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’ […]
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 […]
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, […]
There has now been two full weeks of classes at Wake Forest. Students are settling in to the rhythm of academics and hopefully are getting comfortable with their coursework. All first year students are required to take English 111 (the Writing Seminar) unless they opted […]
For an administrator or faculty member, the end of the day Friday represents the end of the work week, time to go home and relax. For students, it hopefully represents the beginning of a nice weekend with friends and fun. As I was leaving work […]
Class has been in session for a week and a half, and normally this is the time when first year students start assessing how the first few classes have gone. Are they feeling good about their classes? Are they in over their heads on any given […]
Today is a game day. First football game of the season at 6:30 at BB&T Field at Groves Stadium. Students are always pumped for the first game. Dress for football games varies widely. For those students who are a part of the Screamin Demons group, […]
Opportunities abound at Wake Forest. The University has a tradition of bringing world class speakers, artists, and thinkers to the campus, and we hope students will take advantage of these events. One that is coming up in September is an appearance by noted author and […]
It is a beautiful sunny day on campus. Warm, maybe in the low 80s. Picture perfect. Looking out the back windows of the top floor of Reynolda Hall, you can see big rings of rented tables for the Student Activities Fair today. This is […]
