Was walking across campus today for a meeting and thought I’d share five quick impressions of campus: Hot, hot, hot. It is warm and sunny, but also a steady wind, which makes it feel hot, hot, hot (if you want to relive a cheesy song […]
Feels like Monday, but with the long weekend it is really Tuesday. Hope you had a good Labor Day, Deac families! In some of my grad schoolery this weekend, I ran across an article that talked about – in part – college students’ communication with […]
We are closing the doors on the first week of the semester. For administrators and staff, it is a 3-day weekend, with observing Labor Day on Monday (sadly, your Deacs are in class). So we will be dark on Monday here at the Daily Deac. […]
It’s almost the end of the first week of school. Our students, I strongly suspect, are eyeing the finish line of this first week and will be looking forward to having a couple of days of down time. Tonight we have a women’s soccer game; […]
Was in a Family Weekend meeting today with the Office of Student Engagement and the Dean of Students (who are the offices who actually plan Family Weekend). My colleagues reminded me of a few important things you need to know before you arrive for Family […]
We are on Day 2 of the semester. Many of our classes are either Monday-Wednesday-Friday classes (50 minutes each) or Tuesday-Thursday classes (75 minutes each), so for those with Tuesday-Thursday classes it will be the first glimpse at the syllabus and the new semester. A […]
It’s FDOC (First Day of Classes) – so the semester is here and it’s time to get to work. It was such a joy to meet so many new Deac families during Move-In and Orientation. We hope you enjoyed your time on campus. There are […]
I am still very much occupied with Orientation and academic advising, so today is (largely) a guest post. Wanted to make you aware we are working on getting slide shows and handouts from Orientation available online and hope to have that up on Monday. For […]
Today’s Daily Deac is a guest post by Alex Abrams, Communications Coordinator in the Office of the Dean of the College Justin Esarey has developed new methods for answering difficult political questions. Sheri Floge has replicated the ocean in her lab to examine how viruses […]
I had to use shouty capitals for that title because I am so excited about Move-In Day. Truly it is one of the best days of the year. We will see a million smiles, some tears, expressions of confusion, apprehension, joy, pride – everything on […]