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Poteat Field

During the school year, Poteat field (across the street from Poteat residence hall and the tennis courts) is a favorite place for intramural and club sports teams to play games.  In the summer, when the students are not here, we often see sports camps doing […]


Family Weekend – Plan to Attend This!

As an alumna of Wake Forest and a student of English literature, I am duty bound to urge all our Wake Forest families – particularly our newest ones in the Class of 2015 – to come to a Family Weekend event with Ed Wilson, one […]


The Last Day of the Fiscal Year

It’s been a slow blog week, WF families.  We’re at the end of the fiscal year for the University, which means that we are all scurrying to finish up final projects, meet end of year goals and deadlines, and more.  Faculty are teaching summer school […]


Tell Us Your Story!

Parents and families, we want to say a resounding THANK YOU to all of you who have made a gift to the parents’ campaign of the Wake Forest Fund this year.  Our fiscal year will close on June 30th, so we are in the final […]


Did You See WF in USA Today?

On June 20th, Wake Forest was featured in USA Today for the story of computer science professor Paul Pauca, who built a program called “Verbal Victor” to help children who have difficulty communicating. “Paul Pauca is well-aware of these challenges. His 6-year old son […]


P is for Parent

I hope that our Wake Forest families have been enjoying the recent issue of the Wake Forest magazine.  There are a lot of wonderful stories within, and certainly among the top is “The Gift” – the story of Coach Walter, our amazing baseball […]


Progress on Farrell Hall

There is construction all over campus, it seems.  The road from the Polo entrance is closed, and the construction crews are tearing up the ground, crushing up former streets, and have even extended the demolition of the road to the Parent Programs Office’s new home […]


For new students: Deacon Camp!

Pre-school orientation programs have been a staple on the WFU campus for generations.  These camps allow first- year students to arrive a few days before official orientation and meet a smaller group of their classmates around some sort of shared experience.  Perhaps the oldest […]


Happy Father’s Day!

The Office of Parent Programs wants to wish all Demon Deacon men a Happy Father’s Day.  Whether you are a WFU dad, stepdad, grandfather, or any older male role model for one of our students, we honor you and wish you a wonderful weekend. There […]


Did You Know? South Campus Edition

All first year students are housed on the south part of campus.  We deliberately concentrate all the first years in one part of campus so that they are all sharing common living space, have frequent access to seeing each other on the walking paths, and […]


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