Author: Betsy Chapman Archive

In this Issue: It’s gameday! Our first football game of the season is tonight, and it looks to be a gorgeous day for the game. To get you all in the spirit, here is a photostory from Wake the Demons on Wednesday night. And […]

In this Issue: Happy Thursday, Daily Deacdom. I have a handful of things to share today, but before I do, I wanted to make mention of one thing. Some of our WFU emails to parents, families, and students seem to be landing in people’s spam/junk […]

In this Issue: It’s Wednesday afternoon, which means we are officially halfway through the first week of school. Our students are trying to find their rhythm, their best academic routines, and/or their friend groups. Remind them it will take time, patience, and effort to get […]

In this Issue Yesterday was a beautiful day for FDOC (First Day of Classes). As you will see if you choose to look at the New Deac Week and FDOC photostory below, your Deacs seem to be having a pretty good time on our beautiful […]

In this Issue: Happy FDOC (First Day of Classes), Daily Deacdom! All the waiting is finally over and students are now getting down to business. Typically the first day of each class is devoted to a careful read through of the course syllabus, which is […]

In this Issue: Orientation for P’29s has concluded, and presumably our P’29 families have already headed home or will do so soon, as our new and transfer students still have a variety of activities that will keep them busy all weekend. And we are thrilled […]

In this Issue: consider giving your Deac the gift of clean laundry via Wake Wash I am working various Family Orientation events today, so this is a pre-posted blog written by our friends at Wake Wash. For our P’29 families reading the Daily Deac, you may […]

On a day that should be filled with joy – new student move-in – our hearts are heavy. You have likely seen the terrible news of the explosion of the Given Coffee truck, which was present at Joel Coliseum as part of our move-in […]

In this Issue: some thoughts on Move-In Day Today was our final message to P’29s (from now on, you won’t be getting a dedicated email every Tuesday; all tips will be in the Daily Deac.) Here are some tips to help make Move-In a […]

In this Issue: It’s Move-In Week! This will be a big week for our campus, and to get us in the right mood, thought it would be fun to share this post from our wfuniversity Instagram account – it’s the Class of 2029 in […]