Two of my very favorite people on campus (and you know who you are!) turned me on to the quote by Theodore Roosevelt, “Comparison is the thief of joy.” Let me repeat it for emphasis. Big and bold: Comparison is the thief of joy. I […]
Happy Valentines Day, Deac families! I am sending you lots and lots of love from campus 🙂 Because I am just getting back from a road trip, I am relying on a couple of guest posts in the coming days. Today we are featuring […]
Pretty sure I am not the only one who woke up late this morning. My hometown team of the Eagles won lastnight, and I am really glad the game is over, because my P’92 in a Phili suburb was going out of her mind for […]
Happy Black and Gold Friday – and a hot one here, high 70s. Definitely strangely warm weather for November. One of our faculty members, Professor Barry Trachtenberg of the History department, is going to testify before the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary next week. Committee Chair […]
While the formal rounds of registration have taken place, students still have the ability to tweak their schedules. One of the questions I sometimes get from my advisees or other students is “the classes I wanted were full. What do I do now?” My answer […]
Deac families, this week is heavy into academic advising, so much of the week will be pre-scheduled posts so I can give advisees the time they need as they look forward to registration. In that spirit, today’s Daily Deac will be short. Had to share […]
Our incoming first year students will be getting ready for Round I of course registration next week. This is where they will register themselves for up to 10 hours of classes. New students should be playing close attention to the Academics and Advising sections of […]
I’m going to be totally off the grid for a week and thought I would pre-post some Daily Deacs that cover some of the questions we frequently get, or topics we wish families (and their students) knew. Today’s topic is academic advisers. When new freshmen […]
If you have a sophomore, this is the week for him/her to declare a major (and a minor, if desired). The Registrar’s office has info on the mechanics of declaring. I want to provide a few thoughts on what I hear from students […]
What a glorious, glorious weekend we just had. Yesterday was about 60-65 degrees and sunny – so wonderful after the snow. There is still some snow lingering, by the way, mostly on the side of the roads where it had been piled up by snow […]
