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 […]
Today’s Senior Oration is Humans Are Like Onions, by Gianna Blundo ’15. Enjoy! —————————————— Humans are like onions: we have layers. Skin color, hair, eyes, height, weight…. each of us has our own unique external beauty. However, we often get lost in the superficial differences between […]
We’re coming down to the wire with our Senior Oration feature. These have been wonderful glimpses into the experiences, thoughts, challenges, and dreams of some of our students. Today we have Breaking the Formula by Jim Le ’15. ——————————- It’s funny how sometimes stereotypes do […]
As you no doubt heard from your students, we got snow last Wednesday evening. On Thursday morning, our intrepid and award-winning photographer, Ken Bennett, ventured out in the snow to take some pictures of campus. They are in a terrific web site, Snow in the […]
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending a luncheon where there were faculty members at each table and they talked to their non-faculty tablemates about what they taught. I was seated with Dr. Michael Sloan of Classics. He employs some very interesting […]
The Daily Deac is continuing to feature the finalists for Senior Orations. Today we will see Am I Enough? An Addendum to Wake Forest’s Motto by Elizabeth Carlson ’15 But before we get there, you’ll note that today is a snow day here on campus. […]
The Daily Deac continues to showcase the finalists for Senior Orations. And with whispers of possible more snow to come this afternoon or tomorrow, we’re preposting Thursday’s Daily Deac just in case. There is a basketball game scheduled for tonight (WFU vs UVA at 7 […]
In the coming weeks, the Daily Deac will feature the finalists for Senior Orations. Three students were chosen to read their Senior Oration during Founders’ Day Convocation. But all of the top ten orations are worth sharing, and we’ll publish one at a time. Today’s […]
A few thoughts on academics today. Occasionally I receive a message from a parent or family member (or sometimes the student him/herself) about grades. Typically these are from freshmen students or parents, and the questions are in the vein of ‘I wish the grades were […]
Sophomores who applied to the Business School are getting their decisions this week. This is a highly competitive program, and there is always more demand than supply for spaces in the program. In the event that your student did not make it in to the […]
