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The safety conversation

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 […]


20 Days Until Orientation (!)

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, […]


Couple of Move-In Thoughts

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 […]


Post Office info

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 […]


Pronouns

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 […]


Imposter Syndrome

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 […]


Summer Reception

I don’t know if it was as bad where you are, but it was ridiculously hot in Winston-Salem last week through this weekend. Thankfully today is noticeably better. Wherever you are, I hope all those in the Daily Deacdom are staying cool. Speaking of cool, […]


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