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Gracias!

It’s a light day for the Daily Deac, as I just returned from the Miami area for a New Student Reception.  We had a great group of both incoming students and parents, and some current students as well.  Many thanks to all who attended, as […]


New Student Reception Season!

Last night I had the privilege of attending one of our New Student Receptions – summer sendoff parties that we hold to welcome new students and their parents.  My first reception of the season was Greensboro, NC and it was a smashing good time.  There […]


757

757. This is our magic number. Between now and the end of the fiscal year (which ends for us June 30th), we need to receipt 757 more gifts to the Wake Forest Fund to be able to meet our yearly goal of support for our […]


The Perfect Place

Summertime, and the living is easy. Especially if the living involves having the ability to sit outside – either in the sun, or under the shade of an umbrella table – and contemplate the universe while looking out at such a fine backyard as […]


Seen Around Campus

Happy Monday, Deac families.  Have you shaken off your malaise after the USA-Portugal World Cup last night?  What a game. This morning I had occasion to go over to the ZSR Library for a meeting.  Even early in the morning, it’s warm outside.  Nice and […]


Summer Conversations

If your student is at home with you over the summer, this is a wonderful time to have some important and meaningful conversations.  One of the conversations that you might wish to have with your student is about alcohol. Whether your student is an incoming […]


On the Importance of Finding a Niche

I was talking with one of my colleagues this week, Mike Ford (’72), who is an Associate Dean for Campus Life.  Mike has been working with Wake students for quite a long time, and he has a special talent for mentoring young people and helping […]


Back At It!

The Daily Deac took a little break last week for some family vacation to Yellowstone National Park with Class of ’27 Deac and Deac Dad.  For all our Deac families in those areas, my hat is off to you.  What an absolutely stunning place to […]


Ordinary Yet Extraordinary

Our final good thing to look forward to during the academic year isn’t an event proper or an activity.  It’s a time of year.   An ordinary week somewhere in October most likely.  But it is extraordinary. Fall. There is something about when fall arrives […]


What’s Left?

The Daily Deac is at the end of the Things to Look Forward to This Fall series, and what is left?  Today isn’t about an event or a place or a thing, it is about the feeling of being back at Wake Forest as the […]


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