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Another tiny dose of winter

by Betsy Chapman

In this Issue:

  • Free Wellbeing Coaching available
  • CLASS spring peer tutoring schedule
  • Bio Center
  • Secrest Artists Series tonight: J’Nai Bridges, mezzo soprano
  • University Theatre presents Old Times (new dates)

Much to my great chagrin, Mother Nature continues to serve up winter weather to Winston-Salem. Last night it started sleeting pretty hard, and that led into snow. It was not the sort of snow that accumulated; it was barely a dusting on my front walkway and back deck. For most of this morning, there has been a tiny amount of snow flurries floating down from the sky.

My sense of the campus mood is that people are OVER this weather. Next Tuesday is projected to be 57 degrees and I bet we will feel a collective euphoria.

Only a few quick stories today – dig in to what serves you :)

Free Wellbeing Coaching available

My friends in the Office of Wellbeing have shared that their free Wellbeing Coaching is now available to students:

“The Office of Wellbeing is enrolling for our Wellbeing Coaching program, which is free for undergraduate students, graduate and professional students, staff, and faculty! 

Clients will work one-on-one with a certified coach to identify their individual health and wellbeing goals, and then co-create a plan to achieve those goals and make them stick. Sessions are bi-weekly for the semester, and a variety of times are available. Goals can vary widely and can include anything from increasing sleep or managing stress, to developing a mindfulness practice or pursuing financial goals.

Students can find out more and register here. I have taken advantage of this opportunity before and found it really helpful. Hope your Deacs might give this a try.

CLASS spring peer tutoring schedule

CLASS (Center for Learning, Access, and Student Success) offers free peer tutoring, and they have just released the spring semester schedule (click to enlarge):

CLASS peer tutoring sign up for spring 2026 via QR code

Bio Center

CLASS also has announced a Bio Center for students enrolled in BIO 150 or BIO 160 (click to enlarge):

Slide about the new Bio Center - for students in BIO 150 or 160

Secrest Artists Series tonight: J’Nai Bridges, mezzo soprano

Two time Grammy® Award-winning American mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges, known for her “plush-voiced mezzo-soprano” (The New York Times), and “calmly commanding stage presence” (The New Yorker) has been “marked out at an early stage as a singer headed for top flight” (Financial Times), gracing the world’s leading operatic and concert stages “with a voice both voluptuous and statuesque” (The New York Times).

Ms. Bridges’ concert (Thursday, February 5 at 7:30 p.m., Brendle Recital Hall, Scales Fine Arts Center) will be an all-French program featuring works by composers such as Ravel, Bizet, Chausson, Duparc, Berlioz, and Debussy. Ticket information.

University Theatre presents Old Times (new dates)

There has been a change to the performance schedule of Old Times (dates were adjusted given the snow days):

Performances will be Feb. 11-14 at 7:30 p.m.; and Feb. 14 & 15 at 2 p.m. in the Ring Theatre, Scales Fine Arts Center

Old Times is described as “Harold Pinter’s three-person masterpiece about jealousy, sex, and the power of memory. Gripping. Elusive. Funny. Elemental.” It is directed by Cindy Gendrich. 

Students (and everyone else!) can purchase tickets here.

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