In early afternoon, we sent the following message about Hurricane Irma to all parents and families for whom we have an email address. I wanted to replicate it here, as sometimes our emails go to people’s spam folders (hint – search your junk/quarantine/spam folder for […]
This article, The Real Campus Scourge, by Frank Bruni appeared in the New York Times this weekend and it is well worth your time to read it. It is about students coming to college and finding – to their surprise/dismay/horror – that they are […]
Today’s Daily Deac is a laundry list of opportunities. Some for your Deac, some for you. Student Involvement Fair is TODAY from 3:30-6 pm on the Manchester Quad (Mag Quad). Your Deacs (of any class year) should go and sign up for some clubs and […]
BIG win last night over Presbyterian (though that should not have been a surprise, we were heavily favored). Still, great to see the Deacs undefeated! This is the end of the first full week of class and whether your Deac is a new student or […]
Tonight is the first home football game of the season, so for the sports fans among us, this will be a big night. We play Presbyterian at 6:30 tonight, and by the time the Daily Deac gets emailed out to y’all, I suspect many […]
The start of any semester is kind of like trying to balance in the middle of a see-saw or on a balance board. You try your best to keep your footing steady, but there are moments where you feel like you are sliding one […]
I spent some time in the both the ZSR Starbucks and the North Campus Starbucks this morning (I had meetings in both buildings). And today is FDOC – the First Day of Classes. So it feels like the right time to do a Five Senses […]
First-year students had their individual advising appointments today, so there will be plenty of shuffling of courses, buying of books, and generally getting settled in over the weekend. Upperclass students (sophomores, juniors, and seniors) are also returning to campus. Parking lots are starting to fill, […]
One of the longstanding myths on campus is that Palmer and Piccolo residence halls are way, way, way farther out than any of the other halls, even the northernmost ones. I walked from the very center of the main Quad to the upperclass residence halls […]
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 […]
