Tuesday Thoughts
In this Issue:
- For P’25s: Senior Celebration
- CLASS Café and Finals Prep workshop
- Is there a plus side to mental labor?
- “We Play Together: Music & Gaming”
Yesterday was absolutely perfect weather. It was about 83 degrees, the sun was shining, there was a nice breeze, everything was in bloom. It was the kind of day where you want to drive with your windows down, listening to whatever music puts you in your happiest mood. Simply a beautiful day. Spring in Wake Forest is something special.
Short day of news items today: just a couple of things. Enjoy!
For P’25s: Senior Celebration
I just saw that the Senior Celebration has been added to the Commencement schedule, so I talked to one of my colleagues to get the skinny. Here goes:
“The Offices of Alumni Engagement and Student Engagement are happy to welcome the undergraduate Class of 2025 to the alumni family at our annual Senior Celebration on Saturday, May 17 from 3-5 p.m. in ZSR. Food, drinks, music, photo opps, and a toast to the Class of 2025…what better way to kick-off Commencement weekend! Seniors and their families are all welcome to attend!”
If you haven’t seen it, there is a Commencement Countdown Clock on parents.wfu.edu (scroll down about halfway through the page).
CLASS Café and Finals Prep workshop
CLASS, our Center for Learning, Access, and Student Success, has a great event coming up, their CLASS Café. It will be held from 3:30-5 p.m. on Weds., April 23 on the main Quad (Hearn Plaza) outside the entrance to the CLASS office. There will be free food and the chance for conversation and connection, and it’s always a lot of fun. (I’m bummed I have to miss this one but I have a conflict).
Additionally, CLASS is offering Preparing for Finals: Build Your Finals Study Plan on Thurs., April 24 from 6-7 p.m. in ZSR 476.
Urge your Deacs to go to one or both if they can.
Is there a plus side to mental labor?
I saw this in an email from a colleague and thought some of you might enjoy it. “Business professor Julie Wayne explains that while managing a family can be exhausting, there can also be some benefits for the women who often shoulder most of the work. From organizing calendars, keeping track of tasks, and worrying about the wellbeing of family members, Wayne’s research shows that some women find a sense of meaning and purpose in taking on the cognitive load. Read more in Professor Wayne’s article in Scientific American.”
“We Play Together: Music & Gaming”
Uniquely blending gaming, music and interdisciplinary academic inquiry, We Play Together: Music & Gaming, a three-day event, features Emmy Award-winning composer Inon Zur (Starfield), former Bethesda Softworks executive Pete Hines (’91, P ’25), and retired NASA astronaut Dan Tani. It’s an opportunity for gamers in any discipline to explore the cultural and creative impact of the industry.
Wake Forest Symphony Orchestra Director and avid gamer Aaron Hardwick teaches a popular video game music class where he shares that, in addition to engineers, mathematicians and computer science experts, this growing industry employs musicians, visual artists, writers, psychologists, sociologists, linguists, and business and law experts.