Skyward
There is a bright yellow thing in the sky we have not seen in several days. It is called the sun. FINALLY, after days and days of what felt like endless rain, we are dry. What I would not give to have been able to […]
Update from Wake Downtown
Today’s Daily Deac is a guest post from Rebecca Alexander, Professor of Chemistry and Director of Academic Programming for Wake Downtown, and Clay Hamilton (’18), Fellow for Wake Downtown As we approach the end of 2018, Wake Downtown is growing and thriving in unprecedented ways, fully realizing […]
Meet a Deac – Denisha Champion
Today is COLD. Like a high of 44 degrees cold. And it has been sprinkling on and off, which makes it feel even colder. I had a meeting in Reynolda and as I was headed there, I could see many students clutching their coats tighter […]
Voices of Our Time: Krista Tippett
This came across my inbox and I wanted to share it. Another wonderful opportunity for our students to probe some of Life’s Big Questions is coming via a Voices of Our Time speaker: Krista Tippett will be here on Thursday evening at 6 pm […]
News from around the campus
Our Office of Sustainability sent me this information for our November e-newsletter (which should go out later this week), but I thought it might be helpful to get this out to the Daily Deacdom as soon as possible: “Is your student headed home for the […]
Veterans Day
Today, the Daily Deac is not about campus per se. Today is the day that many businesses observe Veterans Day, so it is a day of remembrance and gratitude for all who have served our country. Many thanks to all our Deac parents and families […]
Hey…how ’bout those Deacs?
When I was a student here we had a cheerleader who was the “Mic Man” and he lead the cheerleading squad in chants. One of those was “HEY………….how ’bout those Deacs?” Last night we had a “HEY………….how ’bout those Deacs?” moment because our football team […]
An important message about Senior Fifth
Some students choose to participate in a concerning and troubling event at the last home football game of the season. It is called Senior Fifth. My colleague Peter Rives (’98), Assistant Director of Wellbeing – Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention, describes it this way: Senior Fifth […]
The best of Homecoming
I am out this afternoon tackling one of the major milestones of my grad program (cross your fingers!) so this is a pre-post. Your Deacs are still students, of course, but here are some pictures from Homecoming this past weekend. You can get a glimpse […]
Letters So Dear
One of the lines in the Wake Forest alma mater refers to “Mother, so dear” (inside baseball tip here: until our students learn the whole thing, they might do a lot of mumbling mid-song but the one line they do remember is “Moooooother, so dear.”) We […]