Meet Lindsey Wilson, the Graylyn Scholar for the class of 2021

The Gray family was dedicated to education, community, and preservation. Today, Graylyn, strives to honor that commitment by contributing a portion of its business success to local schools, student scholarships, and historical preservation efforts. Each year, Wake Forest awards the Graylyn Scholarship to an incoming student of outstanding academic quality who would otherwise be financially unable to attend the university.

Meet Irmo, South Carolina native Lindsey Wilson, Graylyn scholar for the class of 2021. Wilson, a graduate of Spring Valley High School, has yet to declare his major, but is considering pursuing a degree in psychology.


“I just want to help people. I feel like the emotional aspect of our lives is something that we don’t address as much as we probably should,” said Wilson. “I would like to do something that would help people with that aspect of their lives, and I feel like majoring in psychology is a good step in going about doing that.”.

Wilson is very grateful to receive the scholarship because otherwise he would not have been financially able to attend Wake Forest. The relationships he has already forged among students, faculty, staff, and even the provost are already proving to be an invaluable component of his educational experience.

“On the first day that I moved in, the provost literally came into my room and introduced himself! If I see him walking around on campus, he’ll wave and say hi. He knows who we are. It’s really unique,” said Wilson.

In addition to their full scholarships, Graylyn scholars are also encouraged to apply for up to $5,000 in research grants each year. Next summer, Lindsey is hoping to receive a grant to assist a linguistics professor who works with the Cherokee in the area, documenting the history and fundamentals of their language. The following summer, he hopes to travel to Japan to further his research in linguistics.

When you host a meeting, hold a special event, or stay overnight at Graylyn, you are not only receiving a luxury experience, but you are investing, in part, in Lindsey Wilson’s education and the education of other Graylyn scholars. On behalf of these very grateful and well deserving students, thank you!

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"Dorothea Lange's America" Living and Learning Package

Experience “Dorothea Lange’s America” Living and Learning Package through December 30, 2018. With this overnight package, guests will receive a luxury overnight stay at Graylyn, and be able to explore the work of one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century, now on display at Reynolda House American Museum of Art. The package also includes:

• Overnight accomodations
• $75 Food and Beverage Credit for Dinner
• Full Breakfast Buffet
• Butler Tour of Graylyn
• Two Tickets to Reynolda House Museum of American Art
• At-leisure shopping at Reynolda Village
• Graylyn shuttle to Reynolda 
• Complimentary onsite parking and WiFi
• Gray Family Traditions: Complimentary refreshments including Mrs. Gray’s Butterscotch Cookies every afternoon, and ice cream celebrating Mr. Gray’s love of the sweet treat. 
• PLUS, November 14 - December 30, see the historic Reynolds mansion decorated for the Christmas.

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(Image: "Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California", 1936, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection. LC-DIG-fsa-8b29516)

Dorothea Lange’s Legacy

The twin cataclysms of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl inspired a group of socially conscious photographers to capture the mass exodus of Americans from their homes and farms. Photographer Dorothea Lange rose to preeminence with empathetic images of migrant workers, suffering families, and tortured landscapes that seared the effects of the Depression into American conscious.

“Dorothea Lange’s America” tells the story of heartbreak, resilience, and determination through beautiful lifetime prints by the legendary documentary photographer, including photographs by Walker Evans, Ben Shahn, and Russell Lee.

(Image: Dorothea Lange, “White Angel Bread Line,” San Francisco, 1933. © The Dorothea Lange Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of Paul S. Taylor.)

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Team Building: The Vineyard Challenge

Team building can be a key part of your meeting or conference. Each activity is designed specifically to meet the needs of your team, guide social growth, foster connections, and motivate and recharge your employees. But best of all, team building can be a time to simply have fun!

Graylyn Adventures Vineyard Challenge is a refreshingly fun way to interact with your team. In this challenge, you not only get to make your own sangria, but you get to brand your team and beverage as well. The best part may be all the taste tests you experience during the process.

Before the sangria making begins, you will be given all the information you need about the history of sangria and the variety of ingredients used to make this summer inspired beverage.

Participants are then divided into teams of 5-6 people. Each group is tasked to come up with a team Vineyard Name, brand name and create a slogan or jingle to sell their product. The best sangria will be determined by a panel of judges for a taste test at the end of the challenge. Criteria for the winning team include Best Taste, Best Slogan, and Best Brand Name.

You can expect interesting insights, creative freedom, and lots of laughter during your Vineyard Challenge. Plus, the sangria making skills you develop throughout the challenge may serve you well in the future.

Graylyn Adventures is a unique group of team building activities designed to clarify your team’s developing needs, guide social growth, foster connection, and motivate and recharge your employees. During each activity you will have the opportunity to discover the individual strengths that make up your team, and learn to utilize those strengths in your day-to-day operations. Book your team building adventure today!

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Spend Thanksgiving With Us

Every year, Graylyn welcomes over 100 families into our home for Thanksgiving brunch & dinner. Chef Rollins and his team have prepared a gourmet menu months in advance for this special day. We would like to invite you, your family, and friends to gather and give thanks with us on Thanksgiving Day.

View this year's menu.

Brunch begins at 11am and goes until 1pm. Dinner begins at 3pm and goes until 6pm. $43 per adult, $16 per child 12 and under, children 4 and under eat free.

Space is limited, please call 800-472-9596 to make a reservation, or fill out the registration request form.

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