Wednesday Jambalaya
In this Issue:
- Upcoming events that may be of interest: Campus Garden, Dining Dilemmas, Poteat Lecture on Honesty
- Business School ranks 18 overall on Poets & Quants 2025 list
- Catching up on Photostories
- From the Office of Residence Life and Housing: messages about Storage Scholars and housing selection
Happy midweek, Daily Deacdom! Today is what I refer to as a Jambalaya day, where I throw a bunch of things in the pot and hope it comes together 🙂
In all seriousness, today is sharing a variety of news items, event notices, and things from a wide variety of angles that I hope might spark interest for some of y’all (or your Deacs). Let’s dig right in!
Upcoming events that may be of interest: Campus Garden, Dining Dilemmas, Poteat Lecture on Honesty
There are a number of events coming up that might be of interest to your Deacs. I am sharing just a handful, but there are many, many other things taking place. Your Deacs can find events on The Link (mostly events organized by/for students) as well as at events.wfu.edu. Here’s a few to whet your whistle.
Campus Garden – March 30
“Spring is here and we invite you to welcome the season with us at our annual Spring Equinox Celebration at the Campus Garden!
Join us this Sunday, March 30 from 4:00 – 6:00 pm to kick off Earth Month at Wake Forest. Enjoy activities led by 10+ campus and community organizations, live music, plant-forward food, and interactive learning with farm animals and the garden’s bees. All members of the WFU community — students, faculty, staff, and their families — are invited.”
Dining Dilemmas – April 2
“The Dining Dilemmas program provides an interactive opportunity for students to learn about and discuss cutting-edge topics while sharing a meal with a diverse group of undergraduate and graduate students. Experts also share a variety of perspectives. The focus is on the humanistic component of science and medicine, and students do not need a science background to attend and fully participate.”
The next Dining Dilemmas topic is “Oh CLUCK: Bird Flu, Vaccines, and the Price of Eggs” on April 2; it will explore the “thorny dilemmas related to Avian flu.” The deadline for students to register is March 29.
Poteat Lecture on Honesty – April 3
“In a time when honesty seems to be in short supply, what role does philosophy and education play in preserving it? Dr. Christian B. Miller, A.C. Reid Professor of Philosophy, will answer such questions in year’s prestigious Poteat Lecture on Thursday, April 3, at 4 p.m. in Pugh Auditorium.” The title of his lecture is “Honesty: Preserving our Most Treasured Virtue in an Increasingly Dishonest World.”
The Poteat name should be familiar – it is one of the residence halls on the Quad. But the man behind the name was Hubert McNeill Poteat, who taught at Wake from 1911 to 1956 and was a much respected Latin scholar. The lecture series that bears his name “is designed to recognize and celebrate the many achievements of our faculty in research, scholarly, and creative work.” The annual lecture is held each spring and is sponsored by the Office of the Dean of the College and the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.”
Christian Miller has been a big name in the world of research on honesty and character. There is a Q&A on the College website with Dr. Miller. This one exchange stuck out to me in particular:
“What inspired you to choose honesty as the theme for this year’s lecture, and why do you believe it’s such an important topic to address in today’s world?
The theme of honesty is a natural one for me, as I have been working on the topic for the past 8 years. This has included directing the Honesty Project for five years, which helped to support dozens of scholars in producing new work on the philosophy and psychology of honesty. In recent years, I have become increasingly worried by a number of honesty crises in our society. Examples include the rampant dishonesty surrounding deepfakes, internet infidelity, and student cheating. These crises occur when dishonesty becomes more tempting than it was in the past, and, at the same time, it has become easier to get away with. That is a bad combination; so, in my research, I am trying to call attention to these crises and think through ways of trying to address them.”
Your Deacs (or you!) can register for the lecture here.
Business School ranks 18 overall on Poets & Quants 2025 list
Here’s some news about the B-school earning yet another great ranking:
“Wake Forest earned a top spot among the nation’s best undergraduate business schools, earning the No. 18 overall ranking in the Poets & Quants 2025 list. The program secured high marks across multiple subcategories, including teaching quality, career advising, and workforce preparation, according to alumni evaluating their undergraduate experience.”
Catching up on Photostories
There are so many great stories to tell at Wake Forest, and while my main method tends to be through words, the big events of campus are also told by some of my talented photography and news colleagues in Photostories. There are two new ones out that I commend to you: Wake ‘N Shake and Spring in the Forest.
Particularly for the Wake ‘N Shake photostory, there a lot of crowd shots of the dancers, and you might even see your Deac! Anyway, hope you enjoy.
From the Office of Residence Life and Housing: messages about Storage Scholars and housing selection
The Office of Residence Life and Housing sent a housing selection update email on March 25. They also sent a message on March 25 about summer storage and shipping via Storage Scholars.
That’s all I have for you on this beautiful Wednesday. Have a great night, Daily Deacdom!