Last week I spent three days in a Crisis Management training program. There were 42 of us in class, representing University Police, Facilities, Residence Life and Housing, Parking, ARAMARK/food service, Communications, Chaplain’s office, Counseling Center, IS, Student Health, Athletics, HR, Budget/Finance, and a few more […]
This is one of those wonderful feel-good stories. Two childhood friends whose families knew each other in college. The families vacationed together and stayed close all their lives, even though they live in separate states. Both friends apply to Wake Forest for college. Early Decision. […]
Your Deacs are slogging through Finals Week and they are going to come home tired, weary, maybe a little self-indulgent in wanting to sleep all day and do nothing of import. Give them the grace to just “be” for a couple of days and settle […]
The fall issue of the English department newsletter came out recently, and when I got my copy of it as an English major alumna, I was struck by this story below. It is written by Kevin Jordan, a member of the Class of […]
Good morning, Daily Deacers. We have a developing story in process. All manner of media outlets are reporting that Wake Forest has hired Dave Clawson from Bowling Green as our next head football coach. Most of the articles are saying that there will be a […]
Game on! It’s Finals Week, and your Deacs are wrapping up the semester with final exams, or perhaps papers and projects. Finals Week is normally Stress Central, so here at the Daily Deac we wanted to give you a little something to help boost your […]
This Sunday evening at 8 pm, Wake Forest students, faculty, and staff (and some community members as well) will gather in Wait Chapel for the Lovefeast, one of the most cherished holiday traditions on campus. The official description of the event is at the […]
Your students are going to be home soon for the winter break. It comes right after finals. They will be exhausted. They will want to sleep (a lot). And eat (a lot). Many will arrive home with a mountain of laundry (for you). It will […]
Yesterday on campus I heard the sad news about the passing of Miss Ming, the beloved golden retriever of our Communication professor Allan Louden. Ming was a fixture on campus, frequently seen in and around Carswell Hall and on the Magnolia (aka Manchester) quad and […]
Several times a year, the University’s Crisis Management Team meets to review plans and procedures and to practice ‘tabletop exercises.’ Tabletop exercises present the Crisis Management Team with a hypothetical crisis and the team is asked to formulate a response in real time, with changing […]
