Today’s post, Tall Poppy Syndrome, is one that historically generates a lot of emails. I like to run it in the fall before the school year begins, just to help plant the seed (pardon the pun) of new students avoiding the compare-and-contrast game with their […]
Today I am sharing The Worry Letter, an oldie-but-goodie from the archives. If you knew me in real life, you’d know I am a weapons-grade worrier myself (it’s part of my genetic makeup; I come from a long line of women who worried). I was […]
For the longtime Daily Deac-ers, you may recall my oft-mentioned theory of Column A and Column B. Imagine a piece of paper, with Column A on the left and Column B on the right. Both columns have some options underneath them for you to choose. So […]
As I conclude my PTO, this post is an update to one of my more popular columns from past years. Enjoy. Our incoming first year students have all graduated from high school by now. And their frame of reference is that they are at the […]
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 […]