Nice, Sunny Day
Today is a nice and sunny day on campus. The air is cool, but the sun is warm. I had lunch in the Benson Center today and saw a lot of students hanging around at the tables on the patio. After having had snow earlier […]
Wake ‘N Shake
Today’s Daily Deac is a guest post from Colin Johnson (’16), Chair of Wake ‘N Shake. ———– The disease of cancer has touched many of our lives in painful and tragic ways. Here at Wake Forest, we are seeking to find a cure for cancer […]
Plugging a Few Events
The snow has melted away for the most part, and life goes back to normal at Wake Forest. There are a couple of events coming up in the near term that merit a mention to you (in hope that your Deacs may take advantage). Tonight […]
Snow Day!
Today is a snow day – classes are canceled due to the weather conditions. In reality we got maybe 2-3″ but the roads are very slick. I heard from two friends who were out and about lastnight that driving was treacherous, so urge your Deacs […]
Frigid Friday
It’s the end of a long, cold week – and it will get even colder before it’s done. The five day forecast is not particularly promising. Things can always shift, but it looks like we have the potential for snow/sleet/freezing rain on Monday. Your […]
Major/Minor Declaration
If you have a sophomore, this is the week for him/her to declare a major (and a minor, if desired). The Registrar’s office has info on the mechanics of declaring. I want to provide a few thoughts on what I hear from students […]
Meet a Deac – Roz Tedford
Happy Wednesday, Deac families! Time for another round of Meet a Deac. Full disclosure: today’s Meet a Deac was my WFU grad school roommate and [still] dear friend, Roz Tedford of the ZSR Library. I hope many of your students have felt the ‘family’ atmosphere at […]
New MS Unveiled for Business Analytics and ‘Big Data’
There is news coming from the Business School that might be of interest to your Deacs, and I share it with great enthusiasm. We just issued a news release on a new Master of Science in Business Analytics, which is a 10-month MS program that […]
Five Senses of North Dining Hall
It’s been a while since we’ve done one of these. Today I am perched at a table in North Dining Hall. It’s 1 pm. I see… – About half of the tables occupied. – 90% of the students I see are dining with others. […]
Preview of TEDxWakeForestU
You may have heard from your students that there was some excitement lastnight: a car driven by a student and a campus shuttle bus collided. No one reported injuries. Story is online here. Today’s Daily Deac was guest authored by Julia Gaburo (’16). Julia is […]