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The Next Wake Forest Olympian?

One of the beauties of our campus is that because of its size, we can know the members of our campus community.  And because we know them, we like them, and we stay connected.  I am proud to say that we cheer our students’ and […]


From the Center for International Studies

Many of our Deac families have students who have studied/plan to study abroad; in fact, around 60% of our students have logged time in an abroad experience (academic or volunteer).  It is a major part of our campus culture. We have a robust Center for […]


Meet a Deac – Jill Crainshaw (’84)

We’re back after a few days off for Thanksgiving and hope your family had a terrific holiday.  Our next Meet a Deac is a member of our Divinity School faculty.  Here’s Jill Crainshaw (’84), Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Worship […]


Meet a Deac – Tom Phillips (’74, MA ’78)

This month, senior Brandon Turner (’12) became the 12th Wake Forest student to be named a Rhodes Scholar in the last 25 years.  Tom Phillips (’74, MA ’78), Director of the Wake Forest Scholars Program, plays an integral role on campus mentoring students […]


Happy Thanksgiving!

To all our Deac families, the Office of Parent Programs wishes you a happy Thanksgiving!  We hope your students are home with you and are enjoying a wonderful meal with loved ones – and if they aren’t, we hope they are having a terrific […]


Meet a Deac – Mary Beth Lock

In 2011, the Z. Smith Reynolds Library was named the winner of the ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries award in the university category. The award is given annually by the Association of College and Research Libraries to recognize the accomplishments of librarians and library […]


Meet a Deac – John Borwick

Today’s Daily Deac features John Borwick of IS.  Though your students might not have met John directly, his team’s work on the Google Mail transition this summer touched all of us on campus. ———————————— What is your official job title? Director, IS Portfolio Management […]


Rate the Best Football Movie (hint: vote WFU!!!)

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of “Brian’s Song” on November 30, Wake Forest is conducting a survey of Wake Forest students, alumni, parents and fans about their favorite football movies. We believe WFU is one of two schools* to have three major motion pictures based […]


Meet a Deac – Steve Adams

We hope you have been enjoying meeting some of our terrific colleagues at Wake Forest.  Today we meet someone who plays an integral role in your students’ experience at athletic events: Steve Adams, Assistant Athletic Director for Internal Operations. ———– Your official job title […]


The View from Campus this Morning

For those of you who follow the weather, you may have seen some alarming reports of tornadoes throughout the South yesterday and last night.  Let me first say that campus was fortunately not the recipient of any tornadic activity.  We did, however, get a lot […]


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