News to Share Today

Today we have a couple of pieces of important news. First up, a message was sent to the campus community this afternoon (as well as to parents and families) about the revising of the mask mandate; you can read that here. I do not have any additional insights beyond what is in that message.

Late yesterday, a message was sent to campus about laptop thefts in campus buildings. I always tell my academic advisees at our initial meeting as a group at Orientation that if you wouldn’t leave a phone, wallet, laptop, etc. unattended in the middle of an airport or a mall, you should not leave those things unattended on campus either, just to be as safe as you can be.

We are in the thick of crazy spring weather here. Yesterday we had nearly 70 degree temps, but today’s high is only 47 (with intermittent rain); tomorrow is supposed to be almost 70 again. The rains we’ll get in the next several weeks will – I hope – help all our beautiful flowers emerge in the coming weeks. There’s nothing as pretty as Wake Forest in full bloom. For now, here are some shots of rainy days past (for the picture of the boots, some alumni might interject here to say you aren’t supposed to step on the seal:))

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