Mystery Scrabble
It’s Thursday – the home stretch for the week. And it is a lovely day today – cool in the morning, but sunny. It was cold enough to need a jacket, but if you stay outside long enough you can shed it. Was […]
2 OT – PK – WIN! WIN! WIN!
It’s pretty well-established that I am a soccer groupie, and this weekend provided the best (if most harrowing) finish of the season. Our men’s soccer team was in the ACC Championship game against a good Virginia team. Official recap here. My unofficial recap […]
Skyline
Yesterday one of my colleagues who is part of what I refer to as the ‘Daily Deacdom’ of readers snapped this pic of the Streakin Deacon bus and a lovely cloudy sky as twilight approached. Tis a beautiful thing. Speaking of twilight, there is […]
It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood
As is often my practice, let’s begin by talking about the weather. It has been a warm week – mid to high 80s – and sunny. We are starting to see leaves turn brown and fall off the trees, so the sidewalks are starting to […]
This week in pictures
Here are some pictures of events that have happened this week. Basketball great Chris Paul was on campus yesterday, doing talks for our student-athletes as well as the Leadership Project talk in Wait Chapel. If you want to watch a video of his conversation […]
Final update on the hurricane
This morning we had our final Crisis Management Team meeting on Hurricane Irma, as its path had shifted well west of campus. We put one last message on our Hurricane Irma page, or you can read it at the end of this post. In […]
So Many Opportunities to mention
Today’s Daily Deac is a laundry list of opportunities. Some for your Deac, some for you. Student Involvement Fair is TODAY from 3:30-6 pm on the Manchester Quad (Mag Quad). Your Deacs (of any class year) should go and sign up for some clubs and […]
Football and Throwback Thursday
Tonight is the first home football game of the season, so for the sports fans among us, this will be a big night. We play Presbyterian at 6:30 tonight, and by the time the Daily Deac gets emailed out to y’all, I suspect many […]
Time to get to work
First-year students had their individual advising appointments today, so there will be plenty of shuffling of courses, buying of books, and generally getting settled in over the weekend. Upperclass students (sophomores, juniors, and seniors) are also returning to campus. Parking lots are starting to fill, […]
Family Weekend registration begins tomorrow (July 18)
I know I told y’all there would be no Daily Deacs for a few days, but I got this email on Friday and wanted to be sure you all saw it. ——————- From: Office of the Dean of Students and Athletics Subject: Family Weekend registration […]
