Author: Betsy Chapman Archive

In this Issue: It’s a brand new week, and if you have Deacs in Summer Session, unfortunately it will be an absolute scorcher of a week. Wednesday’s high is projected to be 97, and the coolest day will reach a mere 87. For […]

Editor’s note: this was scheduled to go out yesterday and there was a sending error. Did not mean to be dark yesterday In this issue: how to see a virtual demonstration of how to pay your student’s tuition bill (and see other financials) in Workday […]

In this Issue: It’s been a steamy week in Winston-Salem, Deac families. It’s been in the high 80s to mid 90s and plenty humid. It’s supposed to be a scorching week for a lot of the US, so stay cool wherever you are :) P’28 […]

In this Issue: Virtual New Student Reception tonight at 7 p.m./info for new families For new families (or new students!) planning to join us for our New Student Reception tonight, login information was emailed to all registered attendees today. Please check your spam/junk/quarantine folders, and/or […]

In this Issue: let’s talk about your students and their finances during the school year Summer is a great time to start (or continue!) talking about fiscal responsibility with your students. While they are here with us during the school year, they will have to […]

In this Issue: how we match first-year student roommates I have received several questions from incoming P’28 families about the Housing and Dining Application (and my colleagues in Residence Life and Housing have been getting similar questions from our ‘28 students). The questions are all […]

In this Issue: Incoming Transfer Student housing selection information For anyone in the Daily Deacdom who has an incoming transfer student, a message went out to those students yesterday about the housing selection process. Views of Fun We got a some positive feedback about […]

In this Issue: Happy Tuesday, Deac families. Technically it is not summer yet, but Mother Nature did not get that memo: we are in for a warm couple of weeks, as you can see below. This feels more like July weather […]

In this Issue: one theory of college student development and how families can understand the phases/changes our students go through as they strive for adulthood Students go through a lot of changes while they are in college, as this is essentially a time when they […]

In this Issue: Happy Friday, Deac families! Today is going to be a photofilled day, with a reminder to buy your Family Weekend football tickets if you haven’t already. What does learning look like? When I was a Wake Forest student (back in the late […]