After the high of Campus Day and seeing all those smiling faces of new Deacs and new P’20s (parents/families of the new Class of 2020), we had some additional awesome this weekend. First, the men’s tennis team took the ACC Championship! It’s our first […]
Today is the second (and final) Campus Day for Accepted Students. I have been perched in Zick’s all morning because it is raining. Had Campus Day been *any other day* this week, the weather would have been beautiful. We got a bad roll of the […]
Your students are probably aware of CollegeHumor.com, a website filled with college-appropriate humor (read: some adults might find some of the jokes offensive, but typically the humor kills with the 18-24 year old set). They may not have known that a Wake grad was co-founder of CollegeHumor.com. […]
Classes end in 7 days, and students are feeling it. So for today’s Daily Deac, a few memes about college, replete with some pop culture references. You can hang onto these and bit by bit send them to your students if you think they need […]
A common theme that I have heard from some of the freshmen I meet is “I have no idea what I want to major in and I am freaking out about it.” They feel pressure that they should know (but don’t), they are dreading you […]
Time to talk about the smorgasbord of options at Wake Forest. My party line is that one ought to sample plentifully at the buffet of things offered here, and taste a little bit of everything. Especially new things. You would think at the end of […]
Big news on this Black and Gold Friday, Deac families, and especially the P’16s. We have announced our Commencement speaker: “Eboo Patel, a leading voice for interfaith cooperation and the founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), will deliver Wake Forest University’s commencement […]
It is arguably the prettiest time of year on campus right now. Tons and tons of tulips popping up in flower beds (and red, my favorite!), the trees are flowering, and Mother So Dear is looking *fabulous*. Had an impromptu visit from some students, which […]
Here’s a “minute from Wake Forest” today. It was a chilly morning, so I was hoofing it as fast as I could across the Quad to Reynolda, where I had a meeting. As I scurried by, I saw all these tags hanging from […]
I am doing a talk tomorrow with some parents of high school seniors. In prepping for that, I was trying to think of some of the most critical pieces of advice – and I came back to the idea of letting go, and letting students learn […]
