Now that the students are gone (and the ones coming for Summer School won’t be here for a few more days), the campus is trying to take care of major and minor construction projects that are best accomplished in a relatively empty campus. You already […]
For those of you who are familiar with New Orleans, you may have heard the term lagniappe thrown about. According to the online dictionary, it is used to “denote a little bonus that a friendly shopkeeper might add to a purchase. By extension, it […]
Yesterday was Commencement, and it was a terrific one. There had been some reports of potentially bad weather a few days ago, and we may have even had a little rain late Sunday night/early Monday morning, but the day broke with beautiful purple […]
Today is Commencement, and because this is an all-hands-on-deck event, the Parent Programs office is at the ceremony this morning working. For those of you who cannot attend but wish to see a broadcast of the ceremony via internet live feed, those should be accessible […]
We continue to get closer and closer to Commencement. Ticket pickup is today and tomorrow for the graduates, many of whom will be returning from Beach Week with suntans and an air of excitement and wistfulness. If you’ve been following the Wake Forest Magazine […]
Commencement is on Monday and everything is shifting into high gear. Despite the torrential rains of earlier this week, the Commencement tent is up and being prepped for the ceremony. They’ve yet to lay the outdoor carpet on the tent’s stage, where the president, […]
One of the fascinating aspects of university life is its traditions. And every school has them – some widely held and passed from generation to generation, some of them springing up with the current crop of students, some known only by a handful – like […]
There was a pretty strong rain Sunday afternoon, there was rain all day Monday, and for today and Wednesday there are storms predicted. Good. Let’s get all of it out of our system now, and leave this coming weekend and Monday pristine and beautiful for […]
During the break in the academic year, we are going to be featuring some of of our terrific colleagues at Wake Forest. Today we meet the person who helps keep the Parent Programs office running smoothly: Joanne Ritter (’74), Administrative Assistant for Parent Programs. […]
Finals are finished, and students can now – hopefully – relax. Faculty, on the other hand, are in the massive time crunch to grade all papers and projects and get the grades in before their deadline. Wake Forest is filled with terrific faculty members, true […]
