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One of my campus colleagues was driving onto campus after lunch today and got an updated shot of the Davis Field Road construction.

Davis Field road construction continues

And that got me thinking about the many and varied things your Deacs might see over the course of a semester or a year. There are waaaaaaay too many possibilities to represent here – but I took a small sampling of pictures from the archive.

Wake Forest Students enjoy spring time on Davis Field on April 15, 2022

One of the things that makes me the happiest is when I see students swinging on the swings on campus. Swings seem to bring universal joy.

Wake Forest holds an Iftar dinner to break the Ramandan fast, on Manchester plaza just after sunset on Wednesday, April 13, 2022.  The dinner was hosted by the Muslim Students Association and the Intercultural Center.

There are lots of programs, meals, and informal gatherings that happen in our Fireside by Manchester area.

Wake Forest Students play in a violin quartet outside Reynolda Hall on Thursday, October 8, 2020.

Spontaneous musical performances – or even music blaring from Quad windows – adds a special vibe to campus.

Wake Forest students volunteer to make Thanksgiving meals during the annual Turkeypalooza festival at Campus Kitchen, on Thursday, November 15, 2018.

Our students volunteer in a wide variety of ways, both on and off campus. It’s not hard to find examples of Pro Humanitate being lived out by our students.

Tibetan monks from the Gaden Shartse Cultural Foundation create a sand painting in the Hanes Art Gallery on Wednesday, October 17, 2018.

Sometimes we have visiting scholars, artists, and others who bring their gifts and talents to campus. These sand paintings of visiting Tibetan monks were really spectacular.

Wake Forest students use the climbing wall in the newly renovated Reynolds Gym on Tuesday, April 17, 2018.

And while our students’ minds are stretched in the classroom, there are a lot of other opportunities for stretching and growth.

I can’t wait to see all the amazing scenes – of the ordinary as well as the extraordinary – that your students will see this year. And speaking of extraordinary, this is a poem I like to share from time to time. Some of you may agree with this premise, others not. As always in the Daily Deac, take what you need and scroll past what you don’t 🙂

Poem - do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary lives

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

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