Another hot one here in the Dash. So just a few quick hits: Around this time of year, we start getting questions from families who are trying to plan their Thanksgiving break or winter break travel. Before you buy plane tickets or make travel plans […]
It is hot, hot, HOT here this week. A quick look at the 5-day forecast shows that our students here for summer session II will probably want to be utilizing the pool over in Reynolds Gym/the Wellbeing Center, or at least staying indoors. […]
Happy Monday, Deac families! We’re starting to have a lot of action for the incoming ’23s: registering for classes, and soon they will have their room assignments, etc. A natural consequence of finding out what you get is finding out what other people get. So […]
Still on the road, so this is a pre-post. One of the great innovations of Wake Forest is the creation of Wake Downtown, our downtown campus that houses a lot of our newer programs in engineering and biomedical sciences. Wake Downtown has a website (
Because I am traveling this week for New Student Receptions, this is a pre-post. One of the hidden gems of campus that I wish all students would visit is the Special Collections and Archives Research Room (or during my time, ‘Rare Books Room’). It’s […]
I am traveling for New Student Receptions this week (thank you Larchmont, and hello Philly!) so this is a pre-posted Daily Deac. Today I want to share two opportunities. The first is for our incoming ’23s: and that is that there is still room in […]
It has been S-T-E-A-M-Y here in the Dash of late. When it has been sunny, the Quad sprinklers have been working overtime to keep the sod watered as it takes root. I wish I had gotten a picture of two little kids (probably […]
The big news of this week is Family Weekend registration will open up on Wednesday, July 10th at 10 am. Your homework is to visit the Family Weekend website and have a family conversation about what you want to sign up for, so you are […]
Today we had some very sad news about the loss of a graduate school alumna and research assistant on campus. I am sharing it below. Because she was a graduate student, she might not have had classes with any of your Deacs. Still, be sure […]
Admittedly I am not parenting a college student yet (hopeful ’27!), but one of the toughest things I see parents and families deal with is some of their anxieties related to their students’ college experience: Will they have a good roommate? Will they find a […]
