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I Was the Sun, the Kids Were My Planets

It’s Monday.  A new week.  A new school year.  A new chapter in your lives, whether your Deac is a first year or a senior, this article might ring a bell.  It’s about letting your kids go to college, and what that feels like as […]


Orientation Begins for Real

After a busy day yesterday, our newest students in the Class of 2017 are starting off their day with a group meeting with their academic and student advisers.  These meetings last from 9-11:15 am and are meant to help our students get to know their […]


Move-In Day

Today is the day we have been waiting for!  It’s Move-In Day, and the Class of 2017 is arriving en masse.  This is one of the very happiest days on campus and we can’t wait to meet as many students and parents as we […]


From the Chronicle of Higher Education

One of the major educational reporting outlets is the Chronicle of Higher Education.  Yesterday I happened to see a teaser for an article about “A Profile of Freshmen” on Facebook (of all places) and thought it would be interesting to check it out and see […]


It’s Finally Here

Move-In Week is finally here!  For the next couple of days, students will be arriving for various pre-Orientation programs, then the big push for the bulk of the student body begins on Thursday. The weather is not exactly cooperating for those arriving early.  Today is […]


Final Preparations for Move-In

This is the last Friday before students arrive, and as I look around campus, there is a lot of activity.  The finishing touches are going on for the Farrell Hall landscaping.  There are lots of new plants and grasses around the building.  The new residence […]


A Fellow’s Perspective

Five or six years ago, Wake Forest created the Wake Forest Fellows program, which is designed to give graduating seniors who might want to have a career in university work a one-year appointment to work in one of the main offices at Wake Forest; in […]


ZSRx Parents and Families: Deacon Development 101

The Parent Programs office has been working this summer on a project that we hope will be exciting and beneficial to Wake Forest families.  In partnership with the Z. Smith Reynolds Library, as well as a huge swath of our campus colleagues from many different […]


37,362

37,362. That’s how many miles we traveled this summer to attend New Student Receptions, which are the welcome receptions for new students and parents to meet each other before the start of school.  No, the Parent Programs staff did not go to all […]


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