Students will be returning to campus this weekend, and it will be nice to have them back. Campus doesn’t feel quite the same without them. Here’s a few miscellaneous things to close out your week on this dreary, misty Black and Gold Friday: Our superstar midfielder, […]
With the new year comes the Real Deal: ACC basketball games. Tonight at 7 pm it’s Wake vs. Duke, a perennial rivalry. For our Deacs and Deac families, it will be on ESPN U, and there are a number of ways to follow the game […]
Though faculty and staff are back on campus, we’re still awaiting the early arrivers who will be coming back for sorority recruitment, and campus is pretty calm (and COLD) right now. At the end of 2015, there were many “Best Of” lists – but today […]
Today’s Daily Deac offers some advice for parents of female students who will be participating in the sorority recruitment process (formerly called “rush”) later this week. Recruitment can be an exciting, emotional, and/or possibly stressful time for your students. Having observed recruitment for many years […]
This last shot in our “picture of the day” series doesn’t come from the fall semester. This was from our Wake Will campaign kickoff – and is the only time I have ever seen fireworks on campus. Since it’s New Years, fireworks seemed appropriate. On […]
Pro Humanitate isn’t just old Latin words – those words mean something to Wake Foresters. “For humanity” is our charge to learn what we can here – in the classroom and out – and to do something with that knowledge for the good of humanity. […]
There is WF ironwork all over campus. It adds a touch of elegance and uniqueness to our campus. When you catch a WF just right, like our intrepid Ken Bennett so often does, you can see something really grand. Like this. — by Betsy Chapman
You’d be hard pressed to find any part of our campus that isn’t beautiful and well tended. Our grounds are expertly tended and look stunning every season. If your Deac doesn’t regularly take a walk up to Reynolda Gardens and Reynolda Village, encourage him or […]
We have a very talented artistic community on campus, and I have a special heart for our Theatre Deacs. Today’s Winter Break pic of the day is from this fall’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest. — by Betsy Chapman
For those who are celebrating today, Merry Christmas! I thought today’s pic should be of the President’s Ball – a special occasion happening once every two years. Dancing and music and togetherness. Everyone wins. — by Betsy Chapman
