Today is a great news day on campus. First: the question on so many of your minds, “When is Family Weekend?” Family Weekend’s date has just been set as October 27-29, 2017. Family Weekend is planned and facilitated by the Office of Student Engagement. It’s […]
Today’s been a busy one – so a few quick hits for you. For local-ish families (or even those farther away but who have a family business), the Center for Private Business is hosting an event on Friday, February 3rd on campus: The Wake Forest
A surprise landed in my inbox yesterday. It’s from a member of the incoming Class of 2021, a reflection piece about high school “senioritis.” For any readers who might not have heard of that term, “senioritis” is a pretend illness that afflicts seniors who are […]
Today we have a special surprise – a couple of submissions from Deac families. The first is a picture from sunny downtown Los Angeles. Many thanks to our P’20 Deac Dad from LA! Look at those blue skies! Happily we have sun today too. […]
It has rained on and off for several days. So much so that Poteat Field, usually a place for intramural or pick-up soccer games or football games, has huge puddles on it. My sense of the feeling on campus is everyone is sick of this […]
Happy Black and Gold Friday, Deac families! Yesterday I got my first peek at the lineup for the annual TEDx conference. This is a student-run event and always a big hit. If you find you’ll be in Winston-Salem on Saturday, February 18th, you want to […]
Three quick things today. 1. Got my first glimpse (not live, in photo form) of students in class at Wake Downtown. This is Dr. King teaching Organic Chemistry (a tough class, or so I hear.) Great to see Wake Downtown in action! 2. A […]
Happy warm Wednesday, Deac families. We’re close to 60 degrees and sunny today, which certainly makes me feel good. For those of you with younger students at home, today’s Daily Deac is just for you. First up – the Summer Immersion program: “The Wake […]
Since it is the start of a new semester, this seems like an appropriate time to put a plug in for the notion of building resilience. Your students are building their academic skills during their time in college, and so often we think of the […]
Happy Black and Gold Friday, Deac families! It’s Friday the 13th – but I hope your students are experiencing nothing but good luck! With it being only the fourth day of classes, it’s not likely that your students are already having big tests or projects […]
