Deep. Breaths. For all our new P’19s, there might be some flutters in your stomachs (or more likely your Deacs’ stomachs) as the new students self-register for up to 8 hours of their fall schedules this week. Upperclassmen parents, you probably remember the drill yourselves. […]
As the first session of summer school closes down, there is a program that you may not know about that bears highlighting. It’s our Summer Management Program (affectionately referred to for years as ‘business boot camp for non-business majors’). It is a program for students […]
A couple of Wake Forest parents sent me a link to this article last week. There’s a lot of good food for thought in here. Might be worth reading – maybe sharing with your Deac too – and talking about over the dinner table, during a […]
It’s finally getting to the “hot” stage in our weather year. We have been around the mid-80s both yesterday and today, as well as sunny. For those students who have already left campus for Post Exams/Beach Week, they must be enjoying some fine weather. The number […]
One word: glasses. I was in the ZSR Starbucks this morning and couldn’t quite put my finger on what seemed different. And then I realized – it was so many students in glasses. Particularly young women. Normally you don’t see a ton of glasses on […]
Reading Day is the day before final exams begin. It’s one day off to prep for the finals to come. Today I was in the center part of campus between 8:20-10:20 am and I could have counted the students I saw on one hand. Not […]
And you can tell it, too. I was on campus yesterday and spent a few minutes in the library. Lots of students. Lots of low-maintenance clothing (think workout gear). Lots of people with coffee and wearing their ‘hard at work’ faces. Speaking of finals […]
While many people think of March Madness in basketball terms, for admissions offices around the country, March Madness could just as easily be the final push to determine the incoming freshman class and to get the decision letters out the door. Some of you may […]
Today was a big news day. The new Dean of the College was named, and it was a familiar name to our campus: Michele Gillespie: “Wake Forest University has appointed Presidential Endowed Professor of Southern History Michele Gillespie as Dean of the College, with academic […]
Last but certainly not least, we come to our final Senior Oration feature. This is from Shoshanna Goldin ’15, and it is titled Near and Far: The Impact of a Demon Deacon ———————- College. The word implies mountains of textbooks and rivers of lukewarm coffee. Entering […]
