There are no good words. Whenever we have a tragic loss on campus, that is what comes to mind, that there are no words big enough to encompass the enormity of losing a student. Early Saturday morning, we learned of the passing of first-year student […]
Happy Black and Gold Friday, Deac families! Hope you’re sporting black and gold, or WFU attire to show your school spirit :) Today is the second and final Campus Day for Accepted Students. And since I have not done a Five Senses post in […]
It’s in the mid-60s today, sunny, and gorgeous. And you know what that means: we’ve all got a serious case of Spring Fever! It is sooooo hard to focus when the weather is this nice (not too hot, not too cold) and we are […]
I was at a gathering last night where there were a bunch of seniors. Some of them were former advisees or students I came to know early in their time at Wake, and I feel like it was just yesterday that they were freshmen. One of […]
We have Deac families all over the country (and the world). I saw this picture on Facebook from someone out in the frozen tundra that is the midwest and thought you might appreciate. Hopefully spring will decide to come to your hometown very soon […]
Today was Campus Day for Accepted Students – about 600 people here to tour Wake one last time, either to confirm their decision to enroll, or because they are still trying to decide between Wake and [other school]. For it being Friday the 13th (and […]
This morning it was announced that the suspect in the January 20th shooting of Najee Ali Baker has been arrested. Here is an excerpt: “The Winston-Salem Police Department just released the following information about the arrest of Jakier Shanique Austin, who has been charged […]
I was in PA last week helping my P’92 mom with some things, and it still looked very much like winter there: bare trees, brown grass. It was a joy to come back to Winston to find that in the week I was gone, […]
Yesterday I did not have time to write the Daily Deac because it was my first day back after a week of PTO and then on top of that so much other stuff was happening. In case you missed it, late Sunday night some students […]
As PTO continues for me, we continue our Meet a Deac series to introduce you to some of the names and faces you might not know on campus. Today we meet Mark Young (’85) of University Police. Your official job title is Communications Officer. […]
