This morning I put up this week’s Message for First Year Families, which is entitled Grade Expectations (get it? Remember, I was an English major twice over at Wake.) Grade expectations is about the transition from the kinds of grades our students had […]
As is often my practice, let’s begin by talking about the weather. It has been a warm week – mid to high 80s – and sunny. We are starting to see leaves turn brown and fall off the trees, so the sidewalks are starting to […]
This morning I was at a meeting with lots of staff from various areas of Campus Life, and wanted to give you a recap of some of the many, many opportunities that your students have in the coming days and weeks. Tomorrow Sept 22nd is […]
I was at a dinner the other night with Wake Forest alumni and some current parents. It was a wide age range, spanning from graduating in the ’70s to the mid ’00s to having a senior on campus now. Though I did not know any […]
I took a walk up on campus earlier today and saw my first true sign of fall. This is a lovely little tree outside Poteat Residence Hall. If you have not experienced a NC fall before, they can be pretty spectacular. Family Weekend is […]
Today’s Daily Deac is a guest blog from Allison McWilliams ’95, Assistant Vice President, Mentoring and Alumni Personal and Career Development College is an awesome, exciting, life-changing time of new experiences, new friends, new classes and interests. It’s also an overwhelming, challenging, and sometimes […]
Today starts our Homecoming weekend, and it’s my 25th reunion (and I have lifelong friends coming) so this is a pre-post :) Don’t know if parents and families are aware of this yet, but we have a wonderful and new Wake Forest presence in Washington, […]
Here are some pictures of events that have happened this week. Basketball great Chris Paul was on campus yesterday, doing talks for our student-athletes as well as the Leadership Project talk in Wait Chapel. If you want to watch a video of his conversation […]
After a couple of days of grey and rain, the sun is out again and campus is splendid today. It’s warm-ish but not too hot, sunny, beautiful skies. I’ve been jammed up in my office most of the day but here is a pic from […]
On September 28th, one of the most beloved campus traditions will take place: Hit the Bricks. Teams of students (and some faculty and/or staff) run or walk laps on the Quad. The runner (or walker) has a baton with a barcode, and each time they […]
