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, […]
Preview of the Fall Foliage
This week has brought us some fall temperatures, but we’re still a few weeks away from the leaves changing. Fall is an incredibly beautiful time on campus, and around mid- to late-October the campus will be ablaze with fall colors. Since Family Weekend will happen […]
Something for Everyone
Homecoming officially starts on Friday for alumni, but for students they’ve been enjoying activities all week. Today’s Daily Deac is going to feature events that happen on Thursday, September 20th that should be tons of fun for your students. From 11 am-12 noon the documentary […]
Great Question from a Parent about Safety
The Parent Programs office received a very thoughtful question yesterday from a parent, and we think its one worth sharing here on the Daily Deac. The question was about recent incidents at other universities with bomb threats, and what would Wake Forest do in an […]