This morning, President Susan R. Wente gave a Presidential Address for the campus community. Students, faculty, and staff gathered in the Sutton Center to hear from Dr. Wente and to enjoy a reception afterwards. In her remarks, Dr. Wente reflected on the question “What […]
Today is Pitsgiving! One of the best days of the year. Lunch was served from 11-3 and dinner will be from 4-8 pm. As one of the Pitsgiving signs from years past said: Gobble til you Wobble! Here are some pictures from Pitsgiving lunch, taken […]
Yesterday we mentioned Pitsgiving coming up on Thursday. Thanksgiving is just around the corner, but not every student will leave campus for Thanksgiving break. I’d love to get a sense of what your Deacs are doing, so please take this quick, one-question survey about […]
It’s one of the happiest weeks of the year: Pitsgiving is this Thursday! Pitsgiving is a Thanksgiving feast for your students – a chance for them to dine with their friends, hallmates, and classmates and have a Thanksgiving meal with their ‘family away from family.’ […]
Happy Monday, Daily Deacdom! I love the start of a new week, because it allows me to introduce you to another person on campus you might not know. And today, it’s my pleasure to introduce you to Wei-chin Lee of the department of politics and […]
I am out of the office today, so today’s blog borrows heavily from the student WFU Should Know e-newsletter that goes out each Thursday afternoon. COVID-19 booster doses will be offered on campus November 30, December 1, and December 2nd for students; sign […]
I am out of the office today and tomorrow, so this is a prepost November is Native American Heritage Month. There is a terrific video with Mahlea Hunt (’23), a member of the Lumbee tribe, where she talks about a beautiful dress that is […]
Happy Humpday, Daily Deacdom! Have a couple of quick hit items and then we’ll get to the main part of the blog, which is a much-overdue Five Senses. First, the weather has been really grand the last couple of days – up in the 70s […]
Tuesday Newsday is here – am catching you up on some of the things that have been shared with me in the last few days. I heard from my friends at the Student Health Service that we have begun to see cases of influenza A […]
It’s a new week, and a new Meet A Deac – but before we begin, want to remind families that if your Deac did not get their required flu shot yet, we have an on-campus free flu vaccine clinic tomorrow from 9 am-1 pm in […]