Coming down to the wire on Commencement. Have you checked out the new stage? Pretty spectatular, eh? Chairs are going up right now, and I am telling you, they are lined up with the precision of a well-planted vineyard. Straight lines and strict measurements. See it on the Quad Cam.
As part of our sustainability efforts, graduation gowns are green again this year. Not the color green, but green as in recyclable and sustainable. The bookstore is distributing Oak Hall’s Greenweaver commencement gowns, which are made from downcycled plastic and can be collected for further downcycling and reuse. If you have a graduate and he or she doesn’t want to keep the gown following the ceremony, students can recycle the gowns by depositing them in specially marked boxes in the residence hall lobbies or campus bookstores. Look for the boxes that say “Recycle your gown here.” The gowns are made of recycled plastic and will be recycled again. Nice work, Office of Sustainability!
There’s a great story about a WFU family of triplets, all of whom are graduating from different instititutions the same weekend! This would be a fun story in and of itself, but one of the triplets is John Marbach (’15), who left Wake after one semester and accepted a $100,000 entrepreneurship grant — a prestigious Thiel fellowship that supports students who want to skip college to start a business. Ultimately he decided to return to Wake Forest – you can read more at that Wake Forest Magazine.
If you are a Deac family graduating – keep an eye on the weather and dress accordingly. Here’s the forecast as of 9:40 am Friday, but it can change. Remember:
– Sunscreen
– Layers
– Rain gear if needed (pray that it isn’t)
– Shoes get wet on the Quad. If you are fortunate enough to have expensive designer shoes, you may wish to keep them at home unless you don’t mind that they get wet or grassy
