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Family Weekend Game Time – 7 pm

Just released: “GREENSBORO, NC – Wake Forest’s football game against Georgia Tech at BB&T Field on Saturday, October 2, has been selected for a 7:00 p.m. kickoff, as announced on Monday by the ACC office. The game will be televised by either ESPNU or […]


Article on overparenting

There is a new story on the WFU web site about the challenges of parenting a college student, particularly in the vein of ‘when to let go vs. when to get involved.’ Here is a brief excerpt: “For parents of today’s college students, child-rearing focused on […]


Campus Life Videos

The Campus Life site on the Wake Forest web is quickly becoming one of *the* places to look for innovative student media. Our students are adept with cameras and video editing and they are creating some fun stuff to watch.  Here’s a two things online that […]


The Old Gold and Black on sororities

In today’s Old Gold and Black (the student weekly newspaper), there is an article about sororities on campus and the types of programming and events they offer.  Many parents might like to read this thoughtful and detailed article.  The Old Gold and Black […]


Student Union

Student Union is one of the main offices on campus that provides programming and events for students. For those on Facebook, you can search for the Wake Forest Student Union page and sign up to receive updates and messages about upcoming activities.  There are several great […]


Ask a Doctor

I was at a luncheon yesterday that featured staff from across many departments on campus, including student health. As I talked to one of the campus physicians, she mentioned that at a previous school, they had featured an anonymous “Ask a Doctor” forum where parents […]


Assessment Tool for Students

Wake Forest has been making great strides in the arena of personal and career development. More than just helping students find a job following graduation, the Office of Personal and Career Development (which includes the Career Services office), is trying to help students pinpoint who […]


The Method Behind Residence Halls

At a meeting of the College Board of Visitors (one of the University’s volunteer boards) last week, Donna McGalliard, the Dean of Residence Life, was discussing the intentionality of our campus design and the fact that our residence hall plan correlates closely with students’ […]


Question from a parent on academic advising

Over the weekend, the Parent Programs office received a question from a first year parent, who wondered about how his daughter was assigned to an academic advisor in a different department than the one in which she intends to major. This is a fairly common […]


Winston-Salem featured in US Airways magazine

Smitty’s Notes is a local blog that offers news and information about activities in the city of Winston-Salem. If you are a parent far away and you want to see some of the events and cultural opportunities taking place in your student’s local community, […]


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