As I said on Facebook last night, it is a sad, sad day in Deacland. Arnold Palmer, perhaps the most famous Wake Forest alumnus, passed away yesterday at age 87. Judging by the reaction of my Wake friends on social media, Mr. Palmer was universally […]
Happy Black and Gold Friday to all our Deac families. It’s a beautiful day today – started out overcast and a little cooler, now the sun is out and it is nice and warm. I had a meeting earlier today in Farrell Hall and had […]
This afternoon is Arrive and Thrive from 4-6 pm on the Mag Quad (aka Manchester Plaza). Hope to see your students there. Today doesn’t feel like a day for a normal blog, so I will simply share this message from Dr. Hatch, which went to […]
Wake is one of thousands of organizations worldwide who will be participating in the annual Character Day tomorrow. No, it isn’t about dressing up as your favorite character – it is an effort to raise awareness about character development and character strengths. Character strengths, as defined […]
Very quick Daily Deac today. I had a midday meeting and had to walk to the Quad, and when I arrived I saw a giant bouncy house being inflated on the Quad. There were other stations that were being set up – one was giant […]
One of the things that most students face at some point or another is test anxiety. That could come because it is a subject with which the student is not comfortable, or because he/she fears that the professor will be a ‘hard tester’, etc. For […]
It’s the end of the week, and I bet your students are happy to have a couple of days off. There is always a special kind of happy energy on a Friday afternoon, when the weather is good like today (sunny and a bit warmer […]
Today has been an absolutely glorious weather day. It was nice and cool in the morning, still sunny, but not too hot. Yesterday I got my first glimpse of the leaves on the campus trees starting to change colors (and some were even falling in […]
I typically get to work pretty early, and today I had to park far away and walk across most of the campus to my building. In the spirit of our “Five Senses” posts, I thought you might like a peek at what you see on […]
Let’s start with a couple of mea culpas. Yesterday I blogged about some of the sports victories over the weekend, and as I did, I remember thinking “I hope I don’t leave anyone out” – which of course means I left someone out :( (inadvertantly, […]