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Music and the College Experience

Fall break is right around the corner, and that means some of our students will be embarking on road trips – either near or far – to head to their own home or maybe a roommate or friend’s home.  And some of my fondest memories of […]


Meet a Deac – Lavi Wilson

We hope you have been enjoying meeting some of our terrific colleagues at Wake Forest.  Today we meet someone who can play a tremendous supporting role with our students in the area of substance abuse prevention.  The Daily Deac featured the new CHOICES […]


Rainy Monday morning

If your student has an 8 or 9 am class today, they are going to be unhappy.  Right now it is a pelting rain, and there are big enough puddles that if you are a young lady wearing flat shoes, they will be soaked […]


Wake the Weekends

As we look to the end of this week – and just one more school week before Fall Break – it’s worth noting that there is a heck of a lot of programming scheduled for your students in their leisure time.  Our friends in […]


Reflections from our Student Trustee

During Family Weekend, I heard an extraordinary speech from Jim O’Connell (’13), our Student Trustee.  I had met Jim earlier in the summer at a New Student Reception in Tampa, FL for incoming first-year students, and he was a terrific speaker.  The Parent Programs office […]


Meet a Deac – Ken Bennett

Today’s Meet a Deac is someone whose work you see all the time, but you likely don’t know him.  He’s our University Photographer, Ken Bennett.  When you see a beautiful picture on our website, or photo coverage of campus events, or spreads in the […]


WFU CHOICES

Yesterday, I had the chance to learn more about a program at Wake Forest that might be of interest to parents and families.  WFU CHOICES – which stands for Cultivating Healthier Opinions In Challenging Everyday Situations – is Wake Forest’s substance abuse prevention program. The […]


Fall Break Service Trip

Fall Break will be held on Friday, October 19th.  For students who live within reasonable driving distance, they may elect to go home to see their families (maybe taking a friend or two with them), or head out on a road trip to see friends […]


Meet a Deac – Jennifer Richwine (’93)

If you or your student have ever attended a major University event such as Convocation, a Voices of Our Time speaker, or Commencement, you may not know the people behind those fantastic productions.  Those events come off so seamlessly due to the efforts of […]


A Circus is Coming to Wake Forest

Today’s Daily Deac is written by Professor of Music Louis Goldstein The Z. Smith Reynolds Library is usually a peaceful place where coffee-sipping students spend many hours studying. Honest, parents, this is where your students usually are. But next Friday night, over Family Weekend, […]


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