Editor’s note: While this was a pre-scheduled blog post, we want to share this message that went out yesterday regarding vaccination documentation. As I continue my vacation, here’s another oldie-but-goodie from the archives. If you knew me in real life, you’d know I am […]
We’re at the start of a 3-day weekend, Deac families (the university will be closed on Monday in observance of Memorial Day, though I have pre-scheduled our Monday Meet A Deac). For much of my early life, Memorial Day was sort of an abstract concept. […]
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, […]
Since I am on PTO this week, I am pre-posting some content. Today’s post is something I run every year as we get closer to the start of classes. It’s about how your Deacs can put their best foot forward with faculty. A few years […]
Move-In is just a few days away, and it is time for my annual cautionary tale. As our new first-year students go through New Deac Week, our upperclass students will also be returning to campus. That means our new students will start hearing about parties […]
With the start of classes being a few weeks away now, it’s a good time to share some etiquette on how students can put the best foot forward with faculty. A few years ago, a faculty friend of mine emailed me this article, U […]
It is hot, hot, HOT here this week. A quick look at the 5-day forecast shows that our students here for summer session II will probably want to be utilizing the pool over in Reynolds Gym/the Wellbeing Center, or at least staying indoors. […]
July 1 officially marks the first day of our new year in my office. We go by the fiscal year calendar, which for us runs July 1-June 30. It always feels like a bit of a celebration. Many thanks to all the families who made […]
Today’s Daily Deac is brought to you by the WFU Family Weekend Committee. Families and friends of Demon Deacons are cordially invited to Family Weekend 2019, happening November 1-3! Featuring WFU football versus NC State, the schedule will be filled with workshops, entertainment, and […]
So there is a new kind of ‘roll the Quad’ happening right now: they are rolling giant wheels of sod out onto the Quad so we get our grass back. Yay! As of yesterday morning, they had just started rolling the side of […]
