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The Role of the RA

In this Issue: Today’s Daily Deac is a Q&A with Dr. Stephanie Carter-Atkins, Executive Director, Residence Life and Housing, about the role of the RA (Resident Adviser). Stephanie brings nearly 20 years of experience in the residence life and housing arena, so I wanted to […]


Pre-Orientation and Move-In

In this Issue: thoughts for P’29s with students doing Pre-Orientation programs I have gotten a number of questions in recent days from P’29s trying to understand when/how to move their ’29 in, whether they need to come to Parent and Family Orientation, etc. So I […]


Notes and Context on ’29 Registration

In this Issue: today we share some thoughts on registration for our incoming ’29 students Our incoming Class of 2029 began the process of registering for classes today. I have heard from a number of families during registration and wanted to share some advice and […]


Tuesday Newsday

In this Issue: It’s a busy day for me today, Daily Deacdom, so bringing you four quick hits. Let’s dig in! P’29s – ask your student to check their registration status in Workday (even if they think they did everything right!) tonight, so they don’t […]


Sunday Steamies

In this Issue: Sometimes our students talk about the “Sunday Scaries” – hating the fact that the weekend is about to end and the workweek is about to begin. I’d argue that we are living in the Sunday Steamies – where it is really hot […]


Two News Stories to Share

In this Issue: Happy Friday, Daily Deacdom! For any of you with students in Summer Session II, it’s the end of the first week of class, and I imagine our students are looking forward to the weekend. Today I have two news stories to share […]


Housing Assignments for ‘29s Released Today

In this Issue: some thoughts for P’29s and ’29s on the release of ’29 housing assignments A note for all P’29s and ‘29s in the Daily Deacdom: housing assignments were released today; our team completed them early and wanted to share as soon as the […]


News from Inside WFU

In this Issue: Inside WFU has historically been our website for internal news, largely geared towards faculty and staff, but I keep an eye on it every day for news that may be helpful to the families (and some students) who subscribe to the […]


Scam Alert and Packing Thoughts

In this Issue: We are in early July, and our incoming ’29 Deacs are probably starting to think about making a packing list for college. Similarly, any Deacs going abroad this fall are likely starting to think about what they will need for their abroad semester. But before […]


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