. To call her a gem, doesn’t feel adequate. Her voice, her words, and her powerful way of making eye contact with the world, will be missed.
Ive had the honor in meeting Dr. Angelou when i was 16 years old when she came and spoke at Fresno State and I was blessed to see her and hear her . my heart is sad but I know that Heaven just got a Anointed Angel……
~ Jerome
Great Lady, thank you for the time we shared. In the two classes I was fortunate enough to take with you, you shared with us a way of thinking about the world, a way of constantly working to embrace, understand and love humanity that forever echoes in me, and daily dictates how I respond and interact with the world.
Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto. I am a human being, I consider nothing that is human alien to me. A quote from Terence, and the central tenet of every class she ever taught.
Thank you, Dr. Angelou for your friendship, your teachings, and the great impact you’ve had on my life. I carry you with me always.
Dear Maya. Thank you for your words. “Still I rise” moved me, inspired me. Much love. R.I.P
Bob Cairns. Bournemouth Dorset UK.
I never had the honor of meeting of meeting her…but have read her books and she has inspired me…..she and her WORDS will be missed.
Dr. Angelou was a terrific teacher – about literature, about writing, about life. I was honored to be a student in her class.
Rest in peace Dr. Maya Angelou… I loved your work and I loved you… I loved what you stood for…. I will miss you… farewell.
I graduated before Ms. Angelou began teaching at WFU, but I once heard her speak and read her poetry at Spelman College in Atlanta. Hearing “Phenomenal Woman” read by the phenomenal woman herself has been a touchstone moment in my life. She leaves a Maya Angelou sized hole in the universe.
What a kind and gentle person. Such an asset to the Wake Forest community. She will be surely missed.
We are a blessed society to have experienced her wisdom, artistry, love.
A true female warrior, has come left her mark on the world and our hearts! She will be greatly missed, to her family, look to God because he’s the only one can mend your hearts! Thank you so much for sharing her with world! She was a great woman! Thank you!!
Maya did me and two of my buddies a solid back in 1985 by hooking us up with a friend of hers in Geneva for a place to stay as we hiked through Europe – she gave us a signed book to give to her friend as our introduction. RIP Maya.
One of the last greatest figures of my time. I grew up “knowing” Dr. Angelou, along with Malcolm X and Dr. King and the Kennedy’s…I always felt that she and my Mom were sisters, with many parallels. The joy of reading for me, included that Caged Bird…I was privileged in my later years to see and hear her in public, in Tampa, FL several years ago…a memory that I will never forget…breathing and functioning in the same space and air as she…A great Woman and a phenomenal loss! R.I.P with Peace, Dr. Maya Angelou…
Dr. Maya Angelou was certainly an inspiration for me and countless others. I thank God for sharing her with us, and I thank Dr. Angelou for sharing her wonderful God-given gifts with the world. She is the epitome of living life with purpose. May we all be so inclined to do the same.
She was a great lady and will be missed.