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 […]
Though February is a short month, it can seem like it lasts forever if you are sick of winter and cold and jackets and the risk of snow. So if you are in the throes of the Winter Blahs, take a deep breath and look […]
Today’s Daily Deac comes to us from Kyle Denlinger, e-learning Librarian at the ZSR and mastermind of online courses. Some of you may remember Kyle from ZSRx Parents an Families: Deacon Development 101, our MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) about college student development. (If you didn’t […]
How many of your students are inclined to want to solve big problems? Work in nonprofits? Use entrepreneurial thinking to kickstart work on a cause that matters to them? There is a speaker on campus tomorrow night that they should go hear. Nancy Lublin, the […]
