Pitsgiving
It’s a sunny Friday – was cold in the morning but now the sun is out and it feels pretty good to let it warm you. Even when the weather gets cold, we have some terrific looking flowerbeds on campus. The flowers and greenery near […]
Five Senses of Farrell
I was out yesterday for Veteran’s Day, but belated thank you to all of those in the larger Deac family who have served or are serving our country, and especially to our ROTC alumni. On today’s menu: the Five Senses of Farrell, as seen between […]
Finally, Some Sun
Yesterday was a punishing weather day. It rained nearly nonstop – sometimes sideways – and was only in the low to mid 50s. It was just a wretched day to be out and about. Today, thankfully, the clouds are still here in patches, but at […]
There Are No Good Words
This weekend, we lost a Wake Forest student, junior Jordan Bayer of Brookline, MA, in a tragic car accident. He was a member of the DKE fraternity and a student in the Business School. Information about the funeral was sent to campus today. There […]
Thankful Fridays
For so many of us, November begins the long procession of holiday celebrations, starting with Thanksgiving. I thought it might be good to reflect on some of the reasons I am thankful for Wake Forest – and maybe some of these reasons will ring true […]
It’s a Beautiful Day
Today is a gorgeous day on campus. We are having one of those late fall warm snaps where it’s 77 and sunny. It is a day where you don’t need a coat, and if you are standing in the sun or hoofing it pretty quickly across […]
Catch Up Wednesday
After a day that was full of rain yesterday, we have graduated to merely grey and a small chance of rain. If you look out the windows and see trees losing their leaves and grey skies, you might expect it to feel a little colder […]
Interview with Two Members of the Office of Student Engagement
There are a number of new faces in the Office of the Dean of Students, and because that office touches (directly or indirectly) so many of our students, I thought it might be good to sit down with some of them and interview them for […]
A Sad Weekend in Winston-Salem
There were a lot of good things that happened this weekend (soccer and field hockey victories, a great opening weekend at the University Theatre). I tried to write about those today but can’t quite find the right words, given the fact that there was also […]
Happy Friday
Happy Friday to all our Deac parents and families. It’s felt like a long week on campus. Our first-year students and sophomores have been in the process of meeting with their academic advisers to plan their spring 2016 schedules; juniors and seniors meet with major advisers. […]