Today is Diwali. For all our families who are observing, we hope that you celebrate the great festival of joy, light, sweets and happiness. Happy Diwali to you and your loved ones! I have a series of posts I share each year about typical college […]
Before I get to the meat of today’s message, want to share that resident students got a message today about freezing temperatures being expected, and of the importance of keeping their windows closed. Read it here. For our longtime Daily Deac-ers, you may recall […]
Lots of news to catch up on today. First up, there was a Community Safety Advisory issued this morning; shots were fired into a vehicle stopped at a stoplight. The incident occurred off campus and there is no WFU community involvement. I have no […]
It’s Meet A Deac Monday! But two quick items before we get started: 1) we will be testing our emergency alert systems tomorrow and Wednesday, and 2) we had a big athletic weekend, with multiple sports (women’s soccer, men’s tennis, women’s golf, and of […]
It’s Friday, and a big Friday at Wake, as it is Homecoming Weekend for us. Your Deacs are seeing big tents up on campus to accommodate the Homecoming crowd; Party So Dear will be one of the main attractions. It will run from 4:30-7 […]
Lots of great musical opportunities coming up for our Deacs. First up is the Secrest Artists Series tonight at 7:30 in Brendle Recital Hall. Cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras will be performing. His work is described as follows: “Curiosity, diversity and a firm focus on the music […]
For the longtime Daily Deac-ers, you may recall my oft-mentioned theory of Column A and Column B. Imagine a piece of paper, with Column A on the left and Column B on the right. Both columns have some options underneath them for you to choose. So […]
We had a big weekend in football – a 70-56 win over Army, and now the Deacs are ranked #13 in the nation! Go Deacs! This weekend is our Homecoming, and I hear that this will be a Blackout (i.e., everyone is encouraged to […]
I am on PTO today, so this is a prepost. It’s a new week, and a new Meet A Deac! Today we are going back to the classroom to meet Tommy Leung of the department of Economics. Tommy, thanks so much for being our […]
Happy Friday, Deac families. We are at the end of the week, and the forecast projects a spectacular fall weekend: cool and crisp. It’s definitely time for students to bring out their light jackets or vests, or layer their clothing. It’s cool in the morning […]
