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Family Weekend is almost here!

And it is one of my very favorite weekends of the year! Can’t wait to see all the families on campus and watching your pride as you discover how much your Deacs have been blossoming since last you saw them. Because it is a […]


Project Pumpkin and Master of Studies in Law

Today is Project Pumpkin, one of the best days of the year. Student volunteers have planned and organized a ton of carnival games, they are decorating the Quad as I type, and will be welcoming a ton of kids (1,000 is not uncommon in past […]


Family Weekend thoughts

Today is an all-day crisis management training class for me, so this Daily Deac will be brief.  A Deac parent sent me a link to this article – and the even better video – about the adjustment to college and making new friends, and […]


Gray and rainy

It is a gray and rainy day. Neither cool nor hot. But a fairly steady rain that is small drops and a misty feel. When the wind gusts, it blows some of the leaves out of the trees, so in moments of bluster it is […]


Today I took one for the team

So today I took one for the Daily Deacdom by road testing one of the services our Thrive office offers: massages.  This is a relatively new service, and I am not sure all our Deacs know about it, which is why I wanted to try […]


Attention art fans

A Daily Deac for the art fans today. Secrest Artists Series is offering Noche Flamenca tonight, a flamenco dance touring company. I have a relative who worked on one of their productions and said they are incredible.  There was a write up in […]


Five Senses of the Wake Washington Launch Party

Today’s Daily Deac is from Emily Beeland (’19), our guest blogger from the Wake Washington program. ——————————– On October 12, 600+ people gathered in the Newseum in Washington, D.C. to celebrate the official opening of the Wake Washington Center at 1 Dupont Circle. Since I […]


Important Family Weekend Information

My good friends in the Office of the Dean of Students – who are the ones who expertly plan and facilitate the major event that is Family Weekend – have sent me some information that they want the Daily Deacdom to know.  So if you […]


Post Fall Break

Happy post-Fall Break from Mother So Dear! We start the week with cool weather and a program note – Dr. Brown of the Education department sent this message with information about an upcoming event I want to share with you the following information in hopes […]


Throwback Wednesday

Today I got asked a question and had to dig through some old Howlers; the Howler is the Wake Forest yearbook.  Way back in the day – in the 1940s and 50s (and earlier) – they had elaborate shows of affection for the ladies […]


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