October 7 community update

by Betsy Chapman

In this Issue:

  • October 7 community update
  • Know Before You Go for the WF vs. Louisiana football game on Saturday
  • Spring 2025 housing process
  • Engaging in the democratic process
  • Coming Monday: Secrest Artists Series

Many of us have been watching the weather and to see what Hurricane Helene might bring. Many of you have plans to travel here for Family Weekend, and I am hoping that Hurricane Helene does not impact those too badly. I have no new Family Weekend weather updates, so what we said in yesterday’s Daily Deac still holds.

Above all, be safe, y’all.

October 7 community update

This morning, President Wente and Provost Gillespie shared this message with the campus community about Oct. 7 events that emphasize our ability to come together to support one another. 

On that day, the University will sponsor Interfaith Prayers for Peace from 11 a.m.-1 p.m on the Manchester Quad and a Community Reflection Event at 4:45 p.m. on the front steps of Wait Chapel. At both events, students, faculty and staff are invited to pause, reflect, and write a prayer or light a candle for peace. At the Community Reflection event, members of the Wake Forest community will offer prayers and readings for peace. 

The message also announced that Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi’s campus lecture on October 7 will not take place.

Know Before You Go for the WF vs. Louisiana football game this Saturday

My colleagues in Athletics do an excellent job of helping guests understand all the things they need to know/do before heading to our football games. If you are attending the WF vs. Louisiana game this weekend (and I hope you are!), be sure to check out the Know Before You Go website.

Spring 2025 housing process

The Office of Residence Life and Housing sent the following messages to students about the Spring 2025 housing process:

I want to make sure to pull out one critical line from the message to students who are currently abroad:

“Most students returning from abroad should expect to live on campus for Spring 2025. Students with less than six semesters of housing credits should not plan to make any plans to live off-campus unless they have been released from the residency requirement, in writing, from the Office of Residence Life and Housing. “

Engaging in the democratic process

In the WFU Should Know student e-newsletter this afternoon, there was a reflection from Dr. Wente on engaging in the democratic process. Here’s a taste:

“Wake Forest offers support and nonpartisan programming through the Office of Civic and Community Engagement, and specifically through the Deacs Decide initiative. Deacs Decide is a collaborative, campuswide project that aims to increase student voter registration and turnout, offer opportunities to explore different perspectives on key issues, and build a broader understanding of the ways our democratic institutions function….

I believe in the importance of exercising our right to vote, and that right should empower each of us to think deeply about the ways in which we participate and engage. And it’s not just about selecting a president — though that is important! — there are state and local races on every ballot, and the outcomes of those races impact each of us and the communities in which we live and work.” 

Read Dr. Wente’s full message.

Coming Monday: Secrest Artists Series

Your Deacs (or you, if you are still in town!) have a great opportunity coming up: on Monday, Sept. 30 at 7:30 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall is the Secrest Series: Icarus Quartet. The Icarus Quartet, an ensemble anchored by Wake Forest Music faculty member Larry Weng, will perform Bartók’s “Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion,” followed by new works commissioned by the Secrest Artists Series.

Wishing you all safety and easy travels! See you tomorrow!

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