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, […]
T minus 24 hours to go and we’ll be seeing 1,250+ new students and their parents and families. Move-in Day is always one of the happiest on campus, and we can’t wait to meet you. Here are a few final thoughts for those of you […]
If you remember that old song about it being a “Manic Monday,” you would have had a good glimpse into what it’s like on campus right now. I am not sure what the right adjective for Tuesday is, but somewhere in the area of ‘frenetic’ […]
This post has been minimally edited to reflect 2017 information. Having witnessed many years of Move-In days, the Daily Deac has some tips to help make Move-In a more enjoyable process for all. This is by no means a comprehensive list – use only the […]
As we have been discussing all week in the Daily Deac, there are so many resources on campus to help your students. The last one we want to talk about is in many ways the most important (and sometimes overlooked one): the students themselves. […]
