Daily Deac

Academic Advisers for New Students

One quick note before we get to the main feature. Incoming students got a message today from the Office of Residence Life and Housing about suggested move-in times for Move-In Day, August 17. (For any of our families whose students are doing Pre-Orientation or […]


Comparison is the thief of joy

Today I am trying to go a little COVID light, just to give us all a breather. It is hard to be pandemic focused all the time. Two quick COVID hits: 1) there is a new September 15 Campus Health Update on the dashboard, […]


Some thoughts on first-year course selection

Happy end-to-the-week, Deac families. Finish strong! One of the big tasks this summer for incoming first year students is registering for classes. As an academic adviser, I want to share a couple of bits of advice and resources from the Office of Academic Advising (OAA): […]


New Deac Week (Orientation) schedule is live

Summer is a lighter news time for us, so our Daily Deacs are likely to be shorter, with more practical, tactical information. This one is just for the P’23s – the New Deac Week (aka Orientation) schedule is out! Kudos to my colleagues in the […]


Registration tips

Many thanks to all the lovely families who came out in the rain last night in Phili for our parent/family reception. It is always great to meet folks in the Daily Deacdom! Registration begins the week of April 1st. Students will select up to 8 […]


Throwback Thursday

It’s almost the end of the first week of school. Our students, I strongly suspect, are eyeing the finish line of this first week and will be looking forward to having a couple of days of down time. Tonight we have a women’s soccer game; […]


Nooks and crannies

Happy Monday, Deac families! Let’s make it a great week. I was in the Benson Center early this morning going to the Post Office and saw the lounge that sits between the Post Office and the Dean of Students suite, empty. During the school […]


First-year student course registration

Incoming first-year students will do their course registration next week. First-year students have been getting a variety of emails all summer to help them prepare for registration (see archives here), but I also talked to my friends in the Office of Academic Advising to […]


A few thoughts on academics from an adviser

UPDATED JUNE 20TH: the Daily Deac below was written days ago, before we got the tragic news of the death of Zachary Zhang (see news release here). Please join me in offering your thoughts and prayers to Zachary’s family, friends, and loved ones.  Today […]


Subscribe

Receive the Daily Deac in your inbox.

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Archives