Today is a busy day here with advising the new first-year students and wrapping up the Orientation activities for parents and families. Our newest Deacs will still have a boatload of Orientation activities Friday through Sunday. I want to mention one thing to the Daily […]
Greetings from Move-In central! We’re embedded here all day in Benson 401 meeting and greeting parents and families. And honestly y’all, it is SO MUCH FUN. The happiest day on campus, other than Commencement day. So far it’s been a whirlwind of families coming and […]
One more pre-posted blog entry before Move-In :) This past Friday I went to the opening of the Georgia O’Keeffe – Living Modern exhibit at Reynolda House. If you are coming to campus to move your student in, please consider buying tickets and seeing […]
Warning: this is a pre-post, friends; I am off today and tomorrow to enjoy the last bit of time with ’27 Deac before he starts 7th grade. By the time you read this, the near-total eclipse will be over, and I hope it was a […]
Yesterday on the Wake Parents and Families Facebook page, I shared a couple of pictures of Wake Downtown, our city campus. Though Wake Downtown opened this spring, I had not gotten down there to explore the inside of the building until yesterday, though I had […]
Today’s Daily Deac is going to be like a good jambalaya – lots of stuff in it all blending together. First up: the Move-in Parking Pass for incoming first-year families is now available online. Please print one out and bring it with you on […]
It’s a HOT one here in W-S. Close to 90 today and plenty humid. So today I thought I’d offer a hot tip for your Deacs. It’s called Zotero. Zotero is an online tool that helps students with proper citation of research sources, bibliography/reference creation […]
Today we’re going to talk about the Declaration of Independence: your independence, and your Deacs’ independence. For those who are longtime Daily Deacers, you are familiar with me talking about the Stop, Drop, and Roll method for student problem-solving. In essence, it means when your Deac […]
I was out all last week on PTO and so this is a preposted blog entry (as I knew I will be digging out of my inbox). Today’s Daily Deac takes a look at what has been happening at Wake Downtown this summer, as well […]
The Daily Deac is on a break this week – spending some quality time with Class of ’27 before his school year begins. So this will be the only post of the week, but is a quick look at a few campus events that will […]