In this Issue: Academic advisers for new students New students have now been assigned their Academic Advisers. Sometimes we refer to them as LDAs (Lower Division Advisers), because they advise your students during their Divisional requirements, before they declare their majors. Today I want to […]
In this Issue: Resilience, one of the most crucial life skills your students can build Since it is the start of a new semester, this seems like an appropriate time to put a plug in for the notion of building resilience. Your students are building […]
In this Issue: Move-in for our first group of Pre-Orientation new students starts today, and I am so excited. There is nothing quite like a college campus bustling with young people, so full of energy and excitement and idealism and passion. I can’t wait til […]
In this Issue: I’m back in the office now and trying to catch up. Pre-Orientation move-in starts for some students tomorrow, then Saturday for the rest. And then all other new students on the 23rd. Campus is hopping trying to get ready for this – […]
In this Issue: today’s message is about the importance of students reading the things they receive from WFU (emails, the syllabus for each class, etc.) Today I am moving my student in to NC State, so this is a pre-post The school year is about […]
In this Issue: I am out today (to pack) and tomorrow (to move in) as my kiddo starts his time at NC State. So today and tomorrow will be pre-posts. New look and feel to parents.wfu.edu If any of y’all were noodling around on our […]
In this Issue: Today’s Daily Deac is like a great Louisiana jambalaya: we’re throwing lots of stuff into the mix for you 🙂 We still have ’27s who are immunization non-compliant (ask your student to check!) We still have some new/transfer students who have not […]
In this Issue: an important message about underage drinking New student move-in will start soon, and our upperclass students will arrive soon after that, so it is worth offering a word of caution about parties and underage drinking. We want all students to make great […]
In this Issue: Move-in Guide for new and transfer families Today we published a Move-in Guide for new and transfer families; you can read it here. We also sent it via email. On the Move-in Guide, you will see a section with gray […]
In this Issue: today we talk about why families should not contact their student’s faculty members As we get close to the start of the fall semester, I like to share some of the unspoken norms of college life. Sometimes a parent or family member […]