LDOC
Today is LDOC – Last Day of Classes. Depending on your perspective, this could be a blessed day: *finally* you are finished with some class you needed to take but wasn’t necessarily a great love (I had one of those this semester, so I feel […]
A couple thoughts about spring schedules
While the formal rounds of registration have taken place, students still have the ability to tweak their schedules. One of the questions I sometimes get from my advisees or other students is “the classes I wanted were full. What do I do now?” My answer […]
Expanded hours for onCall shuttle service
Quick post today – still advising my students. An announcement went out today that we are expanding the hours of the onCall on-demand shuttle service. As we approach turning the clocks back and it gets darker earlier in the evening, this will hopefully be a […]
Registration information
As an lower division adviser (one who advises first-year students and sophomores before they declare their major), I get a lot of great information from the Office of Academic Advising and the Registrar’s Office about course registration. As registration is about to begin next week, I […]
MSBA
As we continue a busy week with academic advising, wanted to pass along some info that might be especially interesting and useful to our P’17 senior parents and families. This is about the MSBA, or Master of Science in Business Analytics. This is a graduate […]
One more about Downtown and Innovation Quarter
Am still out on PTO (working on a midterm, so for those of you who are inclined to send good vibes to the universe, I will gladly take all of them you have. Multivariate stats are not my friend!), so this is a prepost. We […]
We’re Talking About Summer School in October? YES
I got the information below yesterday from Dr. Christa Colyer, Associate Dean of Academic Planning, Professor of Chemistry, and Robert & Debra Lee Faculty Fellow. It’s about Summer School. I know, I know. It is *October* and this seems crazy, but bear with me. There are a […]
Test Anxiety Workshop this Wednesday
One of the things that most students face at some point or another is test anxiety. That could come because it is a subject with which the student is not comfortable, or because he/she fears that the professor will be a ‘hard tester’, etc. For […]
First Week Wrap Up
Happy Black and Gold Friday, Deac families! Hope that wherever you live, you’ll join me in wearing black and gold each Friday to show your WFU spirit. As one of my friends proudly proclaimed on Facebook after lastnight’s football win over Tulane: “UNDEFEATED!” We are […]
Some Info from Orientation – Good for New Families (and a Good Reminder for Upperclassmen As Well)
Second day of classes today, and if this year is like most, there are students who are excitedly stepping into their courses and some who are still wanting to make tweaks to their schedules. Both are fine. Students can add or drop courses in WIN, and […]