Tuesday Thoughts
In this Issue:
- Give me your hotel and restaurant recommendations!
- On the importance of sleep
- Is your Deac at home with you? Here are some ideas on how to show some extra TLC
Give me your hotel and restaurant recommendations!
We are currently updating our newstudents.wfu.edu website with information for the Class of 2027 who will be starting at Wake in August. One of the questions I sometimes get is about preferred hotels and restaurants – and I need your help!
I have created a short form where you can list your local favorite places to eat, as well as local lodging. Please take a couple of minutes and add your thoughts here so that we can share them with the P’27s as they prepare to come to Winston this August and beyond. Thank you in advance for helping by taking this survey!
And if you are a P’27 reading this, the new students website won’t launch until the beginning of May. We appreciate your patience until then!
On the importance of sleep
One of the things many administrators do is take a look each day at some of the top tier higher education publications like The Chronicle of Higher Education or Inside Higher Ed to stay abreast of news and trends. I get an email newsletter from The Chronicle each day, and it had in it this little gem – which is both useful news, and an example of something written by ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence program. It’s about sleep:
“In a recent study published in the Journal of Sleep Research, researchers found that university students who slept for seven to eight hours a night had significantly higher academic performance than those who slept for less or more time. The study surveyed 621 students from a Canadian university and found that those who slept for seven to eight hours had an average GPA of 3.27, compared to those who slept for six hours or less with an average GPA of 2.74.
But it’s not just the amount of sleep that matters – the study also found that the timing of sleep is important. Students who went to bed and woke up at the same time every day had higher academic performance than those with irregular sleep patterns.
The study’s lead author, Dr. Fawziah Lalji, a professor at the University of British Columbia, suggests that universities should consider implementing sleep education programs for their students. ‘There’s a misconception among students that sleep is a luxury and that you can catch up on it later,’ she says. ‘But the reality is that sleep is a biological need that affects all aspects of our lives, including our academic performance.’
So, if you’re a student looking to boost your GPA, it might be time to prioritize getting enough sleep and establishing a regular sleep schedule.”
Is your Deac at home with you? Here are some ideas on how to show some extra TLC
For any of our parents and families who have their Deacs at home for Spring Break (or are hosting their Deac’s friends), here are a few ideas of ways you can show a little extra tender loving care (not all of which might be applicable at Spring Break, but you get the idea).
Your Deac may not tell you how much your TLC means to them, but I know it means a lot. Click to enlarge.
Students are not quite to the halfway point of Spring Break yet. Hope that wherever they are, they are relaxing and finding ways to have fun (and get some quality sleep!)