HIT THE BRICKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Today is Hit the Bricks, one of my all-time favorite days on campus. I have been joking that we ought to call it Hot the Bricks, because it is a steamy 87 degrees. It is tough to get a really good look at the […]
Guest blogger – Emily Beeland ’19
With the opening of the Wake Washington Center and the Wake Washington program, I thought it would be fun to hear more about the experiences that our students are having in DC. Thankfully Emily Beeland of the Class of 2019 was willing to give us […]
Skyline
Yesterday one of my colleagues who is part of what I refer to as the ‘Daily Deacdom’ of readers snapped this pic of the Streakin Deacon bus and a lovely cloudy sky as twilight approached. Tis a beautiful thing. Speaking of twilight, there is […]
Transition issues
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 […]
It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood
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 […]
Opportunities
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 […]
Wake Network
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 […]
First hint of fall
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 […]
Guest Blog: Supporting Your Students in Transition
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 […]
Wake Washington
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, […]