Before the Thanksgiving break and the breakneck pace that always seems to accompany the end of the year, I wanted to devote a Daily Deac to Grade Expectations. (I’m an English major, pardon the pun). Particularly for parents of first-year students and sophomores, but really […]
Happy Friday to all our Deac parents and families. It’s felt like a long week on campus. Our first-year students and sophomores have been in the process of meeting with their academic advisers to plan their spring 2016 schedules; juniors and seniors meet with major advisers. […]
Project Pumpkin is today, and I am hoping that the forecast improves. There is an 80% chance of rain for the day, and it’s pretty grey and foggy this morning. Theoretically you will be able to tune in to the Quad Cam in the […]
Deep. Breaths. For all our new P’19s, there might be some flutters in your stomachs (or more likely your Deacs’ stomachs) as the new students self-register for up to 8 hours of their fall schedules this week. Upperclassmen parents, you probably remember the drill yourselves. […]
The first of our New Student Receptions is tonight in Weston, MA, a Boston suburb. I’ll be there to help staff that event, so am doing a little pre-blogging for the time I’ll be traveling. On the Newstudents.wfu.edu website, we have a section called
Happy Black and Gold Friday, Deac families. I hope that wherever you are, you think about wearing black and gold or WFU apparel to show your WFU pride. And help spread the idea to your students. If we want to have tremendous school spirit, a […]
There’s an activity on campus tomorrow that your students in which your students should consider taking part. This has been organized by the Student Advising Leadership Council. You may know that in addition to having a faculty or staff academic adviser, first-year students also have […]
It’s been a long weekend of Orientation activities for our new first-year Class of 2018s. I caught the tail end of yesterday’s events – dinner with academic advising groups over at the football stadium, followed by Wake the Demons, a spirited pep rally kind […]
Today’s Daily Deac is going to focus on academics – the heart of why your students are here. For those with incoming first-year students, this message might be especially important. Wake Forest is a rigorous academic environment. Our students come to Wake Forest as high […]
Summer Session 2 has begun, and yesterday I saw a ton of people moving in (on a very hot and sunny day, I might add). It is nice to see some students back on campus. And that reminds me that there is an action item […]
