As if 2020 had not brought us enough unwelcome surprises, this morning we had a computer glitch that accidentally sent registration hold emails to students. We sent a follow up email to impacted students asking them to disregard the message. We regret any accidental consternation we might have caused and are grateful for your patience and grace. 2020 is the gift that keeps on giving (NOT). In other financial news, we anticipate that the 10% refunds for housing, meal plans, wellness, and parking (as applicable) will be visible on DEAC on December 10th, and tuition for the spring semester is due on January 1st.
Want to draw your attention to a new experience that is available for students: we are offering a non-credit course through the Office of Personal and Career Development during the first two weeks of January entitled Pre-Med Winter Workshop: Journey to a Career in Medicine. It consists of two asynchronous courses led by Wake Forest Baptist Health (WFBH) physicians as well as several live sessions with WFBH physicians. This course is open to Wake Forest students and non-WFU students. I am told that the price to WF students is substantially discounted from the price to non-WF students, and that all WF students who receive need-based financial aid are allowed to attend at no charge. If you have a Deac (or a student at another school) potentially interested in a career in medicine, you can visit their website for more information or to register.
And I want to thank the nearly 350 Daily Deac-ers who took my informal family communication survey a couple of weeks ago. The results are in, and they are not necessarily surprising: families and students jointly initiated conversation [in grey part of chart; click it to enlarge] on academics, COVID, friends, living situation, etc.; parents and families [white part of chart] primarily initiated conversation on safety, financial aid, and getting academic support; and students [yellow part of chart] primarily initiated conversations about registration for classes, course selection, study abroad, and getting a part time job.
Also wanted to show you a side-by-side of how the Wake answers compared to the preliminary data from an AHEPPP: Family Engagement in Higher Education national survey, which had about 3,300 parents/families from 125 colleges. There are all sorts of disclaimers I should make (I did not have the national survey methodology so these survey results may not match up exactly; I changed a couple of the categories to fit WFU better; this was not randomly sampled, etc.) but it might give a glimpse on where Wake families may be similar to other schools, and where not.
