The day after Commencement is always one when the staff is really tired – and for me it is tough to blog. So imagine my delight when this story hit my inbox! Congratulations to Jennifer Kupcho, Coach Dailey, and the women’ golf program for this […]
WOW, Deac families – you really pulled it off. I thought we were going to be in a really precarious position relative to the threat of storms. And you heard me when I asked for you to send up prayers, invocations, supplications, and anything else […]
For our new P’22 parents and families – we want to make sure you know about our New Student Receptions program. These are meet and greet events where incoming students and their parents/guardians can meet other Wake families. We try to have upperclassmen/women at these […]
Today’s information is practical, tactical stuff for our P’18s about to graduate. This is coming straight from the Commencement Severe Weather page: With inclement weather potentially in the forecast on Monday, May 21, Wake Forest University commencement organizers encourage graduates and their families to […]
So yesterday I showed you the secrets at the top of Wait Chapel. Today you get to see some of the secrets beneath it. Here are some students on a recent tour of the tunnel system below Wait Chapel, and the signatures of past visitors. […]
I will be traveling on business today and Wednesday, so I have pre-posted a couple of Daily Deacs. Today we get a sneak peek to places you don’t often see – in this case, the upper portion of Wait Chapel. There are sometimes tours available […]
First of all, a belated happy Mother’s Day to all our Deac moms, step moms, grandmothers, aunts, and special ladies who are what I colloquially refer to as ‘chosen family’ (as opposed to biological family). For all the wonderful women that have a positive and […]
It is hard to express the sadness on campus this morning upon the news of the loss of a student, Alicia Gonzalez (’19). Any loss of life is tragic, but to lose two students within a month is almost unbearable. I hope you will join me […]
A couple of audience-participation kinds of posts today. A couple of weeks ago, I got an email from a Deac mom who was justifiably proud of the philanthropic work our students are doing on campus. She mentioned that the Sigma Chi fraternity (along with several sororities), […]
Today is a ‘Reading Day’ for exams, which means that there are no final exams scheduled today, instead students get a break to study, write that last paper, work on that final project. Then finals run tomorrow (Weds) through Friday, and then everyone takes a […]