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Happy Fourth of July!

The University is closed today for the Fourth of July holiday.  Wherever you are, Deac families, we hope you have a wonderful day, with rest, good picnic food, lots of sun, fireworks, and of course, your loved ones. And how can you celebrate Independence […]


A Few Days Off

The Parent Programs office will be taking a little break in celebration of the 4th of July holiday. We are closing shop early today (Wednesday afternoon), and the University as a whole will be closed tomorrow, July 4.  While the rest of the University will […]


Summer School and Registration

The first session of summer school is coming to a close, with finals taking place now.  Summer school is always a rigorous affair, because you are digesting a semester’s worth of material in about half the time.  But there are distinct advantages too – as […]


For All Our Golf Fans

Big news this weekend as one of our own Deacs had a big win.  Bill Haas (’04) won the AT&T National this weekend with a final round of 66. Full story below from wakeforestsports.com.  Also, you can read the story on USA Today.com […]


We Are Almost There – 178 to Go

Today is the last working day of the University’s fiscal year, and we are so, so, so close to reaching our goal for parent and family support of the Parents’ Campaign of the Wake Forest Fund.  Right now we need 178 more gifts to get […]


8 a.m. View of Campus

Today’s Daily Deac is giving you a glimpse of some of the campus around 8 am. As you drive onto the north part of campus near Polo Road, it’s hard not to notice all the construction.  The entry drive dead ends into the building site […]


Casa Artom and La Biennale

One of the jewels in Wake Forest’s crown is Casa Artom, our residential study abroad house in Venice.  It is a former consulate and is located on the Grand Canal right next to the Guggenheim museum.  Decades of Wake Forest students have spent the […]


The Decline and Fall of the English Major

Last night, one of my friends on Facebook who is a WFU alumna posted a link to an editorial in the Sunday Review of the New York Times entitled “The Decline and Fall of the English Major.”  We were English majors at Wake Forest together, […]


Welcoming New Wake Foresters

High school graduations are finishing and that means the Parent Programs office is going on its annual summer roadshow – the New Student Receptions.  These receptions are held in cities across the country for new students and their families to meet and network prior to […]


Dogwood and Magnolia

Last week I got a chance to go on a hardhat tour of the two new upperclass residence halls on the north side of campus.  The structure is completed, but they are doing all the internal work – wiring, tiling, drywall, electrical.  The residence hall […]


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