In this Issue: I was out of the office for a couple of days of PTO and a few big items popped up in my absence. The first two items are critical, so we want to be sure all families/students read them. Required annual enrollment/waiver […]
In this Issue: what do RAs do (and what don’t they do)? Today, I am sharing an adapted Q&A from last year with Stephanie Carter-Atkins, Executive Director of Residence Life and Housing (RL&H). Stephanie brings 24 years of professional experience to our campus. With move-in […]
In this Issue: today we talk about having to make choices and prioritize what you want Imagine a piece of paper with a line drawn down the middle, with Column A on the left side of the paper and Column B on the right. Both […]
In this Issue: It’s the first day of July, and today we welcome Wake Forest’s 15th president, Dr. Peter Rodriguez! These are exciting times and I know we all look forward to getting to know him. More on that in the first item in today’s […]
In this Issue: For those of us following the World Cup from Winston-Salem, lastnight was a disappointing night for us, as Germany lost a heartbreaker in penalty kicks. It was such a special treat to have them training on our soccer pitch and staying at […]
In this Issue: Hurricane season and our long distance from the coast Because we are at the beginning of hurricane season in the Atlantic, and because my late mother panicked any time she heard the words “hurricane” and “the Carolinas” in the same sentence, today […]
In this Issue: the weather and Babcock renovations Summer Session I will end on July 1. For students who will be moving out and heading home, I have some unpleasant news: it is going to be exceedingly hot next week: For our Deacs and Deac […]
In this Issue: Reminder of New Program – WFU/Charlotte: Undergraduate Internship Semester Today I wanted to remind the Daily Deacdom of an innovative program coming next spring: the semester away in Charlotte, NC: “The WFU/Charlotte: Undergraduate Internship Semester offers an immersive study away experience in one of […]
In this Issue: one theory of college student development and how families can understand the phases/changes our students go through as they strive for adulthood This is a Daily Deac that I like to repeat every summer, and it is not just for the new […]
In this Issue: Last night we had some big thunderstorms come rumbling through. As we do with severe weather, we issued Wake Alerts. If your sophomores, juniors, or seniors are not on campus, they (or you) might be wondering why they would get Wake Alerts […]