Happy New Year, Deac families! What’s that, you say? New Year’s in July? That’s right, we count today as the New Year because it is the first official day of the 2015-16 academic year (which coincides with the new fiscal year for our budget). So […]
Today I am in a meeting in the Benson Center. This piece of art is hanging right outside the meeting room door. It’s a Keith Haring, a well known name in the American art world. Bonus that it is close to our […]
With the 4th of July just around the corner, many of you probably have vacation on your minds. Vacations are on our minds too. But there’s another reason we are thinking about vacationing. With the new Class of 2019, we are receiving lots of
This week’s unseemly heat has been broken by an impressive rain shower, happening right now (3:45 pm). This is the kind of rain where the drops are just enormous. It has been so hot and dry of late, and the flowers on campus have been a bit […]
There’s been some chatter about a new book that was written by a former dean of freshmen at Stanford University. She has written a book called “How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success,” and it […]
One of the many joys of being able to attend so many of our New Student Receptions is having the chance to talk to students (both incoming and upperclassmen/women) as well as their parents. It is always interesting to hear our students’ perspective, particularly because as […]
It’s technically barely the start of summer but we have already reached the dreaded 3 Hs: Hazy Hot and Humid. No lie, Deac families, it has been oppressively hot here. I have two degrees in English from WFU and I am starting to run out […]
Every now and again I rediscover a little nook and cranny of Wake Forest that I always knew was there, but isn’t necessarily on my day-to-day radar screen. Such it was last week with our men’s soccer team. As with many schools, the coaching staff of […]
We’re closing out this week of Daily Deacs with some FYIs you may or may not have known. Sustainability is something we are very proud of at WFU, and there are lots of ways that students can live a greener life while on campus. Did […]
Here’s another FYI for the week. Did you know that between the Benson University Center and Tribble Hall, we have a public art project? It’s a series of human figures made of chain links – a project called Links by Will Garin (’96). […]
