Today is, I hope, the last day of my sick leave (I finally started feeling a little better yesterday). For any of our Deac families who miss this view and want a glimpse of campus on a calm and sunny morning, I offer you this […]
I am still not back to my normal self, so today will be very brief. Today I offer some food for thought. I saw this image online the other day, and it made me think of our students. They are all so high-achieving, and a […]
I am still under the weather, so I am bringing you an item from the archives today. Today is a homework assignment, Deac families: to write a letter to your students and mail it the day before they move in for the fall semester. I […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]