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Suggestions for the summer

Now that the 2019-20 academic year is officially over, it is a good time to encourage your Deacs to take a breath, celebrate their successes, and recharge their batteries. Once they have had a chance to relax a little bit, you might find that summer is […]


A picture tells a thousand words

It’s been a gross weather week here: raining since Tuesday and very cold – in the 50s. So today’s Daily Deac will be short and [bitter]sweet. Our very own Ken Bennett had a chance to observe our move out process and document a photostory about […]


Going remote but staying connected

As we continue to celebrate the achievements of the Class of 2020 and the successful end of the semester for our students, I want to share this video about our student-athletes. The Academic Committee of Student Government and the Media Team at Wake Forest produced […]


Liz Lemon, y’all. LIZ LEMON!

I sure hope y’all watched the Virtual Conferring of Degrees lastnight. If you did not, you can watch it here. It included the official declaration that each of our degree groups (PhD, MD, JD, MDiv, MA/MS, and BA/BS) has officially completed their graduation requirements […]


Friday COVID-19 Update

Today was the next major COVID update to students, faculty, staff, and parents/families. You can read the message here. A few big takeaways: The University will be offering additional refunds to undergraduate students for health, wellbeing, student activities and parking, where applicable. Both Summer […]


Lots of tidbits today

All, we have many tidbits of news to share today. Yesterday a message went out to the Class of 2020 about the Virtual Conferring of Degrees on Monday night at 7 pm; read it here. Yesterday was also the final installment of Chaplain Auman’s […]


A look back in pictures

Today’s Daily Deac is a look back through the academic year, month by month. There is obviously a lot more that happened than I can show here – but here are a few brief glimpses at what life was like this year. August 2019: move-in, […]


Tuesday Thoughts

Normally at this time of year, I put out my annual list of recommendations for Commencement – things like be sure to wear sunscreen, don’t wear your best shoes because the Quad gets muddy with 10,000 people walking the same paths in the grass, etc. […]


Belated Happy Mother’s Day

I was so busy on Friday working on my senior salute that I completely whiffed on the fact that Sunday was Mother’s Day. So today I offer a belated Happy Mother’s Day to all the special women in the Wake Forest family. Whether you are […]


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