Winter white

We continue our pre-posted Daily Deacs with a look back at last December. We have not had any snow this year, but last December we got 8-10 inches during finals, which caused a heck of a lot of issues: academic, transportation, and more.

Still, even being a winter-hating Snow Crab (as my P’92 has dubbed me), I have to admit that Mother So Dear looks awfully good in winter white. Enjoy some of these scenic shots below.

Also a reminder for the spring semester – if we do have winter weather that might prompt a delay or a cancelling of classes, your Deacs will hear it in a number of ways (see below). We do not normally announce weather closings by broadcast email to families (that is out of the scope of our Parent/Family Communications philosophy), but there would be a banner on the main wfu.edu website and parents.wfu.edu for you to see.

Students, faculty and staff at Wake Forest will be informed of any weather-related campus closings and delays this winter by numerous means. Wake Forest Communications and External Relations will do the following:

• • Send a voice message and a text message to all cell phones registered to receive Wake Alert emergency messages. This includes students, faculty and staff who have registered their phones. To register a cell phone, visit Wake Ready.
  • Post an announcement on the Wake Alert website.
  • Place a banner on top of the University home page (and many other University web pages) that links to the Wake Alert site.
  • Distribute an e-mail to students, faculty and staff.
  • Post to @WakeAlert Twitter and Facebook (Wake Alert).
  • Post on the Inside WFU website.
  • Provide information to four area television stations: WXII, WGHP, WFMY and Spectrum News 14.

— by Betsy Chapman, Ph.D. (’92, MA ’94)