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Serious case of Spring Fever

It’s in the mid-60s today, sunny, and gorgeous. And you know what that means: we’ve all got a serious case of Spring Fever! It is sooooo hard to focus when the weather is this nice (not too hot, not too cold) and we are […]


Transitions and traditions

I was at a gathering last night where there were a bunch of seniors. Some of them were former advisees or students I came to know early in their time at Wake, and I feel like it was just yesterday that they were freshmen. One of […]


Happy Tuesday

We have Deac families all over the country (and the world). I saw this picture on Facebook from someone out in the frozen tundra that is the midwest and thought you might appreciate. Hopefully spring will decide to come to your hometown very soon […]


Updates

This morning it was announced that the suspect in the January 20th shooting of Najee Ali Baker has been arrested. Here is an excerpt: “The Winston-Salem Police Department just released the following information about the arrest of Jakier Shanique Austin, who has been charged […]


Spring Fling

I was in PA last week helping my P’92 mom with some things, and it still looked very much like winter there: bare trees, brown grass. It was a joy to come back to Winston to find that in the week I was gone, […]


News – and a program you might like

Yesterday I did not have time to write the Daily Deac because it was my first day back after a week of PTO and then on top of that so much other stuff was happening. In case you missed it, late Sunday night some students […]


For our P’18s

We are getting closer and closer to Commencement, which means our P’18 families – and their Deacs – might be starting to get excited/wistful/nervous/you name it. For those senior parents and families in the Daily Deacdom, if you have not already discovered the Commencement […]


Grand Opening – Reynolds Gym Phase III

Tomorrow is a big celebration: work has finally finished on Reynolds Gym and your Deacs can get a peek at all the new nooks and crannies open to them – plus the POOL! My sources in Campus Life sent me a description below. It includes […]


Human Library

As unlikely as this is, it is snowing this morning. I have lived in North Carolina basically since I started school at Wake in the late 80s, and I am not sure I’ve ever seen it snow in March. This. Is. Bonkers. And my condolences […]


Signs of Stress week

Happy Black and Gold Friday, Deac families! It was a beautiful morning on campus – a lovely pink sunrise. There is a series of events next week geared to help your Deacs with stress; details are on the Signs of Stress website. But […]


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