Author: Betsy Chapman Archive

Here are a few bits and pieces to start off your Monday: For P’23s, an email went out to your Deacs this morning; you can read it here, along with all their past messages from the Office of Academic Advising. John Currie (’93), our […]

Still on the road (thank you, Charleston, for your very warm welcome!) The Office of Academic Advising sent a message to all P’23 families today – read it here. They also sent a message to the ’23 students – read it here. This […]

This is a pre-posted message, as I am traveling for New Student Receptions. Even though it is summer (and the majority of our students are not here), it is still vitally important for students to be aware of issues of safety and how best to […]

Tomorrow it will be August, which means we’ll officially be in Move-In month. Very exciting to think that our new students will be here for Orientation in 20 days, and that our returning upperclass students shortly thereafter. If you have not seen the Orientation countdown clock, […]

These are perhaps more geared towards our incoming P’23s, but hopefully still some things to note for future trips. We get a lot of questions from incoming families whose students are doing a Pre-Orientation program, but the one we get most of all is ‘when […]

Happy Monday, Deac families! Am back in the office (and grateful for the wonderfully warm welcome from our new Deac families in the Bay Area last week at our New Student Reception). Here is some practical, tactical info on our campus post office. This is […]

I am traveling for a New Student Reception, so am taking the opportunity to pre-post some content while I am away. Today is about pronouns. One of the things your students might see while in college is a line in people’s email signature that specifies […]

For any Deacs bringing their cars to campus, they will need to register their vehicles. Here is some important information about registration and deadlines. Please be sure to click on the link with specific information for your student’s year. Resident student vehicle registration (non-first […]

One of the challenges of college is for students to find their sense of belonging. This is not limited to incoming students, but students of all years. A facet that can hamper a student’s sense of belonging is Imposter Syndrome. As described in Time […]