WFU in the news
In this Issue: As the proud mom of a marching band kid, it warms my heart to know that the newest members of the Spirit of the Old Gold and Black, our marching band, are moving in today. There is nothing quite like the […]
A letter to your students
In this Issue: Tomorrow begins new student arrivals: first our Marching Band students, then Wilderness to Wake new students on Friday, the remainder of the Pre-Orientation students on Saturday – and then the big new student move-in day next Weds., and Family Orientation that night […]
Today is all about the P’29s
In this Issue: It’s a rainy Tuesday and all eyes are turned to the arrival of our ’29 and transfer students, who will start moving in at the end of this week, and then the rest of our new students will be here next Wednesday. […]
Monday Monday
In this Issue: I have been busy putting the finishing touches on our Move-In Guide for P’29s, which will go out tomorrow as our Weekly Message for New Families, so this will be a brief Daily Deac today. Here goes: A video tour of the […]
Q&A about textbooks
In this Issue: Only one more week before the first of our ’29 students begin moving in – which feels crazy to me. The summer has just sped by! Today I want to draw attention to a couple of key processes before everyone gets totally […]
Read everything
In this Issue: The importance of students reading the things they receive from WFU (emails, the syllabus for each class, etc.) This is a message I like to share with families every year so you can talk about this with your Deacs before the fall […]
Rainy Wednesday
In this Issue: It’s another day of rain and cool temps at Mother So Dear. Summer Session II is wrapping up as well, with final exams (in courses that have them) on August 8-9. And then it will be just a few days before our […]
Tuesday Notes
In this Issue: If someone would have told me at the start of the summer that we’d have a 2-day stretch in August where the high temperature was the upper 60s, I would have called them a liar. And yet here we are: […]
Web update notices
CORRECTION August 5: this post has been updated to show the correct move-in dates In this Issue: upcoming changes to parents.wfu.edu Happy August, Deac families! The good news is I got my ’27 moved into their off-campus residence near NC State. The bad news is […]
Prepare a Medicine Kit
In this Issue: today we talk about making a medicine kit for your Deac’s room I am out of the office today, so this is a pre-post I like to run this column every year as families get closer to making packing lists and prepping […]