It will be a short week on campus, with administrative offices closed on July 4th for the holiday.
I want to remind any parents/families who wish to complete the survey about parent and family engagement at Wake Forest, to please do so, as the survey closes on July 25th. If you need a refresher on this survey, click here.
Moving on – to Move-In! It’s more than a month and a half before our students arrive for the fall semester. Even so, I want to plant the seed about some supplies that you might (and might not) need:
In our effort to be greener, consider NOT bringing bottled water for your student’s room. Instead, bring a reusable water bottle for them (and for anyone from the family coming for Move-In and Orientation). There are chilled water dispensers all over campus buildings.
Your students will need their summery/lightweight clothes for the first couple of months, so you may not need to pack their full range of sweaters and jackets for day 1. Instead, consider bringing just a few cooler weather items and you can bring more of those clothes if you come for Family Weekend/if they go home for fall break.
Many of our students (particularly incoming first year students) bring waaaaaay more clothes than they need. The best packing advice I can offer was told to me by my French professor before we left for the semester abroad: “Put the absolute bare minimum you think you can live with on your bed. Then pack HALF of that.”
He was 100% correct.
As you think about what your student wants to bring to school, be sure you have checked the list of allowed and prohibited items for residence halls.
