We’re less than two weeks from Move-In, and some students are beginning to trickle in. First we’ll have RAs, then we’ll have pre-orientation campers, band members, and more. It is an exciting time. Just as we do before Commencement, the campus gets spiffied up in […]
After a summer’s worth of construction and reconfiguration, the big parking lot near the Worrell Professional Center/Alumni Hall (formerly University Services Building) and behind Poteat field is close to finished. If you normally enter campus from the Polo Road entrance, you’ll be passing right […]
It is such a privilege for the Parent Programs office to be able to share in the lives of our students and their families. We are fortunate to come to know some Wake Forest families via phone conversations or email exchanges we’ve had when they […]
For those of you who are students of history, I just stumbled onto a new resource on campus. Our new students are being asked to participate in a Summer Academic Project, which will get them thinking about civic engagement. As an aside, the big finale […]
Our new students and upperclassmen are just a few weeks away from starting school. It’s an exciting time, a time of new beginnings. There are countless opportunities to be involved in and out of the classroom – sometimes so many options that students have trouble […]
This story is so much fun, I can barely stand it. Last Friday, the pool in Reynolds Gym was turned into a trout pond. Yes, you read that right. A. Trout. Pond. This was the brainchild of Jessica Finnerty, a member of the Campus Recreation […]
T-minus three weeks before the new students move in on August 24th. Summer has its own rhythm on campus. At Wake Forest at least, it is a blend of construction projects big and small, groups of conference-goers and summer campers who stay a few days […]
School is three weeks away, and the countdown begins to the start of Move In and the academic year. Whether your student is entering his/her first year or is an upperclassman, it’s likely there will be a roommate in his/her future. And even for […]
If you’re like me, you’re an Olympics junkie, thirstily drinking in all the coverage you can get. And there are some very good reasons to be tuned in – and that is we sent eight Deacs off to London in the search for glory. You […]
One of the great pleasures of the Wake Forest community is being surrounded by so many interesting, talented, and committed people. Parents and family members cannot always see and meet the people who impact their students’ Wake Forest experience, so we created Meet a […]
