Thanksgiving is tomorrow, and I hope that your family is looking forward to a great – and safe – Thanksgiving. Dr. Hatch sent a message to the campus community this morning. It reads, in part: With your diligence, patience and perseverance, we completed our on-campus […]
Today is the last day of the in-person portion of the semester. Students will be packing up and heading out by 5 pm when the residence halls close. It’s been a semester unlike any other I’ve seen in a 20+ year career, but we DID […]
Wake received some huge news over the weekend. We have another Rhodes Scholar in our midst: Wake Forest senior Savarni Sanka has been named a Rhodes Scholar. Sanka, who is from Raleigh, N.C., plans to pursue a masters of public policy and masters of science […]
Today is Fri-yay, because it is the end of the week, and students will be coming home to you soon. Know you must all be happy about that. Parents and families were sent an email today about the end of on-campus instruction and some […]
Many of us have complicated feelings about 2020 and the circumstances we find ourselves in these days. Now a Wake professor (and a colleague from another school) have helped give voice to naming some of those feelings: “Francisco Gallegos [of WFU] and San Jose State […]
It’s the middle of the week, Deac families. But tomorrow is Pitsgiving, and even a modified Pitsgiving is better than no Pitsgiving! Speaking of traditions, students can get a Lovefeast candle at various distribution points/times this week. Just a reminder that if you are […]
Since I work from my dining room table and don’t get to campus very much, sometimes I like to watch the Quad Cam just to see what is happening. Perhaps you do this at home too? Today I caught a glimpse of a few […]
It’s Monday, and I have been dealing with broken internet all day, so this is going to be a quick one, Deac families. At this time of year, there is one thing on students’ minds: Pitsgiving! This is our traditional turkey-and-all-the-fixin’s meal that students can […]
It’s Friday the 13th, which normally is a bad omen, but the sun is shining for the first time in days, and it’s the weekend, so I am calling it a victory. Several quick hits for you today: Your students got their Your Corona Chronicle […]
Today we had a campus update announcing that we will remain in Orange operating status for the remainder of the semester. This is a result of cases rising on campus, plus concerning trends both locally and nationally. You can read the full message