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Thursday misc

Several items to hit today: Some families have asked for updates about their students’ belongings and how they will be reunited with them. We are working feverishly on plans for that, and we will provide an update with what we know on belongings (and several […]


Webgems

There have been many articles written lately about the struggle for students and families alike to suddenly have their college-aged students home again. This requires all sorts of adjustments: students – who had previously been making all their own decisions and living independently – may […]


Class of 2020: Grief, Gratitude, Growth

I always marvel at the talents of our student body. They are amazing artists, and athletes, and chemists, and entrepreneurs, and English majors, and so much more. One of my Wake professor friends posted a link on their Facebook page to a blog written by […]


4/20

I heard from a couple of students last Friday who did not get an email about their refund. Did a little digging and it turned out there were a few students whose emails were glitched and their refund email went to an old email address […]


Shag on the Mag

It’s been a busy day today so this will be a quick Daily Deac. Messages went out to students this morning about their refunds. The student refund emails that went out  are highly specific for each student’s situation. The emails detail whether they need to […]


Expanding Our Hearts

Our wonderful University Chaplain, Tim Auman, has started doing a video series called Waking Up in a COVID-19 World. These will come out every Wednesday for a month. The first video is called Expanding Our Hearts and Chaplain Auman reminds us, as only he […]


Wednesday updates

News on several fronts to report. This afternoon, parents and families received some general information about the refund process; information is available at refunds.wfu.edu. A few points I want to mention: Students will receive information about their individual refunds on Friday, […]


Tuesday News-day

There were a couple of emails today that are worth mentioning. Dr. Hatch sent a message to the campus community about the tension between uncertainty and confidence and some of the unique twists and turns of the world we now find ourselves living in. It’s […]


Wild weather

We had some wild weather early this morning, Deac families. We got a series of Wake Alert messages about a tornado warning around 5 am. Thankfully, the reported tornado turned out to be east of us closer to Kernersville (to give you a sense of […]


Zoom – for your Deacs’ connecting pleasure

Today, Michele Gillespie, Dean of the College, sent a message to students in the College about discovering new ways of connecting and finding community in the times of COVID-19. It’s a great message; read it here. Lots of good info to digest. In a […]


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