This article was making the rounds this morning on my Facebook feed and among some of my friends in higher education. It’s The Ethos of the Overinvolved Parent, from The Atlantic. It is an interesting read and one about which many reasonable people might […]
Today’s Daily Deac is a guest post from Rebecca Alexander, Professor of Chemistry, Director of Academic Programming for Wake Downtown, and F.M. Kirby Family Faculty Fellow. —————- We have just completed our first semester at Wake Downtown! Eighteen classes met each week, including History 366 “Historic Preservation,” Education […]
It feels very different on campus now that all the students are gone and no families are here. You can see what his happening on the Quad via the Quad Cam – as of lunchtime Tuesday, the 13,000 chairs are off the grass and […]
Today was Commencement, and it was a beautiful one from start to finish. As we so often do at the Daily Deac, we’ll start with the weather. It was gorgeous. A cool 60 degrees when I arrived at 5:30 in the morning – here is […]
It looks like Mother Nature is getting all the bad stuff out of her system today – we have a grey, drizzly day with a high of 58. Cross your fingers, it looks better for Sunday and Monday. Again, P’17s, keep your eye on […]
The tent is still in the process of being erected, though much of that might have been on hold today because it was raining cats and dogs earlier today. Check out the progress on the Quad Cam. Since it is slow here and all […]
Tentasaurus Rex is going up on the Quad, as of today. Check out the transformation of the Quad in the coming days by visiting the Quad Cam. If you take a peek now, you can see how the grass has been mowed to perfection, […]
It’s been so busy in my office the past few days, I have barely even left Alumni Hall. So today I made it a point to drive all over campus to see what’s happening and to snap some pictures to give you a few impressions of […]
Today is Last Day of Finals – and a collective sigh of relief (or maybe a groan?) can be heard from campus. Now all eyes are truly turned towards Commencement, so it feels like the right time to give you my unofficial best advice […]
Now that May is here, I am getting a little misty thinking about the various families I met 4 years ago at New Student Receptions or other events, or whose names I have seen on the Wake Forest Parents and Families Facebook page, or who […]
