I had been hoping to be able to get to and from the Student Involvement Fair yesterday in time to add some pics to the Daily Deac (since I had talked about the Student Involvement Fair there), but alas I couldn’t get back in […]
Yes, it is still hot here in Winston-Salem. Hot enough that you don’t see quite so many runners and joggers in the heat of midday – and those you see running at the peak heat of the day look like they are well accustomed to […]
Welcome back to the Daily Deac after a long Labor Day weekend. It’s a very hot one today, 94 degrees, and has been sunny and hot like this for days. Accordingly, I have not taken a stroll to the center of campus. So today […]
Happy Black and Gold Friday, Deac families! We might be licking our wounds a little bit at the loss to U. Louisiana-Monroe lastnight, but the Deac faithful are always in it for the long haul, not the short game. Keep wearing your black and gold […]
Today is another beautiful sunny day in a long string of beautiful sunny days. It’s in the high 80s today, which made my walk across campus to the Benson Center a little warmer than I would like. Following a meeting in Benson, I went up […]
We have a campus event coming up next Friday that I wanted to share with our parents and families. We hope your students will attend this event (free food! fun and games! and some very special activities your students won’t want to miss – but […]
Classes began today, Deac families. It’s a busy time for your students – buying books, finding class locations, getting through their course syllabi and learning what the expectations will be for the semester. For those students who want to make changes in their schedule, the […]
It’s been a long weekend of Orientation activities for our new first-year Class of 2018s. I caught the tail end of yesterday’s events – dinner with academic advising groups over at the football stadium, followed by Wake the Demons, a spirited pep rally kind […]
Orientation activities are largely over for new parents (or the P’18s, as we call them). The grand finale was a huge picnic on the Quad, followed by the “Making of a Demon Deacon” ceremony. During the event, there were speeches and remarks, musical performances by […]
Today the Daily Deac is ensconced in the Campus Services and Information Fair in Benson 401. It seemed like a great day to do one of our “Five Senses” blogs, so here goes. I hear… – A steady, continuous hum of voices. Lots of chatting, […]
