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Summer Conversations

If your student is at home with you over the summer, this is a wonderful time to have some important and meaningful conversations.  One of the conversations that you might wish to have with your student is about alcohol. Whether your student is an incoming […]


On the Importance of Finding a Niche

I was talking with one of my colleagues this week, Mike Ford (’72), who is an Associate Dean for Campus Life.  Mike has been working with Wake students for quite a long time, and he has a special talent for mentoring young people and helping […]


Back At It!

The Daily Deac took a little break last week for some family vacation to Yellowstone National Park with Class of ’27 Deac and Deac Dad.  For all our Deac families in those areas, my hat is off to you.  What an absolutely stunning place to […]


Ordinary Yet Extraordinary

Our final good thing to look forward to during the academic year isn’t an event proper or an activity.  It’s a time of year.   An ordinary week somewhere in October most likely.  But it is extraordinary. Fall. There is something about when fall arrives […]


What’s Left?

The Daily Deac is at the end of the Things to Look Forward to This Fall series, and what is left?  Today isn’t about an event or a place or a thing, it is about the feeling of being back at Wake Forest as the […]


Two More to Go

We’re coming to the end of our vacation-week series of Things to Look Forward to in fall 2014.  Semester’s end means finals, and while none of our students look forward to those, there is a light at the end of the tunnel, and it’s called […]


A Cherished Tradition

We can’t bring you any kind of preview of fall semester highlights without talking about one of the cherished holiday traditions that comes the Sunday before finals begin: the Moravian Lovefeast. Here is the official description of the Lovefeast: “The Lovefeast at Wake Forest Moravian […]


Today I Need Your Help!

Deac families – today is a very important day in our calendar, and it is a day where you can help us earn an amazing benefit. Today is the Million Dollar Day. You might recall last June we had a one-day blitz in support of […]


Looking Ahead

Happy Monday, Deac families!  While the Daily Deac is on vacation, we’re still bringing you good news from campus.  This week we’re looking at Things to Look Forward to in 2014-15.  Our series continues with Project Pumpkin. Project Pumpkin is a Halloween carnival that is […]


More Good Things

We’re continuing our preview series of Things to Look Forward to in 2014-15.  And today we are all about Hit the Bricks. Hit the Bricks is a wonderful campus tradition that combines philanthropy and service with genteel intercampus rivalry, music, fun, and teamwork.  Students form […]


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