A Rainy Start to the Week
Classes were in session yesterday (it truly was a labor day for our students and faculty) and it was a dreary day to boot. Lots of rain – at times in the afternoon the rain was quite heavy – and it lasted through the […]
Update on New Student Registration
As was mentioned earlier this week in the Daily Deac blog, we are registering first year students for the remainder of their coursework. This is taking place with the Office of Academic Advising and a small group of academic advisers. So far, the process seems […]
What Our Students Will Be Learning
As we await the arrival of the Class of 2015, a lot of attention is being paid to the fall courses available. New students will be registering for some of their classes on July 20-21st, and two of the required first-year courses are English 111 […]
Helpful Tips from Career Services – for ANY Year Student
Career Services sends out periodic emails to students who have registered with DeaconSource in their office. If your student isn’t registered with the Career Services Office – even if he/she is just a first year student – your student is missing out on opportunities to […]
Back From Break
Good morning, parents! Spring break is over, and hopefully your sons and daughters had a good one. It was very quiet on campus without them. There was no trace of any students on campus this morning when I arrived, about 7:45 am, which is not […]
Everyday Chemistry Taught in London at Worrell House
I received an email the other day from the Office of Academic advising about an exciting opportunity for students to fulfill a divisional requirement this summer in London – under the tutelage of an excellent teacher-scholar here, Christa Colyer of Chemistry (profiled here in 2009 […]
Creating a Culture of Mentoring on Campus
Allison McWilliams (’95) is the Director of the Mentoring Resource Center on campus. She spoke to the Parents’ Council during their fall meeting on October 1st about mentoring activities at Wake Forest. The Parent Programs office asked her if she’d share her thoughts on mentoring […]
Question from a parent on academic advising
Over the weekend, the Parent Programs office received a question from a first year parent, who wondered about how his daughter was assigned to an academic advisor in a different department than the one in which she intends to major. This is a fairly common […]
