It is a beautiful day on campus. We are still riding the Stephen Colbert high; I was talking to some faculty friends earlier today and they say their students are so excited about the announcement that he is our Commencement speaker. The beautiful day extends […]
This might be the biggest Commencement speaker news Wake Forest has seen since we announced then Secretary of State, Colin Powell. Today at 10 am, we announced that the 2015 Commencement speaker will be comedian Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report. I wish I could have […]
As you no doubt heard from your students, we got snow last Wednesday evening. On Thursday morning, our intrepid and award-winning photographer, Ken Bennett, ventured out in the snow to take some pictures of campus. They are in a terrific web site, Snow in the […]
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending a luncheon where there were faculty members at each table and they talked to their non-faculty tablemates about what they taught. I was seated with Dr. Michael Sloan of Classics. He employs some very interesting […]
The Daily Deac is continuing to feature the finalists for Senior Orations. Today we will see Am I Enough? An Addendum to Wake Forest’s Motto by Elizabeth Carlson ’15 But before we get there, you’ll note that today is a snow day here on campus. […]
The Daily Deac continues to showcase the finalists for Senior Orations. And with whispers of possible more snow to come this afternoon or tomorrow, we’re preposting Thursday’s Daily Deac just in case. There is a basketball game scheduled for tonight (WFU vs UVA at 7 […]
Mother Nature pulled a fast one on all of us early this morning. We woke up to snow that had not been predicted or expected. This was not a huge snow event, a light powdery covering that was enough to obscure the grass but it […]
If you were watching the Oscars last night, you saw the golden moment of Wake Forest’s own Kelly FitzGerald (’17), whose short film was chosen as one of six winners in a Team Oscar contest. You can see Kelly at the Oscars here, and there is […]
In the coming weeks, the Daily Deac will feature the finalists for Senior Orations. Three students were chosen to read their Senior Oration during Founders’ Day Convocation. But all of the top ten orations are worth sharing, and we’ll publish one at a time. Today’s […]
As parents, we know that your child’s wellbeing is of the utmost importance and we want you to know that it’s important to us too! That’s why Thrive is bringing you monthly Parent’s Only blogs on how you can support your child’s wellbeing at Wake […]
