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Family Weekend Football Tickets

We want to remind you that Family Weekend football tickets go on sale tomorrow, June 22, via the Athletics department. NOTE: students can get a free ticket to sit in the student section with their WFU ID. If your student wants to sit with […]


A Subtle But Important Note on Word Choice

I am wrapping up my week plus of PTO, so this is another prepost – a refreshing of something from the archives. I have been working in parent and family relations for almost 23 years, and among my counterparts at other schools, there has been […]


Motivational Thoughts

As I continue my PTO, wanted to share some of the images I have shared with students in years past. Sometimes I would pull one of these out for one of my advisees if they were going through a tough time. Other images I had […]


Two Suggestions

In May, I was a panelist for a program geared towards families of high school seniors about to launch for college. During the course of that presentation, one of thing things we talked about was what family members should do when they get that frantic […]


Advice for the upcoming school year

Because I am out on PTO this week, I thought I’d dip into the archive and resurrect a Daily Deac from years past. I have a short-but-sweet piece of advice for your Deacs for the upcoming school year.  As with all my advice, it is […]


The Ballerina Dilemma

As I continue my PTO this week through next Monday, I have pre-posted blogs to run in my absence. Several years ago, I was in a presentation by several young alumni. They were making a presentation to students sharing what they wish their 23 year […]


Advice for P’26s

Today’s Daily Deac is geared towards our P’26 incoming families. While so much of the last year of your ’26 student’s life might have been geared towards getting into college, feeling at home in their new surroundings will take time and work on their part […]


Being Present

I am out of the office on PTO, so have preposted content for the end of this week through the Juneteenth holiday. Today’s topic is Being Present for your college student. I ran across this quote the other day and it reminded me of how […]


Family Weekend Football Tickets

Today I have some campus updates to share. First up today is about Family Weekend football game tickets: Family Weekend football tickets go on sale on June 22nd via our Athletics department (we will share the link for tickets on June 21st). This is a […]


Find a Go-To Outdoor Spot

When school starts up in the fall, our students will have their residence hall room, apartment, etc. as their home base, but it is always nice to have other options of places to spend their time. With so much great outdoor space on or near […]


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