The University is closed today for the Fourth of July holiday. Wherever you are, Deac families, we hope you have a wonderful day, with rest, good picnic food, lots of sun, fireworks, and of course, your loved ones. And how can you celebrate Independence […]
The Parent Programs office will be taking a little break in celebration of the 4th of July holiday. We are closing shop early today (Wednesday afternoon), and the University as a whole will be closed tomorrow, July 4. While the rest of the University will […]
Today is the last working day of the University’s fiscal year, and we are so, so, so close to reaching our goal for parent and family support of the Parents’ Campaign of the Wake Forest Fund. Right now we need 178 more gifts to get […]
Today’s Daily Deac is giving you a glimpse of some of the campus around 8 am. As you drive onto the north part of campus near Polo Road, it’s hard not to notice all the construction. The entry drive dead ends into the building site […]
High school graduations are finishing and that means the Parent Programs office is going on its annual summer roadshow – the New Student Receptions. These receptions are held in cities across the country for new students and their families to meet and network prior to […]
Last week I got a chance to go on a hardhat tour of the two new upperclass residence halls on the north side of campus. The structure is completed, but they are doing all the internal work – wiring, tiling, drywall, electrical. The residence hall […]
Deac families, yesterday was our Wake 500 challenge, and what a day it was. A Wake Forester had agreed to match gifts to the Wake Forest Fund up to $100,000 if we could earn that in 24 hours. Additionally, this donor said that if we […]
For those of you following along on Facebook or the Parents’ Page this past Thursday, we had a heck of a storm come through campus. It was not a tornado, and no one was injured, but it has caused a mess for the city of […]
For a lot of our first-year families (and students), one of the big anticipatory moments is which residence hall will their students be assigned to live in this fall. All of our first-year students live on the south side of campus, and there are deliberate […]
Now that summer is really and truly here, if you are on campus (whether in summer school or just visiting), you owe it to yourself to visit one of the treasures of the campus: Reynolda Gardens. Tucked away in a lovely spot just a […]
