I received an email the other day about a photo contest featuring one of our very own Deacs, senior Emily Jobe (’15) of Summerfield, NC. Emily was studying abroad last summer in China. She just happened to have her umbrella with her when her classmate (also […]
Wake Forest students are very entrepreneurial in their thinking and their activities. A few years ago, they started TEDx events on campus – these are local versions of the TED Talks you might have seen on YouTube. The organizers of this year’s event wanted parents […]
Today campus is closed because of snow. The 3-5″ we were predicted to have didn’t come to pass. We only have an inch or two, and that got tapped down by sleet lastnight. You can check out the snow (while it lasts) via the
A few thoughts on academics today. Occasionally I receive a message from a parent or family member (or sometimes the student him/herself) about grades. Typically these are from freshmen students or parents, and the questions are in the vein of ‘I wish the grades were […]
It’s Friday, and as always, I hope you’re making it a Black and Gold Friday wherever you are. Wear WFU colors and show your school pride! Correction from yesterday: the Kissing Kanines booth is in the Benson Center 3rd floor. Hope your students get […]
This weekend is Valentine’s Day, which can be a really tricky time in college. Students might be in a relationship, or they might be in some sort of ambiguous place where they don’t want to push too hard to DTR (Define the Relationship) and scare […]
Sophomores who applied to the Business School are getting their decisions this week. This is a highly competitive program, and there is always more demand than supply for spaces in the program. In the event that your student did not make it in to the […]
Today I felt drawn, as if by magic, to Scales Fine Arts Center. Like there was some weird gravitational pull nudging me in that direction. Scales is one of my favorite places on campus. I have been thinking of Scales a lot and have wanted […]
I had a meeting this morning in Campus Grounds, which is a student-run coffeeshop in Taylor Hall. While the Starbucks on campus always feel like a Starbucks, Campus Grounds has a more intimate, arty feel to it. The walls are all brightly painted and […]
The Daily Deac blog post that you will see below the dotted line was written a couple of days ago at the request of students who wanted to get some publicity for upcoming efforts. Occasionally I pre-write posts and schedule them to go live if […]
