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Well That Was Fun

Happy Monday to you, Deac families.  It’s a regular day of classes today – the first full day since last Tuesday. All told, Winston-Salem probably got snow in the 6-10 inches range, depending on where you live.   Though it was warmer yesterday (the 40s) and […]


School Closed Again

Happy Valentine’s Day to all our Deac families and their students.  I don’t know if love is in the air, but there was certainly plenty of snow and cold in the air. School is closed again today.  I have not been to campus myself, as […]


Snow Day!

Today campus is closed, Deac families.  Take a look at the Quad Cam and you can see why.  (Note: the Quad Cam is best viewed on a desktop, not a mobile device.  We’re having a glitch with the mobile users we’re trying to fix, […]


It’s Coming

There is no doubt about it.  Snow is coming.  The only questions remaining are “exactly when?” and “how much?”  The Weather Channel is predicting 6-10 inches of snow, but we are still seeing some variations in accumulations.  So right now we are playing the […]


We’re Playing “Guess How Much Snow?”

Greetings from campus, Deac families!  Your students got to see a bunch of snow yesterday, though none of it stuck to the ground.  It started snowing early – big, chunky flakes at first, and then it tapered off to smaller flakes throughout the day.  At […]


Friday at Zick’s

I had a meeting on Friday afternoon at Zick’s, the on-campus pizza/pool/pub spot.  As we sometimes do at the Daily Deac, here is an impressionistic view of the 20ish minutes I had to peoplewatch and observe. I see: – One student at a the […]


Fall Family Weekend 2014

Mark your calendars, Deac families (who are not seniors).  The date for Fall Family Weekend 2014 was just announced yesterday.  It will be held October 24-26, 2014.  If all goes according to plan, that will be optimal fall foliage time, so in addition to coming […]


Wake ‘N Shake

Wake ‘N Shake is coming March 22nd and I hope your students are marking their calendars now to participate.   Here’s some background information about this event from their place on the WFU website: “The Wake ‘N Shake Dance Marathon at Wake Forest University […]


On Resilience and Doing the Hard Things

Here at the Daily Deac we try to keep an eye on articles that are about college life and student development.  Both of these were fluttering across my Facebook feed this weekend, and while these two articles are not specific to college students, the titles […]


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