#WFFdoubledown
So it’s a pretty big day here for us, our 52 hour campaign to help push us to the finale of our yearly fundraising. We rely on alumni, parents, and friends to support WFU, and your gifts to the Parents’ Campaign of the Wake Forest […]
Asking for Your Help in Advance
Back in the office after a fantastic (if brief) trip to Boston for the first New Student Reception of the season. We had a wonderful group of ’19s and P’19s there and it was a terrific evening. Many thanks to the current students in attendance, […]
Dr. Hatch Recognized with Two Awards
Happy Black and Gold Friday, Deac families! As you prepare for what I hope will be a good weekend (and I am en route back to Mother So Dear from Boston), I thought I would share some updates from campus. Our president, Nathan O. Hatch, has been […]
Stop, Drop, and Roll
The first of our New Student Receptions is tonight in Weston, MA, a Boston suburb. I’ll be there to help staff that event, so am doing a little pre-blogging for the time I’ll be traveling. On the Newstudents.wfu.edu website, we have a section called
Advice for New Parents
Our New Student Reception season is kicking off tomorrow in Weston, MA. These gatherings allow incoming freshmen and their parents/family members to meet each other, build their WFU networks, and hear advice from upperclassmen/women (and sometimes their parents). If you are the parent […]
Meet the New Dean
Yesterday at a large staff meeting I had the opportunity to hear from someone I’ve known a long time, but who is approaching a new role as the Dean of the College effective July 1: Michele Gillespie. She was named Dean of the College […]
Reminder on Student Health Insurance Requirement
Happy June, Deac families! We’re starting to get into some important deadlines and details for the fall semester, as crazy as that sounds. The first one is about our student health insurance requirement. I was sent the following information from our Student Insurance Administrator to […]
Strange Days Indeed
It’s the end of a short work week, Deac families. Hope that you might have joined in on what we like to call Black and Gold Friday, which means wearing black and gold (or even better, WFU apparel) wherever you live so you can show […]
Spammity Spam, Wonderful Spam!
Today’s Daily Deac is a public service announcement about spam. Not the hilarious Monty Python Spam, but the kind of spam that ends up in your junk mail folder. When Wake (like other organizations) sends out emails, we can’t control how that email is […]
5 Places to Try
There are lots of wonderful nooks and crannies on campus where students can go to study, hang out, enjoy the atmosphere, eat lunch or have a coffee. Students will find their favorite spots over time – maybe through trial and error. If your students have […]